Name: NOCHE OSCURA by John Hopkins
Duration: 13 min 22 s
Description: Setting of the poem Noche Oscura by St. John of the Cross, written about 1578. This is a corrected version of my 1976 piece, completed in March 2024 and performed through NotePerformer software.

Love the harmonic atmosphere throughout - the melodic/contrapuntal vitality scintillating through the semi-dark - thank you John

Nuanced and delicate, tender and poignant.  Absorbing music that rinses the mind.

Noche oscura y Música brillante (impressive). It has been a pleasure to listen to it.  Now this is an excellent use of Sibelius software.

Shri Guru Love - (Shiva Shambho Rock Me Up Super High Mix) - Music/Elec-Guitars by REKHA IYERN [Fe]

Cover Art Design - Graphics by REKHA IYERN [Fe]

Music Recorded & Performed, Composed & Produced, Mixed & Mastered by REKHA IYERN [Fe] RECORDS in CANADA

Shri Guru Love - (Shiva Shambho Rock Me Up Super High Mix) - M3B 1.0 Db By REKHA IYERN [Fe]

Shri Guru Love - (Shiva Shambho Rock Me Up Super High Mix)

Shri Guru Love - (Shiva Shambho Rock Me Up Super High Mix) - Music/Elec-Guitars by REKHA IYERN [Fe]

United Our Voices Stand

Pre-Election Sass

Pre - Election Sass

...for all the dead and dying.
Libretto/Lyrics (LAT/EN):

***** 00:00 Requiem æternam *****
Requiem æternam dona eis, Domine,
et lux perpetua luceat eis.
[Eternal rest give unto them, O Lord,
and let eternal light shine upon them.]

***** 07:57 Kyrie eleison *****
Kyrie, eleison.
[Lord, have mercy.]

***** 09:29 Domine Jesu Criste *****
Domine Jesu Christe,
rex gloriae,
libera animas omnium defunctorum
ne cadant in obscurum,
sed duc eas in lucem sanctam.
[Lord Jesus Christ,
King of glory,
deliver the souls of all the departed,
that they fall not into darkness,
rather, lead them into the holy light.]

***** 12:31 Lux aeternam *****
Lux æterna luceat eis, Domine,
et Requiem perpetua dona eis
[May light eternal shine upon them, O Lord,
and the eternal rest give unto them.]

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Contemporary classical music for synphony orchestra, organ, choir and solo voices.

Instruments
Strings: 1. Violins, 2. Violins, Violas, Cellos, Basses
Brass: Trumpets, Horns, Trombones, Tubas
Woodwinds: Flute, Oboe, English Horn, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Bassoon, Contra Bassoon
Percussion, Harp, Organ & Choir (Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass)

Solo voices with electronic effects:
Mezzo-Soprano (II /IV) by Stefanie Holtz
Baritone (I/III) by Jürgen Krause

All lyrics taken from the christian liturgy

Created and conducted 2021-23 by Kapellmeister Krause

Requiem

Requiem (1. Requiem aeternam 2. Kyrie eleison 3. Domine Jesu Criste 4. Lux aeternam)

Image created by me.
https://www.deviantart.com/leehon/art/She-Loved-My-Anxiety-888190895

Healthy Selfishness

The Radio edit for the track from Us and the Cats up coming album 'Dump Truck @ Cecil Place'.

I'm No Soldier (Radio Edit) - Us and the Cats

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From Velvet Moon to Morning Sun

Setting of the poem Noche Oscura by St. John of the Cross, written about 1578. This is a corrected version of my 1976 piece, completed in March 2024 and performed through NotePerformer software.

NOCHE OSCURA

8 - 5-2024

original music, overtone flute. Inspired by Stonehenge.

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This is a track I created months ago. I think I had it posted for a second but then took it down to edit it some more. It totally has the sound i try and create so I figured its time to put it up and out. I hope you feel it as much as I do. All music, guitars and production done by this guy and his simple little set up. Turn it up and enjoy....

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These SoundCloud posts contain most of my work, and the series of 5 Legacy playlists in the Spotlight are all those by which I would most like to be remembered. They begin with Noche Oscura, which I wrote in 1976, and end with Broken Forms from 2021 and the opera Russian Jerusalem, completed in 2022.
Details of all my compositions, and information about their publication, can be found at my publisher's address: Ricordi London (http://www.ricordi.com/en-US/Composers/H/Hopkins-John.aspx)

NOCHE OSCURA

John Hopkins

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