Extract from the track n°3 on the Scots Wha Hae album (2022), "Amazing Grace" is of course a great bagpipe standard; besides piping, I've completed it by some arrangements and vocals to highlight this lovely tune.
Extrait de la troisième piste de l'album Scots Wha Hae, "Amazing Grace" est bien sûr un grand standard à la cornemuse; je l'ai complété par quelques arrangements instrumentaux et voix pour mettre en lumière cette magnifique chanson.

Amazing Grace (extract)

Peaceful city slept as usual that night 
When engineers conducted fatal test 
Dark sky lit bright by ionized flashlight 
Cruel blast will lay their souls to rest
 
Faceless authorities gave order to assure 
While firefighters fought the toxic blaze 
There is no need to worry rest assured 
Internal organs liquefied in coming days
 
Human flesh
Was enough to go around
No one knows
How much went underground
 
Residents gathered on the bridge of death 
While hidden enemy attacked their skin 
For most this will dictate their final breath 
Regardless of their moral good or sin
 
Unsure which augmentations they possess 
Some lucky children made it to adulthood
Their city has some tourists to impress
With stories of a glowing underwood

Human flesh
Was enough to go around
No one knows
How much went underground
Human lives
Were dispensable as soap
Reckless lies
Buried all remaining hope

Residents gathered on the bridge of death 
While hidden enemy attacked their skin 
For most this will dictate their final breath 
Regardless of their moral good or sin

Human flesh
Was enough to go around
No one knows
How much went underground
Human lives
Were dispensable as soap
Reckless lies
Buried all remaining hope

Sacrificed the liquidators marched ahead
Bled and burned while the world was hanging by a thread
Giving up their final poisoned breath
Selflessly averting swift and certain death




Lyrics - Vasiliy Dubinin/Matt Tessier
Music, arrangement, mixing and mastering - Sergey Pismerov
Cover art - Andrey Pismerov

Participated in the recording:
Andrés Arcentales - vocals
Ellie Dubinin - vocal harmonies
Sergey Pismerov - guitars/programming/drum recording
Danila Zakharenkov - bass
Andrey Yanochkin - keyboard/sound design

Ghost of 86 (feat. Cold Fuse)

Dreams

Cheer for your team

Night. Shining. Shift. Night full of movement. Gentle shining of the city lights. Relentless shift is never gonna stop. 

Video Clip: https://youtu.be/84Z-H5N6FIk

Composed by Uładzimier Kuźniacoŭ (@thelonewarbler)
Production, Mixing and Mastering: Uładzimier Kuźniacoŭ (@thelonewarbler)
Original Covert Art: Maryja Šumanskaja (instagram.com/sckiter)

Night Shift

Original track by Combstead
Brian Butss Acoustic leads
Robert Grigg Electric Leads

Cruise Control - Combstead / Butts / Grigg

A TEMPLE FAVORITE. TOOK ME 5 YEARS TO STUDY AND LEARN THE SHEET MUSIC ARRANGEMENT FROM THE BROOKLYN TABERNACLE ORCHESTRATED VERSION, ARRANGED BY CAROL CYMBALA. IT WAS WELL WORTH THE TIME AND EFFORT. ALL OF MY HELP CAME FROM THE LORD!

TODA MI AYUDA

seeing in the dark
i see you but you don't see me
in the shadows i perceive clearly
things that used to be obscure to me

let's go back to that place where we did those things
of the sunset and the stars we'll sing
a little sympathy and peace to bring

once there was a house
then there was a child
then there was a car
and the times got less wild
but when i look at you i'm still beguiled

there's a chemistry
working silently
invisibly
improbably
around you and me

lying in the dark
i know you have your eyes on me
you perceive but you will never see
in the end that what will be will be

these seasons come and go with the ebb and flow
but if you'd only close your eyes you'd know
you can only reap the seeds you sew

once there was a dawn
then there was a day
then there was a dusk
and the moon would come along and say
that there can never be another way

there's a chemistry
working silently
invisibly  
improbably
around you and me

flowers will grow
amid the stones and the snow

there's a chemistry
working silently
invisibly  
improbably
around you and me
x2

Chemistry

The Reason

half moon bay

Duration: ca. 21'
Music by Robert Paterson • Lyrics by David Cote

Instrumentation: soprano and chamber ensemble (wind doubler [flute, B-flat clarinet, oboe], violin, cello, percussion, piano)
Performed by American Modern Ensemble, Marnie Breckenridge, Soprano
Formerly titled "In Real Life."

Purchase Sheet Music: (Version for Soprano and Chamber Ensemble): http://www.billholabmusic.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=103_137&products_id=2778

Purchase Sheet Music: (Version for Soprano and Piano): http://www.billholabmusic.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=103_137&products_id=2777

For more information:
Version for Soprano and Chamber Ensemble: https://robertpaterson.com/in-real-life-version-for-soprano-and-chamber-ensemble
Version for Soprano and Piano: https://robertpaterson.com/in-real-life-version-for-soprano-and-piano

In Real Life II for baritone and chamber ensemble and baritone and piano also available. (In Real Life II consists of different songs than In Real Life.)

PROGRAM NOTE
Forty million Americans do it: join a dating site hoping to find true love in digital space. In Real Life is a song cycle for soprano and piano that explores the humor and heartbreak of this modern ritual. Five women fill out their dating-site profiles, opening a window into their worlds. The first song is “A Regular Woman,” in which a lady outlines the exact sort of man she’s looking for with comical specificity, perfect for today’s on-demand culture. “Late Bloomer” is a sweet and wistful portrait of a woman who learns in her 40s that her romantic tastes have changed radically. Next, in “Anastasia,” we hear from a Russian looking for a husband—with all the broken English that entails. With “Collateral,” the mood turns dark, as a war widow contemplates returning to the dating pool. Finally, “Rewind” is a nostalgic anthem by a 35-year-old whose divorce has made her feel like an awkward teen again. Can she learn something from her younger self? Funny and sad yet full of hope, In Real Life is about reality, fantasy and second chances. In Real Life was commissioned by Austin Chamber Ensemble Artistic Director Martha Mortensen Ahern, in honor of its 35th season.

American Modern Ensemble: In Real Life

July 14, 2022

In Real Life I - I. A Regular Woman

My father, Bishop Milton E. Rochford taught me to play my first jingle on the piano at 7 years old. After a little schooling I developed my ear by sitting under some of my mentor's; professor Benny Cummings, Willard Meek’s (aka: golden fingers) and my good friend Pastor Donnie McClurkin, just to name a few. Pastor Mark Reddick taught me my first song, "God has smiled on me" by James Cleveland. Music is my obsession, second only to my joy of studying God’s word. The Word, undergirding my music provides heavenly melodic medicine. Take your daily medication! To God be all the glory!

TODA MI AYUDA

The Lord&E on keys Heavenly Harmonies.