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O Magnum Mysterium

This world is not conclusion

Performed by: https://soundcloud.com/zespolwokalnyrondo

My impression on Edgar Allan Poe's "Evening Star".


Once I felt as if this poem was saying about part of my life...

...but maybe it was just an illusion

Evening Star

'Twas noontide of summer,
And mid-time of night;
And stars, in their orbits,
Shone pale, thro' the light
Of the brighter, cold moon,
'Mid planets her slaves,
Herself in the Heavens,
Her beam on the waves.
I gazed awhile
On her cold smile;
Too cold- too cold for me-
There pass'd, as a shroud,
A fleecy cloud,
And I turned away to thee,
Proud Evening Star,
In thy glory afar,
And dearer thy beam shall be;
For joy to my heart
Is the proud part
Thou bearest in Heaven at night,
And more I admire
Thy distant fire,
Than that colder, lowly light.

Performed by Rondo Voice Ensemble
Conducted by Małgorzata Podzielny

Evening Star

Get the sheet music: http://www.caseyrule.com/music/works/ave-maria/

Commissioned by Samuel and Jane Errera for The Reverend Richard W. James on the occasion of his ordination to the Catholic priesthood, June 2, 2012

Text

Ave Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum.
Benedicta tu in mulieribus,
et benedictus fructus ventris tui, Iesus.
Sancta Maria, Mater Dei,
ora pro nobis peccatoribus,
nunc et in hora mortis nostrae. Amen.

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Ave Maria - Casey Rule - performed by the Lehigh University Glee Club

A recording of members of the Hartt Chamber Choir singing my work "Hand in hand", conducted by Edward Bolkovac from May 2nd, 2014.

Hand in hand

Short three-part motet - lyrics from "Carmina Gadelica", translated from the Gaelic by Alexander Carmichael (1832-1912). Available for ATB or SABar - suitable for small choirs or a trio of mixed voices. 
Sheet music at www.hutchingsmusic.co.uk/scores/scores-for-sale/ 
Recorded by Matthew Curtis of choraltracks.com - thanks!

God to Enfold Me

Live recording from Brauweiler (Germany)
Performed by Jan Łukaszewski (conductor) and Polish Chamber Choir.

This piece is dedicated to my dear family. 

Agnus Dei

"A Dream"
by Casey Rule
text by William Blake
performed by the Juniata College Concert Choir


Get the sheet music here: http://www.caseyrule.com/music/works/a-dream


from "Night"

The sun descending in the west,
The evening star does shine;
The birds are silent in their nest,
And I must seek for mine.

"A Dream"

Once a dream did weave a shade
O'er my angel-guarded bed,
That an emmet lost its way
Where on grass methought I lay.

Troubled, wildered, and forlorn,
Dark, benighted, travel-worn,
Over many a tangle spray,
All heart-broke, I heard her say:

'Oh my children! do they cry,
Do they hear their father sigh?
Now they look abroad to see,
Now return and weep for me.'

Pitying, I dropped a tear:
But I saw a glow-worm near,
Who replied, 'What wailing wight
Calls the watchman of the night?

'I am set to light the ground,
While the beetle goes his round:
Follow now the beetle's hum;
Little wanderer, hie thee home!'

A Dream - performed by the Juniata College Concert Choir

"Danny Boy"
Traditional Irish air, arranged by Casey Rule
performed by the Juniata College Concert Choir

Get the sheet music here: http://www.caseyrule.com/music/works/danny-boy/


Text:

Oh, Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling
From glen to glen, and down the mountain side
The summer's gone, and all the flow'rs are dying
'Tis you, 'tis you must go and I must bide.

But come ye back when summer's in the meadow
Or when the valley's hushed and white with snow
'Tis I'll be here in sunshine or in shadow
Oh, Danny boy, oh, Danny boy, I love you so.

And if you come, and all the flowers are dying
If I am dead, as dead I well may be
I pray you'll find the place where I am lying
And kneel and say an "Ave" there for me.

And I shall hear, though soft you tread above me
And all my grave will warm and sweeter be
And then you'll kneel and whisper that you love me
And I shall sleep in peace until you come to me.


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Danny Boy - performed by the Juniata College Concert Choir

Winning piece for the Ithaca College Thirty-Sixth Annual Choral Composition Contest, and The Robert Campbell ’40, M.S. ’50, Endowed Choral Composition Prize

Sheet music available at: http://www.caseyrule.com/music/works/berakhot/

Berakhot (ברכות ) is the Hebrew word for “blessing,” and the text for this piece is that of a blessing that appears in the Berakhot Tractate of the Babylonian Talmud.  According to the Tractate, this blessing was spoken by the third century Rabbi Ammi in Tiberias.

Note: This piece can be performed with either piano or harp accompaniment.  The piece was originally written for choir and harp.

Romanized Hebrew pronunciation tips:

“ei” is pronounced like “ay” in “say”, ([εi] in IPA)
“ay” or “ai” is pronouced like “y” in “fly” ([ai] in IPA)
an apostrophe with no vowel indicates an unaccented schwa like the “a” in about ([ə] in IPA)
“ch” is that iconic Hebrew guttural sound, like the “ch” in “chutzpah” ([x] in IPA)
Text

from Talmud Bavli, Tractate Berakhot 17a

Olamcha tireh v’chayecha
V’acharitcha l’chayay haOlam haBa
V’tikvat’cha l’dor dorim
Lib’cha yehge t’vunah
Picha y’daber chachmot
U’lshoncha yarchish r’nanot
Af’apecha yaishiru negdecha
Einecha ya’iru b’me’or Torah
U’fanecha yazhiru k’zohar harakiya
Siftotecha yabiu da’at
V’chliyotecha ta’alozna meisharim
U’fe’amecha yarutzu lishmoa
Divrei Atik Yomin

Translation

May you live to see your world in your lifetime*
May your end be for the life of the world to come
And your hope from generation to generation
May your heart conceive understanding
May you mouth speak wisdom
And may your tongue bring forth song
May your eyelids look straight before you
May your eyes shine in the light of the Torah
And may your face shine like the brightness of the heavens
May your lips express knowledge
And may you rejoice in righteousness**
And may your feet run to hear
The words of the Ancient of Days***

* Or, “may you live to see your world fulfilled”
** Literally: “may your kidneys rejoice in righteousness”
The kidneys were believed to be the emotional center of the body, with a similar metaphorical significance as we give the heart.
*** “Atik Yomin” is an Aramaic title for God meaning “Ancient of Days”

Berakhot - performed by the Ithaca High School Concert Choir

Good King Wenceslas - an arrangement for 3-part choir (SABar), sung by the Mackintosh Choir, Glasgow, directed by Paul Keohone. 

If you'd like to order a copy for your own choir, you can see the score at http://www.hutchingsmusic.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/goodkingwenceslasSAB.pdf . The cost is £1.50 per copy, or £25 for a PDF to print your own copies (as many as you want) - email chris@hutchingsmusic.co.uk to place an order.

Good King Wenceslas, arr. Hutchings - sung by Mackintosh Choir, Glasgow

Performed by the Lehigh University Glee Club
"The Best of All Possible Worlds", March 22nd, 2014
Baker Hall, Zoellner Arts Center, Lehigh University


King Jesus lit de candle by de waterside.
To see de little chil’en when dey truly baptize.
Honor, honor unto de Dyin’ Lamb!

Oh, run along chil’en an’ be baptize,
Mighty pretty meetin’ by de waterside.
Honor, honor unto de Dyin’ Lamb!

I prayed all day, I prayed all night,
My head got sprinkled with de midnight dew.
Honor, honor unto de Dyin’ Lamb!

Three Spirituals: III. Honor Honor - for TTBB choir

Performed by the Lehigh University Glee Club
"The Best of All Possible Worlds", March 22nd, 2014
Baker Hall, Zoellner Arts Center, Lehigh University


Steal away, steal away, steal away to Jesus!
Steal away, steal away home,
I ain’t got long to stay here.

My Lord, He calls me,
He calls me by the thunder;
The trumpet sounds within my soul,
I ain’t got long to stay here.

Green trees are bending,
Poor sinners stand a-trembling;
The trumpet sounds within my soul,
I ain’t got long to stay here.

Three Spirituals: II. Steal Away - for TTBB choir

Performed by the Lehigh University Glee Club
"The Best of All Possible Worlds", March 22nd, 2014
Baker Hall, Zoellner Arts Center, Lehigh University


Wade in the water.
Wade in the water, children.
Wade in the water.
God's gonna trouble the water.

See that band all dressed in white?
The leader looks like an Israelite.
See that band all dressed in red?
It looks like the band that Moses led.

Jordan's waters are chilly and cold.
It chills the body but not the soul.
Jordan's waters are deep and wide.
I'll meet my friends on the other side.

Three Spirituals: I. Wade In The Water - for TTBB choir

Winner of the 2014 ACDA-PA Choral Composition Contest

Get the sheet music: www.caseyrule.com/music/works/draw-on-sweet-night/

performed by the Penn State Glee Club
Dr. Christopher Kiver, director
Saturday, November 8th, 2014
Eisenhower Auditorium, Penn State Center for the Performing 

Text:

Draw on, Sweet Night, friend unto those cares
That do arise from painful melancholy.
My life so ill through want of comfort fares,
that unto thee I consecrate it wholly.
Sweet Night, draw on
My griefs when they be told to shades
and darkness find some ease from paining,
And while thou all in silence dost enfold,
I then shall have best time for my complaining.

"Draw On, Sweet Night" - performed by the Penn State Glee Club

"Everywhere"
Music from Lehigh University Choir Tours
Steven Sametz, Director

Including music from:
Tour of Germany and the Czech Republic, 2005
Lincoln Center, 2006
Tour of Austria and Hungary, 2003
Tour of China, 2007

La Villanella

То Не Ветер Ветку Клонит (That's Not the Wind that Bends the Branch)

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by Casey Rule
performed by  Matthew Curtis

Text by William Blake

from “Night”

The sun descending in the west,
The evening star does shine;
The birds are silent in their nest,
And I must seek for mine.

“A Dream”

Once a dream did weave a shade
O’er my angel-guarded bed,
That an emmet lost its way
Where on grass methought I lay.

Troubled, wildered, and forlorn,
Dark, benighted, travel-worn,
Over many a tangle spray,
All heart-broke, I heard her say:

‘Oh my children! do they cry,
Do they hear their father sigh?
Now they look abroad to see,
Now return and weep for me.’

Pitying, I dropped a tear:
But I saw a glow-worm near,
Who replied, ‘What wailing wight
Calls the watchman of the night?

‘I am set to light the ground,
While the beetle goes his round:
Follow now the beetle’s hum;
Little wanderer, hie thee home!’

"A Dream" for TTBB choir - Casey Rule

"Dream Within a Dream" by Edgar Allan Poe in choral interpretation.

Conductor: Małgorzata Podzielny
Performers: Rondo Voice Ensemble

Wrocław 28.11.2012

If you'd like to see the score please write me an e-mail, and I'll send it to to you:)

A Dream Within A Dream

Published on Apr 18, 2012
"Am I Born to Die?" (Idumea/Amazing Grace)
by Casey Rule
performed by The Lehigh University Choir
"Voices of Mystery", March 2012
http://lehighchoralarts.com/

Get the sheetmusic at: http://www.caseyrule.com/music/works/and-am-i-born-to-die/

Music:
Traditional American Folk Hymns from "The Sacred Harp"
"Idumea" - Ananias Davisson, 1816
"New Britain" - Columbian Harmony, 1829
for SSAATTBB choir, cello, and handbells

Texts:
"And Am I Born to Die" - Charles Wesley, 1763
"Amazing Grace" - John Newton, 1779

And Am I Born To Die? (Idumea/Amazing Grace)

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