Classics in June 2021

Zueignung

Schooldays Over

Artistes: Andrejs Osokins; Santorini degli Archangeli.

Widmung (Liebeslied)

Per la Gloria d'Adorarvi

Live : 2019.  Performers: Santorini degli Archangeli (Voice & Violin); Norman McCallum (Guitar)

Live in Concert

If My Complaints Could Passions Move

A piece I composed in honour of a friend I thought lost to me.  Having had no news of him for many years, I began to fear the worst, but today, something prompted me to attempt another social media search and, to my surprise, I found him; healthy, happy, and very much alive and well.  This recording was done with the best equipment and resources available to me at the time, which were not great; but as it is the only recording I have of this piece at the moment, it will have to suffice for now.  One day, I hope I will be able to record it properly, that it may be heard in the way it deserves to be.

Endless Dream: Lament for José

Excerpts from the Classics in June concert 2022.

"Comfort Ye... Every Valley" (from "Messiah" & "Torna a Surriento (Canzone Napolitana).wav

A piano solo that I composed 14 years ago.  I've recently edited it a wee bit, but it remains true to the spirit of the original piece.

IN THE HEART OF SADNESS...

Santorini degli Archangeli's first oratorio, written entirely in Italian and for Solo Tenor and Soprano Voice, Double Chorus, Trumpets, Trombones, Pianoforte, Organ, Timpani and Contrabass, is a deeply spiritual work.  * Also, an important note: Not all the Brass parts are audible in this recording, unfortunately.

1.  Grande È il Signore di Tutte le Cose
2.  Egli Governerà Il Mondo Con Equità
3.  Udranno La Verità...
4.  La Benedizione Gaelica (An Irish Blessing)
5.  Hallelujah, Amen!

Che Tutti Gli Uomini Udire La Sua Voce, Op. 3

This song cycle is the composer's most recent work, for Solo Tenor Voice, Clarinet in A, Oboe, Horn in F, and Pianoforte.  It is an intimate, vulnerable and celebratory exploration of Queer male love, that does not resort to coding in excess.  The language, while formal, centres Queer male love as not just physical intimacy, but life- and world-building, cosmic, even, but most importantly, sacred; demanding visibility amid a global sentiment of forced invisibility.  It reimagines the song cycle in terms of 21st century openness, and individual and collective pride.  The work can be demanding of performers from both a technical and interpretive perspective; but make no mistake, those technical challenges are meant to embody the very real, lived realities that SGL and Queer men have to navigate in their daily lives, particularly in countries where rights for those communities are practically non-existent, as in the composer's native land.  The work comprises three individual pieces:

1.  Skin (Voice, Clarinet, Pianoforte)
2.  When I Wake (Voice & Pianoforte)
3.  Aeternum (Voice, Oboe, Horn, & Pianoforte)

The score also features individual dedications that deepen the emotional landscape of each piece.

Beloved, Op. 6

Composer/Arranger; Concert Vocalist; Founder, Artistic Director & Conductor of Il Coro Accademia Trascendenza.

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Santorini degli Archangeli (Composer, Vocalist)

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