A rough in-performance recording of a short piece I wrote in the spring of 2013, now available from Alliance Music.

From the inside cover:
 “Lord, afford a spring to me
   Let me feel like what I see
   Speak, and by thy gracious voice
   Make my drooping soul rejoice”
                           - John Newton
   Kindly Spring Again is Here (1779)

This piece was composed on the request of Jay Carter, director of the Schola Cantorum of William Jewell College in Liberty, Missouri. It aims to evoke both the immediate freshness that spring brings, as well as the possibilities inherent in the coming of a new season, whether that change be actual or spiritual.
Throughout the piece, choirs should maintain a sweet and delicate sound, especially in the melody as sung by the upper parts. The piece is designed to leave room for the individual and group artistry of the director and choir to flourish, so do not be afraid to be flexible with the tempo and interpretation.
What should result is a natural, organic artistic offering, one that lifts the soul and nourishes the heart.                        
                                                                                      Stewart Duncan

Truly this piece is a wonderful example of how the maximum effect can be achieved with the most modest means.
Soloist and chorus should sing the lines with delicacy and a particular sensitivity to the rhythm of the text. Be sure to let the final unison note float away into the silence and try to dissuade listeners from applauding too soon!
                              
                                                                                   Simon Carrington 
Available for purchase online here:
http://www.jwpepper.com/Lord-Afford-a-Spring-to-Me/10459220.item#.U2YYlV5q7y8

and here:
http://www.alliancemusic.com/product.cfm?iProductID=1144

"Lord, Afford a Spring to Me" - Grace & Holy Trinity Cathedral Choir

The William Jewell College Concert Choir performing in York Minster Cathedral on Tuesday, May 26 2015. (Live Recording)

0:02: Mendelssohn - Jauchzet dem Herrn, alle Welt! (Psalm 100)
5:59: Kalinnikov - Svete tihiy (Gladsome Light)
10:03: Henson - My Flight For Heaven
15:48: Miskinis - Lucis Creator Optime
21:46: Pack - Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen

York Minster Performance Complete - LIVE

Officium defunctorum a'6: Kyrie - Tomas Luis de Victoria

The William Jewell College Concert Choir
Dr. James Jordan, guest conductor

Live performance recorded on Sunday, May 7, 2017 at Our Lady Of Perpetual Hope(Redemptorist) Parish in Kansas City, MO.

Abide - Spring 2017

Officium defunctorum a'6: Kyrie - Tomas Luis de Victoria

Anthony Maglione - O Thou Great Power in Whom I Move
for clarinet and choir
East Carolina University Chamber Singers
Dan Bara, conductor
Christopher Grymes, Clarinet

Anthony Maglione - O Thou Great Power in Whom I Move

About the work: 
"Set Me As A Seal Upon Thine Heart"  was commissioned for the wedding of conductors Daniel Bara and Deanna Joseph on June 30, 2012.  It is a setting of portions of Song of Songs 8: 6-7.  The solo quartet, which is set in English, is answered by the SATB choir on the identical text set in Hebrew. 

It has been slated for publication and should be available within the next few months.  
GIA Publicatsions G-8583.

About the performance:

William Jewell College Concert Choir
Anthony Maglione, conductor

Soloists
Haley Hibbeler, flute
Renee Taylor, soprano
Katie Baker, alto
Jeff Howe, tenor
David Sanchez, bass

Recorded at St. Mary Magdalene Episcopal Church, Belton, MO.
Jason Scheulfer, recording technician

Set Me As A Seal Upon Thine Heart by Anthony J. Maglione

Stewart Duncan is Assistant Teaching Professor of Musicology at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. He received his Ph.D in Musicology from the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University. Prior to moving to Indiana, Stewart graduated from William Jewell College in Liberty, MO in 2015 with a B.A. in Oxbridge Music History, and was the resident Music Scholar at Grace & Holy Trinity Cathedral in Kansas City.  Stewart studied with Dr. Ian Coleman and Dr. Anthony Maglione at William Jewell, as well as with Dr. Steven Grahl at New College, Oxford. His choral works have been premiered by the Choir of St. John's College, Oxford, the Choir of St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna, Te Deum Chamber Choir, the Concert Choir and Schola Cantorum of William Jewell College, and by the Choir of Grace & Holy Trinity Cathedral, Kansas City. Stewart is published exclusively by Alliance Music.

"Lord, Afford a Spring to Me" - Grace & Holy Trinity Cathedral Choir

Stewart C. Duncan, composer

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