Une Îl_ Lou Nils

Commissioned by Edward "Chip" Dalton for the Lakeland Chorale, Come, Soft Slumber sets both the Latin and English text of the Virgin’s Cradle Hymn, a poem copied by Samuel Taylor Coleridge from a print he saw in a German village. Musicians will realize the opening motive used to set the ancient text is inverted when setting the modern translation. The work is published by GIA (G-6368).

Dormi, Jesu! Mater ridet
Quae tam dulcem somnum videt,
        Dormi, Jesu! blandule!
Si non-dormis, Mater plorat,
Inter fila cantans orat,
        Blande, veni, somnule.

Sleep, sweet babe! my cares beguiling:
Mother sits beside thee smiling;
        Sleep, my darling, tenderly!
If thou sleep not, mother mourneth,
Singing as her wheel she turneth:
        Come, soft slumber, balmily!

Come, Soft Slumber

Mainstreet A Cappella’s latest single is a high-energy pop track that captures the fun, passion, and vocal precision we’re known for. Every note reflects the hard work, creativity, and heart we’ve poured into this release- and we’re so excited to finally share it with you! Keep an eye out - there’s more music coming your way soon.

Break My Heart

Mainstreet A Cappella’s latest single is a high-energy pop track that captures the fun, passion, and vocal precision we’re known for. Every note reflects the hard work, creativity, and heart we’ve poured into this release - and we’re so excited to finally share it with you! Keep an eye out - there’s more music coming your way soon.

End Of Love

Commissioned by Christ Church Christiana Hundred, Wilmington, DE, Bruce Barber, Conductor, Who Has Made This World is given in loving memory of David Lockart by his family and friends. The text is an adaptation by the composer of Job 12: 7–10. The recording is from a live performance by Christ Church at York Minster Cathedral in York, England.
David was a dear friend who also studied composition with me and sang with Christ Church. I was deeply moved and honored to compose this work in his memory. I wrote the tenor line with David's beautiful voice in mind and smile to imagine him singing along with this wonderful ensemble.
This work is available directly from the composer.

Job 12: 7–10

Who has made this world and all things in it?

Ask the animals and they will teach you,
Ask the birds in the sky and they will tell you,
Speak to the earth and it will teach you,
Let the fish in the sea inform you.

In God’s hand is the life of every creature and the breath of all people.

Who has made this world?
God has made this world and all things in it.

Who Has Made This World

Commissioned and performed by the Westminster Schola Cantorum and Conductor Heather Buchanan, O God, Why Have You Forsaken Us? is an adaptation by the composer of Psalm 22 to represent the cries of all people who are the victims of genocide. Schola Cantorum consisted of just the sophomores of Westminster Choir College whose average age was 19. This is a recording of the premiere, which took place in Bristol Chapel in Princeton, NJ. I am always proud of my students, but never more than these, whose hard work contributed to this moving performance.

O God, why have You forsaken us?
Why are You so far from helping us and from the words of our roaring?
O God, we cry in the day and in the night, but You do not hear us.

People before us trusted in You.
They trusted and You did deliver them.
They cried to You and were delivered.
They trusted in You and were not confounded.
But we are worms, not people, disgraces despised by the people.
All who see us laugh us to scorn.
They shoot out their lips and shake their heads saying,
They trusted that the Lord would deliver them.
Let Him deliver them!

O God, why have You forsaken us?
Why are You so far from helping us and from the words of our roaring?
O God, we cry in the day and in the night, but You do not hear us.

Mighty bulls surround us,
Gaping upon us with their mouths
Like ravening roaring lions.
We are poured out like water
And all our bones are out of joint.
Our hearts are like wax, 
Melted in the midst of our bowels.
Our strength is dried up like potsherds
And our tongues cleave to our jaws.
You delivered us,
You have delivered us
Into the dust of death!

O God, why did You forsake us?
Why were You so far from helping us and from the words of our roaring?
O God, we cried in the day and in the night, but You did not hear us.
Could You not hear us?


O God, Why Have You Forsaken Us?

This a cappella-arrangement was created for a theatre show by Divna Close Harmony.

Ken Je Mij (Oosterhuis-Van der Loo) - Divina Close Harmony

Commissioned by the Delaware Valley Men's Chorus, Jay Kawarsky conductor, Little Lamb sets William Blake's classic poem in a contemporary style. This recording is the SATB version sung by the Westminster Choir conducted by Joe Miller. I am so proud of the wonderful performance by my students! The Washington Men's Camera has an equally lovely recording of the original TTBB version. This piece received top honors in the G. Schirmer Young American's Choral Contest in the days when I was a young composer! Both versions are published by G. Schirmer.

Little Lamb

MODELKI ft. Smolasty - A CAPPELLA (JvBeatz Remix)

Tolle Coverversion des Spider Murphy Gang Klassikers Skandal im Sperrbezirk

Skandal im Sperrbezirk

Bezaubernde Version des wunderbaren Bill Withers Klassiker Ain´t no sunshine

Ain´t no sunshine

Coole Version des Peter Fox Liedes Haus am See

Haus am See

Prima Version des George Michael Klassikers Faith

Faith

Lässige Version des Steve Miller Klassikers The joker

The Joker

Cooles Boney M.-Medley: Daddy Cool/Rasputin/ Brown girl in the ring

Boney M. - Medley

Der größte Hit vom charismatischen englischen Künstler Gilbert O´Sullivan

Get Down

Sehr lustige deutsche Comedyversion von Sexbomb

Zahnplomb (Sexbomb)

Souveräne Versiond es Kraftwerkklassikers Das Modell

Das Modell

Elvis Presley's classic song is now available in a lovely, heartfelt arrangement for SATB choir.  The piece ends with soprano and tenor solos, warmly and lushly accompanied by the other sections - perfect for any choir program that includes love songs!

Written by Elvis Presley and Vera Matson
Arranged by Christopher Kalstad

Sheet music available at Sheet Music Plus: https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/en/product/love-me-tender-21135768.html

Love Me Tender (SATB)

I am a Dutch composer, arranger and conductor.
I composed and arranged for national and international choirs, symphonic orchestras (Wiener Philharmonic) and theatre and video projects.

Joel Phillips taught at Westminster Choir College for 39 years. He is co-author of several textbooks in W. W. Norton’s Musician’s Guide series, including The Musician's Guide to Fundamentals, now the mostly widely used musical text in its market. His crowning achievement was becoming the 2015 Grand Prize Winner of the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest [https://www.bulwer-lytton.com/2015], an international competition that selects from among thousands of entries the proposed opening sentence to the worst(!) of all possible novels.

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From France
Singer / songwriter / explorer
Full Alive

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