Live performance on 19 July 2024 at Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre, Auckland, New Zealand
Music by Jason Liu
Lyrics by Jessie You
Sung in Cantonese

This spirited piece depicts the beautiful yet energetic cityscape of Hong Kong, and expresses the youthful hope and energy of young people towards the future.

如畫般的天際 Picturesque Cityscape

(nach einem alpenländischen Adventslied)
Arr.: Ernest Heyman
für Gemischten Chor SATB u. Solo ad.lib.
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Zünd an das Licht (Gemischter Chor SATB + Solo)

AFTERLIGHT UTOPIA is a sacred-cinematic oratorio for choir and soloist—a hymn of release and arrival. At 74 BPM in G major, it moves from spacious verses into big, jubilant refrains, with an aria bridge floating over sustained choir “ah.” The ensemble blends pipe organ, piano, strings, and low-brass swells, with a side-snare present throughout: light cross-stick and buzz rolls in the verses, a firm backbeat in the refrains, and a long press roll into the final cutoff.
What it’s about: turning grief to bread, fear to peace—stepping through mercy’s door into a country made of light. Not an ending, but arrival.
For fans of: modern choral/oratorio, cinematic sacred music, soaring opera vocals.
Specs: 74 BPM • Key: G major • Length: ~4:00
Vocal forces: SATB choir (strong lows) + lyric operatic soloist with warm vibrato
Form: Verse 1 → Refrain → Verse 2 → Refrain → Aria (bridge) → Verse 3 → Final Refrain (key lift) → Coda “Amen”
Selected lyric:
“Do not mourn—celebrate this day.
I am free of pain; I am free of nightmares.
Love receives me, wide and great.”
If this resonated, please like/repost and share what you pictured stepping through the afterlight.

Afterlight Eutopia

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Dominus Vobiscum (SSAATTBB)

(Adventlied aus Vorarlberg / Österreich)
Arr.: Ernest Heyman
für Gemischten Chor SATB u. Solo ad.lib.
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Ach, mein Seel' fang an zu singen (Gemischter Chor SATB)

A meditation on the chant of the day for October 14, 2025, Beatus Servus is written for SATB voicing with divisi up to eight parts. Written for the Jesse Kaiser Ensemble based in Columbia, South Carolina.

Beatus Servus (2025)

(Englisches Weihnachtslied)
William Hayman Cummings (1831 - 1915)
Arr.: Ernest Heyman.
Erhältlich für Männerchor TTBB o. TTB, Frauen- oder Jugendchor SSA, Kinderchor SA und Gemischten Chor SATB o. SAM!
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Hark! The Herald Angels sing (Gemischter Chor SATB)

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