Name: Love Song For Antonia by Travis M. Ramsey, Composer in Choral Music
Duration: 1 min 43 s
Description: A setting of the Langston Hughes poem of the same name (permission given by the Langston Hughes estate) as recorded by the University of Southern Maine Chamber Singers, Dr. Robert Russell, conductor.

Choral Music

A new piece for Pierrot ensemble (fl/cl/vln/vlc/pa/perc[cajon]) by Travis M. Ramsey.  In three short movements.
I. Torrential (0:00)
2. Bobadoo (3:01)
3. Blivit (4:56)

For more information: www.tramseycomposer.com

Three Tangoes

A setting of the Langston Hughes poem of the same name (permission given by the Langston Hughes estate) as recorded by the University of Southern Maine Chamber Singers, Dr. Robert Russell, conductor.

Love Song For Antonia

When the Nightingale Sings, a new choral piece commissioned and performed by ChoralArt, Robert Russell, conductor.

When the nightingale sings, the trees grow green,
Leaf and grass and blossom springs, in April, I suppose;

And love has gone to my heart, with a spear so keen,
Night and day my blood it drains, my heart to death it aches.

I have loved all this year, so that I may love no more;
I have sighed many a sigh, beloved, for thy pity,

My love is ne’er thee nearer, and that grieveth me sore;
Sweet beloved, think on me, I have loved thee long.

Sweet beloved, I pray thee, for one loving speech;
While I live in this wide world, none other will I seek.

With thy love, my sweet beloved, my bliss might increase;
One sweet kiss of thy mouth, might be my cure.

Between Lincoln and Lindsey, Northampton and London,
I know no maiden so fair as the one I'm in bondage to.

Sweet beloved, I pray thee thou love me for a while;
I will moan my song to the one on whom it is based.

from the British Library’s Harley 2253 manuscript, verse 25, ca. 1310 (author unknown)

When The Nightingale Sings

This new setting of the beloved children's book by Nancy Tillman, On The Night You Were Born has been described by conductors and critics as "resplendent," "radiant," "richly contrapuntal," and "pointedly emotional."  
This track is the first of two movements, a setting of Psalm 139 (upon which Tillman's work is loosely based) in Latin.
As performed live by ChoralART (Robert Russell, conductor) in December, 2016 in Portland, Maine.

On The Night You Were Born (i)

This new setting of the beloved children's book by Nancy Tillman, On The Night You Were Born has been described by conductors and critics as "resplendent," "radiant," "richly contrapuntal," and "pointedly emotional."  
This track is the second of two movements, and includes the text of Nancy Tillman's book.
As performed live by ChoralART (Robert Russell, conductor) in December, 2016 in Portland, Maine.

On The Night You Were Born (ii)

Binary Stars is a new piece that combines two familiar texts into a simple and beautiful song.  Live recording is of Full Circle, directed by Jennifer Yocom, from December 2016.

Xmas 16

Binary Stars

(Winner of the 2019 New England Carol Contest)
"When The Stars of Morning Sang" as performed at the premiere performance in January 2019 by the ChoralART Camarata.  Robert Russell, conductor

When The Stars of Morning Sang

Award-winning composer of choral, orchestral, and chamber music.
https://www.facebook.com/people/Travis-M-Ramsey-Composer/100090615842149/

Love Song For Antonia

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