This is just a little piece I composed during a bit of free time I had this week. It's played on a John Sindt in D (the finest whistle ever made IMO). The low whistle in the second verse s a Jerry Optima in D. Nice whistle for the money.

As for the plugins I used, this piece features samples from Hollywood Strings and Brass Diamond, LA Scoring Strings 2.5, Heavyocity Damage, and East West Symphonic Orchestra.

The sharp of hearing may notice that this piece was inspired by an English folk tune that has been adapted in many American spiritual songs. The chords and melody are my own, but it is certainly inspired.

Celtic Hymn

Even in your darkest moments, He is with you still.

Still

This was a song I wrote for my grandmother before she died, it was the words she wanted everyone to hear; even though she couldn't speak them.

Don't Cry For Me

Written by Niles Borop and Billy Sprague, I first heard this sung by Sandi Patty and have loved it ever since. The title is the Italian for "Way of Suffering" and is the name of the street Jesus carried his cross through Jerusalem. The Spanish portion is a partial translation of the English lyrics.

Down the Vía Dolorosa
In Jerusalem that day
The soldiers tried to clear the narrow streets
But the crowd pressed in to see
The man condemned to die on Calvary

He was bleeding from a beating
There were stripes upon his back
And he wore a crown of thorns upon his head
And he bore with every step
The scorn of those who cried out for his death

Down the Vía Dolorosa called "The Way of Suffering"
Like a lamb, came the Messiah Christ the King
But he chose to walk that road out of his love for you and me
Down the Vía Dolorosa, all the way to Calvary.

Por la Vía Dolorosa triste dia en Jerusalem
los soldados le abrian paso a Jesus
mas la gente se acercaba
para ver al que llevaba aquella cruz

Por la Via Dolorosa
que es "La Via Del Dolor"
Como oveja vino Cristo, Rey, Señor
y fue El quien quiso ir
por su amor por ti y por mi
Por la Via Dolorosa
al Calvario y a morir.

The blood that would cleanse
the souls of all men
Made its way through the heart of Jerusalem

Down the Vía Dolorosa called the way of suffering
Like a lamb came the Messiah Christ the King
But he chose to walk that road out of his love for you and me
Down the Vía Dolorosa, all the way to Calvary


Via Dolorosa

I do not own the rights to these lyrics. This is a cover of Where's My Love, written by SYML.

Via Dolorosa

Michael John Poirier

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