Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Gordon Goodwin's 'I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day' is played at a medium swing around 120 BPM. The lead trumpet range is up to written high G, there are terrific shout choruses, a few modulations,...

Longfellow's eloquent poem explores how our words, actions, and songs endure. This remarkable concert work is filled with unique tonal surprises, vivid word painting, lush lines in each voice, and gen...

Longfellow's eloquent poem explores how our words, actions, and songs endure. This remarkable concert work is filled with unique tonal surprises, vivid word painting, lush lines in each voice, and gen...

Edward Elgar’s "Spanish Serenade: Stars of the Summer Night" from 1892, for mixed choir and orchestra, paints an enchanting picture of a summer night in Spain. The text is taken from a play by Henry L...

Edward Elgar’s "Spanish Serenade: Stars of the Summer Night" from 1892, for mixed choir and orchestra, paints an enchanting picture of a summer night in Spain. The text is taken from a play by Henry L...

Edward Elgar’s "Spanish Serenade: Stars of the Summer Night" from 1892, for mixed choir and orchestra, paints an enchanting picture of a summer night in Spain. The text is taken from a play by Henry L...

Edward Elgar’s "Spanish Serenade: Stars of the Summer Night" from 1892, for mixed choir and orchestra, paints an enchanting picture of a summer night in Spain. The text is taken from a play by Henry L...

30-minute work based on the Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poem 'The Landlord's Tale.' Composed in memory of the victims of 9/11.

Familiar words, new melody. Ruth's cheerful a cappella setting of the yuletide text accentuates the "peace on earth" lyric, adding a harmonically rich bridge on just those words. Crisp choral "ding do...

Familiar words, new melody. Ruth's cheerful a cappella setting of the yuletide text accentuates the "peace on earth" lyric, adding a harmonically rich bridge on just those words. Crisp choral "ding do...

This short choral work was written to celebrate the twenty-fifth season (2012/2013) of The New York Virtuoso Singers.

Longfellow's mysterious words are beautifully set with a minor-mode melody, designed specifically for developing choirs. Staggered entrances create a canon effect, and independent voice parts form par...

Longfellow's mysterious words are beautifully set with a minor-mode melody, designed specifically for developing choirs. Staggered entrances create a canon effect, and independent voice parts form par...

This fresh arrangement treats the traditional English carol like a contemporary theater piece. You may recognize the words and the tune, but you'll hear the meaning for the very first time, and Longfe...

The sea is beyond our control. That is the comment that brings this descriptive piece to its end. The music follows the Henry Wadsworth text through both turbulent and serene times. The phrases and ha...

The sea is beyond our control. That is the comment that brings this descriptive piece to its end. The music follows the Henry Wadsworth text through both turbulent and serene times. The phrases and ha...

Iza Ngomso is the fourth movement of Christopher Tin's major work The Drop That Contained the Sea, and is based on water in one of its unique naturally occurring states. In the case of Iza Ngomso, a p...

This fresh arrangement treats the traditional English carol like a contemporary theater piece. You may recognize the words and the tune, but you'll hear the meaning for the very first time, and Longfe...

This fresh arrangement treats the traditional English carol like a contemporary theater piece. You may recognize the words and the tune, but you'll hear the meaning for the very first time, and Longfe...