Classical Music

Find hope, shine hope, sing hope. This simple melody stacks beautifully into a 3-part canon by the end of the song, building the skills of developing part-singers. A quote from Emily Dickinson's treas...

This musical tribute to the aurora borealis flickers and flashes with colorful imagery. Carefully crafted for 2-part singers, it opens with independent parts that come together in a glowing chorus lik...

You've never heard Mozart like this before! "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik" is performed on neutral syllables with plenty of kazoo moments interspersed throughout. Get ready to switch back and forth between...

This elevated partner song pairs two colorful melodies the third time around and includes an echo format refrain. Don't be fooled by the beginning part-singing techniques, Andy's eloquent lyrics will...

A pensive, chorale-style opening (supported by minimal accompaniment) sets a tone of reverence for this gentle song of peace. After the piano part blossoms, a variety of choral textures and harmonic h...

Using English text and the title phrase (which means "every thing" in Spanish), this breathtaking work tells us to have our "hearts wide open to receive" the unfolding of life. Legato choral phrases f...

Commissioned by the Somerset, England based charity, Churchill Music!, The Same Flame was inspired by Pierre de Coubertin's ideals of Olympism which gave rise to the modern Olympic and Paralympic valu...

Karl Jenkins Cantata Memoria ist ein Werk der Erinnerung, das die oft schmerzlichen Facetten von Verlust thematisiert. Dabei setzt sich das Stück insbesondere mit der Tragödie von Aberfan im Jahr 1966...

A series of twelve songs with piano for children composed by Benjamin Britten between May 1933 and August 1934. Published as Friday Afternoons, Op.7, they were written for his brother Robert's prepara...

These words of St. Francis of Assisi express a delight in all things of the universe: earth, wind and air, moon and stars, fire and sun, referred to endearingly as our sisters and brothers. The evocat...

A warmly romantic love song of true beauty. Tender lyricism and vocal richness make this piece a rewarding conclusion to the full “Song of Songs,” or a fine concert selection of its own.

A fun and light-hearted song with tongue-twisting lyrics tells the story of a romance between two toads.

By the Sea tells a story which begins quite serenely, and becomes turbulent with the arrival of the tide (which brings with it the minor mode). The unison chorus must sing as one story-teller, regalin...

Fare Ye Weel tells the story of a jilted young lassie who has no intention of wallowing in self-pity; she instead plans to find a new love who will marry her in the morning. This piece for three-part...

A beautiful melody accompanied by a simple yet lush piano accompaniment, this work provides unique moments for singers to sing expressively and create a tender mood through dynamic contrasts. With a s...

This sacred work for treble voices uses a standard AABA hymn form but with a contemporary harmonic pallet, while the text challenges people to share the spirit of Christmas and its gift of Love every...

From an interview with the composer: As the concluding lines of the poem make clear, the weary housewife is deaf and blind to the miracle of Orpheus and the peaceable kingdom he creates through music....

Steadily and with determination, ants are marching in this playful, novel choral which depicts the many qualities of these pesky bugs.  The minor key adds to the "play" between the two parts and the d...

Davonfliegen is based on two songs from the bilingual "Deutsch-Jüdisches Liederbuch" from 1912, which was published by Abraham Zwi Idelsohn, an important music researcher and composer, and financed by...

Die Ausgabe Zur Opéra-comique 'Carmen' entstanden insgesamt zehn Fassungen, von Georges Bizets erster Niederschrift 1874 bis zum Erstdruck der Partitur 1877. Im Zuge jahrelanger Grundlagenforschung er...