Classical Music

echo is musical celebration of human connectivity. It is singable, powerful, rhythmic, and contemplative. Wong reflects in her music and text the idea that 'the coming-together of many singers to a si...

Heart of Earth sets excerpts of poetry by Laura Purdie Salas that are rich in vivid descriptions of the natural world. Rajasekar was attracted to these texts by the way in which they relate to her hom...

McDowall's poignant Angel of the Battlefield, originally commissioned by the Glasgow School of Art Choir as part of the Composeher project, is both an exposition on the horrors of war and a celebratio...

Born in 1968, Aurelio Porfiri is an Italian composer, conductor, organist and author. He has been the substitute organist of the Vatican City Vicariate in saint Peter's Basilica, as well as many other...

This complete cycle is entirely based on the Matins of Holy Thursday according to the Roman rite. It is meant to be performed in concert, but is also suitable for liturgical use (or para-liturgical)....

I wrote this piece in 1995 for the adult choir of the Notre-Dame's choir school. It was first performed at the cathedral under the baton of my great friend Denis Rouger. The lyrics of this motet come...

For a catholic Breton like Jean Cras, it was only but natural to write a mass. To choose this "very special genre", an a cappella mass, was the result from his particular technical and aesthetic pursu...

Sibelius composed Den 25 Oktober 1902 for mixed choir as a birthday gift to a friend, Thérèse Hahl (1842-1911) who enjoyed a position of high esteem in Helsinki concert life and was a sought-after ora...

Mysterious yet lyrical, Lars Karlsson's setting for mixed choir to Paula Hiekkala's poem Mare crisium (1990) is a beautiful journey from stormy sea towards radiant peace.

Julinatt på ön (A July Night on an Island, 1974/2022) for mixed choir by Lars Karlsson is set to Arvid Mörne's text in Swedish. A peaceful and atmospheric song lasts about 2 minutes.

SSATBB soli, 2xSATB chorus and orchestra

Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Mors Saulis (Choral)

SSABB soli, SATB chorus and orchestra

Composed in 2020 at the invitation of the Festival de Chaillol for the vocal ensemble Musicatreize, 'Lands Unseen' for 6 voices a cappella sets poems of four female writers from different places and t...

This full- sounding choral work with a driving, rhythmic intensity may be performed a cappella or with the piano doubling the voices. ABA form makes for quick learning. Secular text is perfect for sch...

This full- sounding choral work with a driving, rhythmic intensity may be performed a cappella or with the piano doubling the voices. ABA form makes for quick learning. Secular text is perfect for sch...

This full- sounding choral work with a driving, rhythmic intensity may be performed a cappella or with the piano doubling the voices. ABA form makes for quick learning. Secular text is perfect for sch...

This full- sounding choral work with a driving, rhythmic intensity may be performed a cappella or with the piano doubling the voices. ABA form makes for quick learning. Secular text is perfect for sch...

A thoughtful song of parting, benediction-like, in the style of an Irish blessing. Basic choral writing throughout with much opportunity for rubato phrasing. Moderate ranges in all voice parts in both...

A thoughtful song of parting, benediction-like, in the style of an Irish blessing. Basic choral writing throughout with much opportunity for rubato phrasing. Moderate ranges in all voice parts in both...