Ola Gjeilo's three-work set of Ubi Caritas settings is now complete with Sacred Heart. Musically independent from his other two Ubi Caritas settings, Sacred Heart can stand alone or be performed with...
Walt Whitman's unabashed optimism, exuberance and unwavering confidence in our deeper humanity is beautifully portrayed through music in Gjeilo's setting of excerpts of the Song of the Universal poem....
The sweeping melody line of this work blends smoothly with a sense of symphonic chorale. The Silvestri text begins with the last words in Gjeilo's 2011 Tundra, here painting a world of light. An excel...
This spiritual, extended work uses the liturgical Latin text. The four movements bring us on a metaphysical journey from the heavens to earth, from the echo of The Spheres (Kyrie) to Identity & The Gr...
This spiritual, extended work uses the liturgical Latin text. The four movements bring us on a metaphysical journey from the heavens to earth, from the echo of the Spheres (Kyrie) to Identity & The Gr...
This moving, lush and symphonic work with piano and string quartet has a contrasting brighter, lighter feel than Dark Night of the Soul. Added contemporary text describes the divine spirit of all art....
Called a 'sequel' to the first Ubi Caritas, this new work has a clear resemblance to the original work. The reccuring melody line leads to a divisi treatment of the continued text. If you already like...
This work is atmospheric and intense, featuring contrasts of ethereal melody lines supported by stately, rich harmonies. Unified by a repeated, modulated motif in the 'Hosanna' section, this sensual y...
This movement is the beginning of a Mass called Sunrise, and, according to its composer, it is to be performed with the sense of floating in space. A fine challenge for accomplished high school choirs...
