Photo 51. for SSATB unaccompanied Composed for International Women's Day, this mesmerizing piece celebrates the centennary of Rosalind Franklin and sets her own words with additional text by the poet Sean Street.

Arrangeur : Kirchner, Shawn / No. 3 from Heavenly Home: Three American Songs / mixed choir (SSATBB) a cappella

Music runs through the story of Arion which begins with a singing competition in Sicily. Arion wins the prize and this puts his life in danger: his newfound wealth excites the greed of the sailors who are supposed to be bringing him back to Corinth and they threaten to kill him. They allow Arion to sing one last song and the power of his singing attracts dolphins to the ship.  At the end of his song he jumps overboard and one of the dolphins carries him to safety.  So Arion’s musical gift gets him into trouble but it is also his salvation.   The idea of being rescued by a music-loving dolphin is very appealing. In Robert Graves’account of the myth the dolphin could not bear to be parted from Arion and accompanied him back to court where “it soon succumbed to a life of luxury.”  However Herodotus says that after his rescue and return to Corinth Arion failed to return the dolphin to the sea and it died there.  Apollo placed the dolphin among the stars and next to it Arion’s lyre in recognition of his musical skill.  This is one of the mythical explanations of the origins of the constellations Delphinus and Lyra. It seems natural to sing a story that has singing at its heart. When I was asked by the Nicholas Berwin Charitable Trust to write a choral work for Making Music something that would be within reach of many choirs and involve children this story struck me as ideal: the men of the chorus could be the bloodthirsty sailors and the women could create an atmosphere of mystery for the arrival of the dolphins represented by children’s voices. There would be one solo voice: Arion the marvellous singer. Andrew Fardell the conductor who was advisor to this commission had suggested that I might use the same instrumentation as a popular arrangement of Orff’s Carmina Burana a work that as well as using children’s chorus features a solo countertenor. I thought the magical otherworldly quality of this

Par MOCNIK DAMIJAN. Em Pianoehlungen: Neue Chormusik - Literaturem Pianoehlung - Gattungen: Hymnen - Reihen bei Carus: Zeitgenössische Chormusik - Langue : Latin / Hymnes et chorals / Répertoire / Choeur SSATB

Aus: Deutsche Sonntägliche Evangeliensprüche. Par RASELIUS ANDREAS. for the 18th Sunday after Trinity Sunday / Mottet / Répertoire / Choeur SSATB

Aus: Deutsche Sonntägliche Evangeliensprüche. Par RASELIUS ANDREAS. for the 12th Sunday after Trinity Sunday / Mottet / Répertoire / Choeur SSATB

Tonalité : Dorisch -. Par KNEFELIUS JOHANN. Gattungen: Motetten - Verwendung / Kirchenjahr: Karwoche, Pianoingsten - Langue : Allemand / Mottet / Répertoire / Choeur SSATB

from Sid Meier's Civilization IV. Translated from the words of the Lord's Prayer. this Grammy-winning 2005 composition from the fourth entry in the award-winning video game franchise Civilization is a watershed moment in video game composition. Becoming the first piece of video game music to ever be even nominated for a Grammy, this epic piece is presented for the first time at Hal Leonard. The Closer Look pane on this product page contains pronunciation guides and an introduction to the language of Swahili by linguist and Kiswahili expert Peter M. Mhunzi.