Purple Whispers

This remarkable and descriptive work opens and closes with members of the ensemble whispering to one another creating a soft yet chaotic effect. The simple poem is by the composer: ?Whispers move in colored flight seekingsigns of nexttwilight purple as the violets grow warm but rich for all to know.? As the piece progresses introduced by a solo piano the listener is taken through a dynamic range of emotional tension and release beforethe quiet mood returns to close outthis uniquely effective composition. Dur: 5:15Recorded by the Marshall University Wind Symphony ? Steve Barnett conductor

(Out Here) On My Own (Nikka Costa) - 1973 (James Blunt) - 7 Seconds (Youssou ‘N Dour) - ‘74 ‘75 (The Connells) - A Groovy Kind Of Love (Phil Collins) - A Horse With No Name (America) - A Kind Of Magic (Queen) - A New Flame (Simply Red) - A Woman's Worth (Alicia Keys) - About A Girl (Nirvana) - Again (Lenny Kravitz) - Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now) (Phil Collins) - Ain't Misbehavin' (Louis Armstrong) - All Apologies (Nirvana) - All Night Long (Lionel Richie) - All That You Have Is Your Soul (Tracy Chapman) - Always On My Mind (Michael Buble ) - Amazing (George Michael) - Angels (Robbie Williams) - Apache (The Shadows) - Aquarius (The 5th Dimension) - Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) (Christopher Cross) - As Time Goes By (Herman Hupfeld) - Babooshka (Kate Bush) - Baby Can I Hold You (Tracy Chapman) - Back For Good (Take That) - Back To Black (Amy Winehouse) - Barbara Ann (Beach Boys) - Basin Street Blues (Ella Fitzgerald ) - Be Free With Your Love (Spandau Ballet) - Because You Loved Me (Céline Dion) - Been A Son (Nirvana) - Blue Moon - Blue Suede Shoes (Elvis Presley) - Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen) - Breakthru (Queen) - Can't Take My Eyes Off You (Gloria Gaynor ) - Caravan (From Sophisticated Ladies) - Careless Whisper ( (Wham ! / George Michael) - Celebration (Kool & The Gang) - Chattanooga Choo Choo (Glenn Miller) - Cheek To Cheek - Come As You Are (Nirvana) - Come Away With Me (Norah Jones) - Come To My Head (Simply Red) - Communication (Spandau Ballet) - Corazón Espinado (Santana) - Cosmic Girl (Jamiroquai) - Crazy For You (Madonna) - Crazy Little Thing Called Love (Queen) - Crossroads (Tracy Chapman) - Dancing In The Dark (Bruce Springsteen) - Dancing In The Street (Van Halen) - Deep Purple (Bing Crosby) - Delilah (Tom Jones / Paul Anka) - Do You Know Where You Are Going To? (Diana Ross) - Don't Leave Me This Way (Thelma Houston) - Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood (Santa Esmeralda) - Down Under (Men At Work) - Dream A Little Dream Of Me (Louis Armstrong / The Mamas And The Papas) - Easy (Lionel Richie) - Ebb Tide (Frank Sinatra) - Ebony And Ivory (Paul Mccartney Feat. Stevie Wonder) - Endless Love (Lionel Richie ) - Enola Gay (Orchestral Manouvres In The Dark) - Enough (Simply Red) - Everybody Loves Somebody - Everybody Wants To Rule The World (Tears For Fears) - Everytime You Go Away (Paul Young) - Fallin' (Alicia Keys) - Fame (Irene Cara) - Fast Car (Tracy Chapman) - Feel (Robbie Williams) - Fight For Ourselves (Spandau Ballet) - Flash (Queen) - Flashdance... What A Feeling (Irene Cara) - For Once In My Life (Michael Bublé) - Friends Will Be Friends (Queen) - Genie In A Bottle (Cristina Aguilera) - Get Down On It (Kool & The Gang) - Ghostbusters (Ray Parker Jr.) - Give Me One Reason (Tracy Chapman) - Gold (Spandau Ballet) - Goldfinger (Shirley Bassey) - Goodbye My Lover (James Blunt) - Goodbye Philadelphia (Peter Cincotti) - Goodnight Moon (Shivaree) - Goodnight Tonight (Paul McCartney ) - Grease (from Grease) - Happy Together (The Turtles) - Harden My Heart (Quarterflash) - Hello (Lionel Richie) - High (James Blunt) - Hips Don't Lie (Shakira) - Holding Back The Years (Simply Red) - Hot Stuff (Donna Summer) - Hotel California (Eagles) - How Deep Is The Ocean? (Irving Berlin) - How Many Lies? (Spandau Ballet) - How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) (Michael Bublé) - I Don't Want To Miss A Thing (Aerosmith) - I Heard It Through The Grapevine (Creedence Clearwater Revival / Wilson Pickett / Marvin Gaye) - I Just Called To Say I Love You (Stevie Wonder) - I Wan't Feel Bad (Simply Red) - I Want It All (Queen) - I Want To Break Free (Queen) - I Want You To Need Me (Celine Dion) - I Will Always Love You (Whitney Houston / Dolly Parton) - If I Could Turn Back Time (Cher) - I'll Be There For You (The Rembrandts) - I'll Fly For You (Spandau Ballet) - I'll Stand By You (The Pretenders) - I'm In The Mood For Love - In The Midnight Hour (The Midnight Hour) (Wilson Pickett) - Infidelity (Simply Red) - Innuendo (Queen) - Is This Love (Whitesnake) - Isn't She Lovely (Stevie Wonder) - It Must Have Been Love (Roxette) - It's A Hard Life (Queen) - Jericho (Simply Red) - Karma Chameleon (Culture Club) - Killer Queen (Queen) - La Bamba (Ritchie Valens) - Lady Marmalade (Patty Labelle / Christina Aguilera) - Lambada (Llorando Se Fue) (Kaoma) - Lara's Theme (from Doctor Zhivago) Somewhere I Love - Laura - Let The Sunshine In - Lifeline (Spandau Ballet) - Lift Me Up (Moby) - Lithium (Nirvana) - Living On My Own (Freddie Mercury) - Look At You Now (Simply Red) - Love Don't Cost A Thing (Jennifer Lopez) - Love Is A Many Splendored Thing) - Love Is In The Air (John Paul Young) - Lucky Man (The Verve) - Luka (Suzanne Vega) - Lullaby Of Birdland - Macarena (Los Del Rio) - Mad About You (Hooverphonic) - Made In Heaven (Queen) - Master Blaster (Jammin') (Stevie Wonder) - Mercy (Duffy) - Minnie The Moocher (Cab Calloway) - Money's Too Tight To Mention (Simply Red) - Moonlight Shadow (Mike Oldfield) - More Than This (Roxy Music) - Move On Out (Simply Red) - My Baby Just Cares For Me (Nina Simone) - My Love (Paul McCartney) - My Perfect Love (Simply Red) - My Sweet Lord (George Harrison) - Need Your Loving Tonight (Queen) - Never Can Say Goodbye (Gloria Gaynor) - Never Forget (Take That) - Night And Day (Cole Porter) - No Tengo Dinero (Los Umbrellos) - Notorious (Duran Duran) - Obsesion (Aventura) - On The Sunny Side Of The Street) - One Vision (Queen) - Only When You Leave (Spandau Ballet) - Out Of Time (Blur) - Over The Rainbow (from The Wizard Of Oz) (Judy Garland) - Oye Como Va (Santana ) - Part-Time Lover (Stevie Wonder) - Patience (Take That) - Please Don't Go (Double You) - Precious (Depeche Mode) - Put Your Head On My Shoulder (Paul Anka) - Puttin' On The Ritz - Radio Ga Ga (Queen) - Rain And Tears (The Aphrodite's Child) - Rehab (Amy Winehouse) - Relight My Fire (Dan Hurtman) - Round And Round (Spandau Ballet) - Runaway Train (Soul Asylum) - Running Up That Hill (Kate Bush) - Same Mistake (James Blunt) - Say It Once (Ultra) - Say You Say Me (Lionel Richie) - Say You'll Be There (Spice Girls) - September (Earth Wind & Fire) - She Caught The Katy And Left Me A Mule To Ride (The Blues Brothers) - Shout (Tears For Fears) - Singin' In The Rain (Gene Kelly) - Sitting Down Here (Lene Marlin) - Sleeping Satellite (Tasmin Archer) - Smells Like Teen Spirit (Nirvana) - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes (The Platters) - Smoke On The Water (Deep Purple) - Smooth (Santana) - Somebody To Love (Queen) - Someone To Watch Over Me (Nikka Costa) - Something Got Me Started (Simply Red) - Sonnet (The Verve) - Stardust (Hoagy Carmichael) - Stormy Weather (Frank Sinatra) - Summer Nights (from Grease) (Olivia Newton John & John Travolta) - Summertime (from Porgy and Bess) (George Gershwin) - Superstition (Stevie Wonder) - Sure (Take That) - Talkin' About A Revolution (Tracy Chapman) - That's The Way (I Like It) (KC & The Sunshine Band) - That's What Friends Are For (Dionne Warwick) - The Drugs Don't Work (The Verve) - The Final Countdown (Europe) - The Game Of Love (Santana Feat. Michelle Branch) - The Greatest Love Of All (Whitney Houston) - The House Of The Rising Sun (The Animals) - The Invisible Man (Queen) - The Miracle (Queen) - The Power Of Love (Céline Dion) - The Promise (Tracy Chapman) - The Right Thing (Simply Red) - The Shadow Of Your Smile (Shirley Bassey) - The Show Must Go On (Queen) - The Taste Of Your Tears (King) - The Way We Were (Barbra Streisand) - Theme From New York, New York (Liza Minelli / Frank Sinatra) - Think (Aretha Franklin) - Thinking About You (Norah Jones) - Through The Barricades (Spandau Ballet) - Tonight's The Night (Rod Stewart) - True (Spandau Ballet) - Turn It Up (Simply Red) - Un-Break My Heart (Tony Braxton) - Unchained Melody (Righthouse Brothers) - Under Pressure (Queen) - Unforgivable Sinner (Lene Marlin) - Viva Forever (Spice Girls) - Wake Me Up When September Ends (Green Day) - Walking On Sunshine (Katrina And The Waves) - We Are The Champions (Queen) - We Are The World (USA For Africa) - We Have All The Time In The World (Louis Armstrong) - We Will Rock You (Queen) - Whatever You Want (Status Quo) - When A Man Loves A Woman (Percy Sledge / Michael Bolton) - When You Say Nothing At All (Ronan Keating) - When You Walk In The Room (Rokes) - Who Wants To Live Forever (Queen) - Woman In Chains (Tears For Fears) - Wuthering Heights (Kate Bush) - You And I (Michael Bublé / Stevie Wonder) - You Are The Sunshine Of My Life (Stevie Wonder) - You're Beautiful (James Blunt) - You're Mirror (Simply Red)

Four popular classics by the likes of Cecil Mack and Cole Porter have been lovingly arranged as close-harmony songs for men's voices. Capturing perfectly the mood and spirit of the original Broadway favourites, David Nield presents a programme of guaranteed crowd-pleasers that continue to transcend fashion as the years go by, brimming with the swing and swagger of the Barbershop style. Arranged for a quartet of Alto, Tenor, Baritone and Bass voices, each piece includes a Piano accompaniment for easier rehearsal. Nield's ingenuous and effervescent writing sparkles with jazzy energy without ever becoming difficult to sing. The close-harmony style not only presents a uniquely satisfying and playful challenge to the singers, but will also delight and amuse audiences everywhere, no matter what the occasion! / Voix Masculines