Monthly Archives: December 2015

Jeg er so glad

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Here are the Lincoln Chamber Singers performing my arrangement of the Norwegian Christmas carol "Jeg er so glad" - with the first verse in Norwegian.  (Thanks to goddaughter, Anneka Barrow, for some much needed tutoring on some of the finer points of the pronunciation.)   After the first verse,  the words are actually my own.

O Lumine (O Splendid Light)

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This is a new composition of mine that the Chamber Singers performed on this most recent Christmas Festival.  It's actually an extensive reworking of an earlier work of mine, called "Weary the World." This recording is a bit distant, but it at least gives you some idea of the piece and of the lovely performance

Looking for Light

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Friday began yet another Carthage Christmas Festival, and as always it offered up a whole plethora of pleasures and delights-  like the Women's Ensemble stunning performance of "Go tell it on the Mountain" .... the Chapel Choir's electrifying performance of "Deo Gracias" from Britten's "Ceremony of Carols," complete with harp accompaniment ....  the Carthage Choir's

Mother’s Love (Caritas)

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Here is another recording of my song "Mother's Love" by Caritas:  which consists of myself, Kathy, Kate Potter-Barrow, and Chip McCrary.  This is from our Christmas CD "Great and Glorious Light."

Mother’s Love

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I composed this song in 1998 to mark the 10th anniversary of my mom's death.  I badly wanted to write something in her memory,  but I think my own sense of urgency about it created a terrible case of writer's block.  Then early that summer,  I learned that one of the members of the Carthage

Great & Glorious Light

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Here is the earliest recording I have of my song "Great and Glorious Light."  It's with the Chamber Singers .... and the two soloists are Nick Barootian and Caleb Sjogren.    It's interesting to hear how slowly I took the song back then -  but despite that, the performance has its own sense of joy

Biebl “Ave Maria”

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From the Carthage Christmas Festival 1999 -  the Carthage Choir sings the exquisite setting of 'Ave Maria' by Franz Biebl.   I vividly remember hearing this piece for the first time on a Chanticleer concert at Beloit College- and couldn't wait for the opportunity to either sing or conduct this piece. I'm so proud of

Shepherds, Shake Off Your Drowsy Sleep

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Here's  another fun moment from the 1999 Carthage Christmas Festival, for old time's sake.  The concert opened with the Carthage Choir men singing "Rise Up, Shepherd, and Follow" from the back balcony.  After a brief reading, the women of the Carthage Choir answered with "Shepherds, Shake Off Your Drowsy Sleep" with Jeanette Rantisi and Lydia