Walter Friedrich

With words and music by the composer, Frank Ticheli gives us a very advanced a cappella setting whose dramatic flow moves through the themes of hope, peace, crisis, and finally to reconciliation. If y...

The brief three movements of this work are set to poems of Sara Teasdale. The movements can be performed separately or together. Set for unaccompanied mixed chorus, the composer says that the cycle 'u...

Originally scored for unaccompanied mixed voices (HPC7095) Frank Tichelli has revoiced this setting of a Sara Teasdale text for TTBB voices.Ÿ Memorial in nature, the original work is one of the most p...

In my setting of 'Shenandoah' I was inspired by the freedom and beauty of the folk melody and by the natural images evoked by the words, especially the image of a river. I was less concerned with the...

I wanted my setting of AMAZING GRACE to reflect the powerful simplicity of the words and melody - to be sincere, to be direct, to be honest - and not through the use of novel harmonies and clever tric...

I wanted my setting of AMAZING GRACE to reflect the powerful simplicity of the words and melody - to be sincere, to be direct, to be honest - and not through the use of novel harmonies and clever tric...

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND At the time in Scottish history when 'Loch Lomond' was a new song, the United Kingdom (which united Scotland, England, and Wales) had already been formed. But the Highland Scots...

THE SHAKERS The Shakers were a religious sect who splintered from a Quaker community in the mid-1700's in Manchester, England. Known then derisively as 'Shaking Quakers' because of the passionate shak...

Written for performance at the 58th presidential inauguration, with text by Pulitzer Prize nominated poet Michael Dennis Browne and music by John Wykoff, Now We Belong is a moving anthem that expresse...

Au terme de sa formation à l'École de musique classique et religieuse de Paris, Gabriel Fauré travailla surtout comme musicien d'église avant d'être appelé à la fonction de directeur du Conservatoire...

With the possible exception of Mozart, no other composer in the history of music ever surpassed Franz Schubert's genius for melodic writing. His 'lieder' (art songs for voice and piano) were composed...

With the possible exception of Mozart, no other composer in the history of music ever surpassed Franz Schubert's genius for melodic writing. His 'lieder' (art songs for voice and piano) were composed...

Neben den bekannten 'Impromptus', der Sammlung der 'Pièces brèves' und den 'Trois Romances sans paroles' versammelt der vorliegende Band Klavierwerke von Gabriel Fauré, die noch wenig bekannt oder sog...

From the major work Considering Matthew Shepard, this is a song of comfort for Mathew's mother. As a stand alone piece it can be sung in a variety of contexts - general concert, holiday programs, memo...

The profound work Considering Matthew Shepard has been a major hit around the world. Telling the powerful story of Matthew Shepard through the healing power of music in a 105 minute dramatic rendering...