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A deeply moving lament that perfectly captures the feelings of the African-American slaves. Their existence was so dire that 'going home' in death was, for many, a welcome relief. This arrangement has...

A new musical setting of an exquisite text by Thomas Campion (1567 1620). While not overtly religious, Campion's text inspires us in its spirituality, hope, and faith to believe in a power greater tha...

This twentieth-century triptych by renowned Canadian composer, Leonard Enns, includes the following poems by William Blake from his well-known set of poetry titled Songs of Innocence: 1. Introduction...

Dudaryku (The Piper) was introduced to me by my friend Natalka Pavlovsky as 'the Ukrainian version of Der Leiermann' (The Organ Grinder). Like Schubert's famous Lied, this Ukrainian folksong hauntingl...

I encountered The Windhover in graduate school, and it made such a strong impression, but was so daunting a work, that I waited nearly three decades to set it. Hopkins combines a poetic vocabulary dra...

Engraved and edited after the composer's death, this charming piece deserves wider attention in the choral world. The music features unmeasured chant-like passages contrasted with moving accompanied o...