Dear Sarah - James Syler; Lorena - Joseph Webster arr. Jeffrey Douma - Harmonium Choral Society скачать в хорошем качестве

Dear Sarah - James Syler; Lorena - Joseph Webster arr. Jeffrey Douma - Harmonium Choral Society

Why Do the Nations Rage, March 2016 Under the direction of Dr. Anne J. Matlack Harmonium Choral Society Morristown United Methodist Church, Morristown, New Jersey Piano: Helen Raymaker James Syler was born in Hyde Park, NY and raised in New York and Florida. He received a Bachelor of Music degree from Northern Illinois University in 1983 and a Master of Music degree from the University of Miami in 1988. In 1991, he continued his studies at the University of Texas at Austin, where he has been on the faculty since 2001. Equally at ease with modern and traditional techniques, his compositions have been noted for their lyricism and drama. His compositional interests move between orchestral, wind ensemble, choral and chamber forms. Syler has developed a personal style that is eclectic, energetic and innovative, yet able to communicate with diverse audiences. His works have been performed nationally and internationally and he has won numerous awards and commissions. Dear Sarah is a dramatic SATB and piano setting of a Civil War letter written by Major Sullivan Ballou to his wife. Ballou was a young lawyer from Rhode Island who died at the first Battle of Bull Run, just one week after writing this letter. The music is warm and poignant; it alternates between the writer's voice and the reader's voice through interweaving male and female voices. It was completed in 1998 and commissioned by Canto Spiritus Chorus, San Antonio Choral Society and Palm Beach Atlantic College. We follow this with an arrangement of the Civil War song Lorena, first published in 1857 and very popular with both Confederate and Union soldiers who longed to be reunited with their sweethearts. Although it sounds like a folksong, it was actually composed in 1856 by Joseph P. Webster, to a poem by the Rev. Henry D.L. Webster. Joseph Webster is perhaps best known as the composer of “In the Sweet By and By.” This arrangement was composed for the Yale Glee Club, who first performed the piece in 2009. Jeffrey Douma is the Director of the Yale Glee Club and a Professor of Choral Conducting at the Yale School of Music. He is the founding Director of the Yale Choral Artists and serves as Artistic Director of the Yale International Choral Festival. He earned a Bachelor of Music Degree from Concordia College (Moorhead, MN) and holds both Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees in Conducting from the University of Michigan. Douma has appeared as guest conductor throughout the world and choirs under his direction have appeared across the world. An advocate of new music, Douma established the Yale Glee Club Emerging Composers Competition as well as the Fenno Heath Award, and has premiered new works by such composers as Bright Sheng, Dominick Argento, Ned Rorem, Lee Hoiby, and James MacMillan. Program Notes: http://www.harmonium.org/s/201603prog... Dear Sarah - 00:00 Lorena - 09:51 Follow us on socials! Facebook:   / harmoniumchoral   Instagram:   / harmoniumchoral   Apple Music:   / harmonium-choral-society   Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0xGCh... Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/s?i=popular&rh...