Par ANDREW BEN (Arr.). Hatikvah (The Hope) is a 19th-century Jewish poem and modern-day national anthem of Israel. In this romantic-style arrangement, Ben Andrew shares the melody between both the violin and piano. Through the use of subtle dissonance and a rich harmonic texture, the music conveys a sense of struggle, despair and sadness, as well as the eternal hope expressed in the original poem …

Emily Dickinson's poem on hope has wings of its own but now it also has a song. The words lift right off the page encouraged with melody and catapulted with harmony. Excellent for high school college and community choirs yet its dedication alerts you that it will fit in the sacred space as well. Medium.

The text of this work was written by a young junior high Irish boy who very soon after lost his life in a street shooting. And so the poem became the voice of all children victims in a world of war and violence and for their universal longing and hope for peace. Available: SATB a cappella SSA a cappella.

A song cycle for Tenor Baritone and Piano four-hands.Commissioned by Dickinson College in 2008 for The Florestan Recital Project Musical Artists in ResidenceFirst performance March 4 2010 Dickinson College PAThis work is dedicated to Don and Marilyn Conlan ''The seventeen poems selected for this work span many centuries and languages and give very varied views on the subject of love. There is…

A two-part song. Poem by Martin Luther music by Easthope Martin.

for soprano and piano. Par CASKEN JOHN. Chansons de Verlaine were completed in 2006. The third song, Colloque sentimental, was written in 2003 for Alison Smart and Katharine Durran’s New French Song project. It was as a result of having written one short song to words by Verlaine that I subsequently decided to set two further poems to make a group of three. All three were also set by Debussy: L’…

Original SATB Choir and Piano Version of setting of Martin Luther's Poem.

This Night Of No Moon for Ensemble was composed by Bent Sørensen in 1998-99. Programme Note: The title THIS NIGHT OF NO MOON is taken from the haiku poem by the female Japanese writer Ono No Komachi (834-880) about the emptiness without one’s beloved the night without a moon the night without hope.In this piece songs and melodies are hidden - songs and melodies for this title and for other…

Moved by the horrific Orlando night club shooting in June of 2016 Ellingboe set this poem to music as an outpouring of grief yet also of hope that all is not lost and that indeed This Is A Good World. The Kenneth Patchen poem was written and published during some of the darkest days of the Second World War. It reminds us that war will not last and though some do go mad God will not forget u…

At First Light was commissioned by Eric Bruskin a resident of Philadelphia USA in memory of his mother. Eric had a longstanding enthusiasm for my work and I was touched to be the person he approached for a task which is both a privilege and a daunting responsibility. In a sense no music can ever measure up to the weight of love or the hope of consolation vested in it under such circumstances …

Going North was commissioned by the Young People’s Chorus of New York for ‘Transient Glory the Voices of Children’ Francisco J. Nunez artistic director. First performed at the Transient Glory Concert on 29th April 2006 at the Ethical Culture Society New York City. The composer writes of her composition 'It is challenging to find a way to compose that hopefully will be interesting and fu…

Uses: Lent General Healing Scripture: Isaiah 64:8; Jeremiah 18:1-6; Luke 4:18; Job 42:10 This dramatic vocal tableau is a heart-centric tone poem that reaches deep to convey a message of hope andgrace. The text uses the imagery of a stained glass window shattered by life's journey made beautiful again by the Master Artist's touch. The music is fragile and vulnerable and acts as a soundtrack to…

Mattie Stepanek was 14 when he died but his poetry and enthusiasm caught the notice of celebrities and presidents. Ron Kean has taken Mattie's Christmas poem of peace for all the world and created a melody that helps the messagesoar. Fitting for children's choirs treble choirs and even mixed choirs this is a wonderful song of hope and love.