When I was a kiddo our church choir used to sing this at the end of a service. I miss the structure we used to have in a service. And I really miss music from my childhood (some of it anyway).
Pablo Casals: O Vos Omnes
VOCES8
Latin (Vulgate – Lamentations 1:12)
O vos omnes qui transitis per viam,
attendite et videte
si est dolor sicut dolor meus.
Attendite, universi populi,
et videte dolorem meum.
O all you who pass by the way,
look and see
if there is any sorrow like my sorrow.
Look, all people,
and behold my sorrow.
From the Tennyson poem, sung by The Spooky Men’s Chorale
Music by Rani Arbo, arranged by Stephen Teaberner
The poem:
Sunset and evening star,
And one clear call for me!
And may there be no moaning of the bar,
When I put out to sea,
But such a tide as moving seems asleep,
Too full for sound and foam,
When that which drew from out the boundless deep
Turns again home.
Twilight and evening bell,
And after that the dark!
And may there be no sadness of farewell,
When I embark;
For tho’ from out our bourne of Time and Place
The flood may bear me far,
I hope to see my Pilot face to face
When I have crost the bar.
Eugene Izotov posted something that is absolutely fabulous. It’s on Facebook, so I’m not sure the link will work for all, but I’m posting it in case it does.
NOTE: So you have to click on the link (“absolutely fabulous”) and it takes you to the Facebook link. If you don’t have FB I’ve no clue if you can see and hear it. If not, I’m sorry for you.
I do love me some Stephen Paulus! I just wish I could sing well enough to sing in a choir. Sigh. Alas, listening is my talent.
The Road Home, by Stephen Paulus
Continuum Choir; Harry Guthrie, Director
Soprano Soloist: Sumei Bao-Smith
Soprano: Lingling Bao-Smith, , Sumei Bao-Smith, Joanna Barrett, Katherine Gregory, Susannah Hill
Alto: Hana Edwards, Helena Paish, Ellie Stamp, Nina Vinther
Tenor: Thomas Baarda, Jack Harberd, Henry Laird, Hamish MacGregor
Bass: Alex Hopkins, Ben Mortishire-Smith, Jonathan Pratt, Ben Thurlow
I heard this when they first put it up on (I think) a Live from London segment. Later they came to sing this at Stanford (Bing Auditiorium), but I didn’t make it to a live performance. I did wonder who they used there for the orchestra. Seems like it would be quite fun to play (well, if you’re part of the orchestration!). VOCES8 is joined by the VOCES8 Choir and Orchestra, conducted by Barnaby Smith.
Loving this arrangement by Blake Morgan that includes VOCES8 and the Ringmasters (and I see a former VOCES8 member there as well). I still haven’t wrapped my head around the meters. Bravo to the groups and Blake!
Henry Purcell: Music For A While, arr. Ashby
The King’s Singers
