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Jenny McLeod  

A baby lying

Duration: 01' 30" Year: 2008
for SA choir and piano

Jenny McLeod  

A baby lying

Duration: 01' 30" Year: 2008
for SA choir and piano with optional men's part

David Hamilton  

A Blessing for this Day

Duration: 02' 00" Year: 2009
for two-part treble voices and piano

Dorothy Buchanan  

As Joseph Was A-Walking

Duration: 04' 00" Year: 1966
carol for voices and piano

David Gordon  

Away in a Manger

Duration: 03' 00" Year: 1995
For unison choir and piano or organ; violin, oboe or other C instrument.

Anthony Young  

Be Still

Duration: 03' 30" Year: 2009
for SATB choir

  • Programme Note

    Much of my work is a marriage (or balancing act) between the Western art music tradition and my own position in time and place. Along with many forms, I have had a love for sacred choral music from Mediaeval times through to the present, but in not being a Christian, I have felt a reluctance to set text in which I don’t fully believe.

    In reading the work of spiritual author, Eckhart Tolle, I have discovered a new connection with biblical texts. Tolle quotes the line “Be still, and know that I am God” in his book A New Earth, as an example of a universal truth that is at the heart of all religions and belief systems. In this text “God” may be seen as the Christian God, an omnipresent spiritual dimension or the universe personified. This line, and the rest of the text, is from Psalm 46. In setting this text I have found an opening into the world of sacred choral music that aligns with my own beliefs.

    Anthony Young

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David Hamilton  

Blessing

Duration: 02' 00" Year: 2008
for SATB choir

  • Programme Note

    When Auckland Choral was asked to sing at the funeral of a highly regarded and long-standing member of the choir, I offered to compose something special for the service. It needed to be a piece that could be quickly learnt. Blessing was the result. The text is by Wellington-based poet Anne Powell who is a member of the Catholic order of the Cenacle Sisters.

    Blessing is a short poem of healing for those “…who walk the earth”, and draws on images of the natural world – the light, the sea, and the wind. The piece is dedicated to the memory of Peter Gibbons, who particularly enjoyed the outdoors.

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David Hamilton  

Blessing of the Trinity

Duration: 02' 45" Year: 2008
anthem for SAB choir and piano (or organ)

  • Programme Note

    This short blessing was written for the 50th anniversary of Trinity at Waiake Methodist Church in Auckland. The text is by British clergyman David Adam who for many years was vicar of Holy Island, Lindisfarne. He is now retired but still lives on Lindisfarne. He has published several collections of art, reflections, prayers, and meditations based on the Celtic tradition.

    The text asks for the blessing of the Trinity over all facets of life – work, people, thoughts, in fact all who we each come into contact with each day.

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David Hamilton  

Bow low, Mary

Duration: 02' 00" Year: 2008
setting of traditional Afro-American spiritual text for SSAA choir

  • Programme Note

    This short setting was written at the request of a choral colleague for a ladies choir in Fiji that she had had involvement with on visits to the country. The text is from the Afro-American tradition of spirituals and the music suggests that style of musical setting. Bow low, Mary is dedicated to the singers of the Nasereci Ladies Choir of Namaka, Fiji.

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Jenny McLeod  

Deep in the forest

Duration: 01' 30" Year: 2008
for SSA choir and piano with optional men's part