| Comment: Re: "Hottest" New Choral Composers | Kel Toza | May 16, 2012 |
|
Dear Maria
I don't think I should be the one to talk about one's creativities, hotness and etc. But I find these composer's works to be beautiful.
Ola Gjello (Norway / USA) Cluster and homophonic. Spiritual quietness. And also jazz ;)  Direction between Whitacre and Pärt?
... |
| Comment: Re: Death and Mortality | Kel Toza | May 14, 2012 |
|
Forever Forward
How I remember
the warm and loving touch of your gentle hand.
How I remember
the generous and fine tone of your voice.
How I remember
the openness and sincerity of your longing look,
in prayerful serenity.
When I close my eyes,
the image of our time together hovers b... |
| Comment: Re: Music for Women and Chamber Orchestra | Kel Toza | March 31, 2012 |
|
Two wonderful works
Josu Eldin's "Magnificat" But unfortunately, you do need soloists and bigger orchestra...
1st movement.
Â
Kentaro Sato's "Veni Sancte Spiritus" There are chamber orchesta version (strings and 4 winds) and organ version. This is an absolutely gorgeous work.
1st, 2nd, ... |
| Comment: Re: sacred contemporary repertoire | Kel Toza | March 29, 2012 |
|
I would suggest following.
Â
Hear My Cry by Lane Prince
Missa pro Pace by Kentaro Sato
Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus, Agnus Dei
Cantata Amoris by Kentaro Sato
1. 2. 3. 4.
Ubi Caritas by Durufle
Â
|
| Comment: Re: Newer repertoire for chamber choir and strings | Kel Toza | March 20, 2012 |
|
Mass in G by Schubert would be a good one to do with strings (and piano, if there is no wind).
Here is Kyrie movement.
There are solo parts, but they are not hard. So, it might be a good opportunity to feature some choir members.
Â
Also, I did "Laetentur Caeli" by Kentaro Sato ... |
| Comment: Re: Humorous piece for Faculty Choir | Kel Toza | March 18, 2012 |
|
How about "Who Threw the Overalls in Mistress Murphy's Chowder" Arr by Kentaro Sato?
|
| Comment: Re: Video Games | Kel Toza | February 10, 2012 |
|
I don't know about the published pieces, but Kentaro Sato, who occasionally writes here, is the orchestrator/arranger/lyricist of many video games such as Medal of Honor, Ghost Recon, and Final Fantasy. He might be able to help you.
|
| Comment: Re: Repertoire for children's choir and orchestra | Kel Toza | January 6, 2012 |
|
Kentaro Sato's "Veni Sancte Spiritus" might be good choice (it is SSA). Here are links from his site.
1st mov. 2nd mov. 3rd mov. 4th mov.
Our choir performed the organ version at a large cathedral, and it was a magnificent experience.
Â
Also, If there is solists available, Josu Elberdin h... |
| Comment: Re: Saint Patrick's Day rep | Kel Toza | January 4, 2012 |
|
Neil Ginsberg "The Gartan Mother's Lullaby" (with piano and violin/flute)
Kentaro Sato "Ireland, a little bit of Heaven" suite, containing "An Irish Lullaby" "Who Threw the Overalls in Mistress Murphy's Chowder" "The Kerry Dance" and "Danny Boy." This is an a cappella suite.
Any Anuna's works ... |
| Comment: Re: April in Paris | Kel Toza | December 24, 2011 |
|
If you like French composers, Durufle has wonderful motes like "Ubi Caritas". Lili Boulanger (sister of Nadia Boulanger) wrote some choral pieces, "Hymne An Soleil" came to my mind.
Â
If you just need pieces in French, Morten Lauridsen has wonderful "Les Chansons des Roses." Kentaro Sa... |
| Comment: Re: a piece for advanced female chorus, a cappella, fast? | Kel Toza | October 22, 2011 |
|
David McIntyre's "Ave Maria" that Leonard mentioned could be an excellent choice. Here is YouTube. I've heard faster performances, though.
"Carmen Laetitiae (mp3)" and "Gloria" (YouTube)" by Kentaro Sato are also excellent. There are tons of movements for everyone ;)
|
| Comment: Re: Music from Video Games | Kel Toza | July 8, 2011 |
|
Steven! Two pieces from Final Fantasy Dissidia Duodecim.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFEet4IzJus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWYJCN9zEfs
They are not published, but the lyrics and orchestrator of these pieces is Kentaro Sato who regularly contributes to this forum. So, you could ask... |
| Comment: Re: Christmas "Star" pieces | Kel Toza | July 4, 2011 |
|
Charles Ives "A Christmas Carol"
Kentaro Sato "Little Star of Bethrehem (a cappella)" (or with organ)
|
| Comment: Re: Rep for Women's Chorus and Orchestra | Kel Toza | June 18, 2011 |
|
Veni Sancte Spiritus by Kentaro Sato. A beutiful work for advanced women's choir and chamber orchestra or organ.
Here are mp3 links.
1st movement
2nd movement
3rd movement
4th movement
There is a YouTube video of the 3rd movement "O Lux Beattissima" which is a cappella movement. One of... |
| Comment: Re: looking for more composers that sound like Eric Whitacre | Kel Toza | June 11, 2011 |
|
Ola Gjeilo? I always thought Mr. Whitacre sounds like Schnittke.
|
| Comment: Re: Songs about places around the world | Kel Toza | May 26, 2011 |
|
Ireland, A little bit of Heaven by Kentaro Sato
|
| Comment: Re: Extended work for women's voices and orchestra | Kel Toza | May 25, 2011 |
|
"Veni Sancte Spritius" by Kentaro Sato. A 4-movement work for female choir and orchestra (or organ). Instrumentation is strings and 4 winds. Here are excerpts mp3s!
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
Â
|
| Comment: Re: Favorite Ave Marias | Kel Toza | May 4, 2011 |
|
Anton Bruckner
Kentaro Sato
Â
Â
|
| Comment: Re: PDF sight singing series? | Kel Toza | April 12, 2011 |
|
How about free Dannhauser's Solfege? There are other materials available here.
|
| Comment: Re: Need Chamber Choir Music Suggestions | Kel Toza | April 3, 2011 |
|
Well, I don't know any "fast" tempo piece that last about 7min.
But, if you are open to rearrange the order a bit, this kind of staff works...
Â
Kyrie - W. Byrd
Gloria (this is Kentaro Sato's, but any a cappella Gloria, like Martin would work)
Agnus Dei - Victoria
Spiritual (fast)
Â... |
| Comment: Re: Need Chamber Choir Music Suggestions | Kel Toza | April 2, 2011 |
|
If you want to have same kinf of 7min a cappella piece,
Agnus Dei or Nihil Sum by Kentaro Sato, or Hear My Cry, O God by Lane Price might fit!
Â
|
| Comment: Re: Repertoire for an All-State TTBB Choir | Kel Toza | February 7, 2011 |
|
Then Christmas Comes
and
Sweet Days
Lovely pieces by Kentaro Sato
Â
I thought this version of Lux Aurumque by Eric Whitacre was excellent too. |
| Comment: Re: Sight Singing Methods Used in the Classroom | Kel Toza | February 2, 2011 |
|
Â
1.
Movable do with Do-minor.
Â
2.
I found that students learn well if the solfege and other musicianship staff were incorporated in the normal warm-up process.
Movable Do (but being flexible between fixed Do with chromatic syllable), with Do-minor works best to acquire the sense of... |
| Comment: Re: A capella suggestions for good high school choir | Kel Toza | December 31, 2010 |
|
Ave Maria by Kentaro Sato
Hear My Cry, Oh God by Lane Prince
 |
| Comment: Re: Texts that create a strong sense of place | Kel Toza | December 31, 2010 |
|
By the Rivers of Babylon by Ken Burton. A very cool arrangement
An Irish Lullaby by Kentaro Sato. A lovely music and text on how Ireland came to be.Â
I think your choir enjoy these!
Â
|
| Comment: Re: A Response to Eric Whitacre's "Why British Choirs are Best" | Kel Toza | December 30, 2010 |
|
It is not ANY active American orchestral instrumentalist, I was talking...
Suppose if I taught a singer in a college choir. I would be disappointed, if, soon after the graduation of the student, he published an article saying "conductors in UK (or wherever) are taught from a very early stage ...... |
| Comment: Re: A Response to Eric Whitacre's "Why British Choirs are Best" | Kel Toza | December 30, 2010 |
|
You might understood "some" Americans' feelings, if you were an American orchestral instrumentalist, and you had performed Westside Story under Leonard Bernstein in an American orchestra, and the article was "Leonard Bernstein on Why British Orchestras are Best," and it said like:
tuning "instru... |
| Comment: Re: A Response to Eric Whitacre's "Why British Choirs are Best" | Kel Toza | December 29, 2010 |
|
>>Many of us considered Mr. Whitacre to be an ally in this fight to elevate the spirits and confidence of the American choral community,
>>which is perhaps why the title and article created an outpouring of hurt and frustration.
Â
Yes, Patrick! Exactly!
Â
Because ... |
| Comment: Re: A Response to Eric Whitacre's "Why British Choirs are Best" | Kel Toza | December 29, 2010 |
|
I am assuming that if "he will only record with British choirs" is correct, it would be because his contract with Decca is so. Whether Mr. Whitacre wished to establish Eric Whitacre Singers in UK or not is another story though.
|
| Comment: Re: chant and beyond | Kel Toza | December 29, 2010 |
|
Chris, the beginning male soli is the chant part. But I have to say that it is not the integrated part of the piece. It is more like Mr Lauridsen paid respect to the chant in the beginning, and went on to his own. So, the piece works without the chant in a sense.
|
| Comment: Re: chant and beyond | Kel Toza | December 28, 2010 |
|
Three works!
Â
Ubi Caritas by Morten Lauridsen. 7min a cappella work. Lovely.
Cantata Amoris by Kentaro Sato. 25min, 4-movement a cappella work. Ubi Caritas chant appears throughout the work. Can be the main work of a concert.
Requiem by Durufle. I think all (most?) themes are chant-orien... |
| Comment: Re: A Response to Eric Whitacre's "Why British Choirs are Best" | Kel Toza | December 28, 2010 |
|
I think he had to write something now. But I wished to see more constructive/educational opinion rather than "No, that was not what I meant, and I love all." All rock bands would yell "we love Springfield" if that is the place they were performing.
|
| Comment: Re: High School Choir - 25 minute Work | Kel Toza | December 28, 2010 |
|
I am not sure the instrumentation you would have. But...
Â
Requiem Pacis by Kentaro Sato (about 25min)
Requiem by John Rutter (about 40min, so it is a bit longer than you wanted)
I am sure that your singers would appriciate these works. Both works are written for Mixed Choir, Soprano solo... |
| Comment: Re: A Response to Eric Whitacre's "Why British Choirs are Best" | Kel Toza | December 26, 2010 |
|
Â
Of course, we would choose repertoire based on quality (and practicality). But many of us see a composer who made quality works as an idol (especially, the composer is living), so we selfishly hope and think that the composer must be a wonderful, musical and knowledgeable person, because his/... |
| Comment: Re: A Response to Eric Whitacre's "Why British Choirs are Best" | Kel Toza | December 24, 2010 |
|
  There are composers who have contributing music world by his/her compositions as well as education and volunteering, and they are usually the ones who have specifically majored in choral conducting or education at their alma mater.
  And there are composers who do only writing and G... |
| Comment: Re: Beautiful & Stunning Sacred Literature | Kel Toza | December 15, 2010 |
|
Ubi Caritas by M. Durufle
Agnus Dei by K. Sato
Ave Maria by J. Busto
Â
|
| Comment: Re: Help with spring show theme selections | Kel Toza | November 19, 2010 |
|
John Rutter's "Good Ale" would be a nice one, if "drinking" was acceptable. I might be wrong but I thought Brahms has a few drinking songs too.
Kentaro Sato has a fun a cappella arrangement of Irish tune called "Who Threw the Overalls in Mistress Murphy's Chowder." |
| Comment: Re: Cascades of voices, rising ever higher | Kel Toza | November 16, 2010 |
|
7th Movement of Vesper by Rachmaninov, from around 1:10
Gloria (spiraling up the octaves) and Sanctus (cascades of voices) from Missa pro Pace by Kentaro Sato |
| Comment: Re: Need match for Ola Gjeilo Sunrise Mass | Kel Toza | November 12, 2010 |
|
If you want works from young composers around Ola Gjeilo's age, one of these works by Kentaro Sato would be good (all works are around 25min). These works are very different from Ola Gjeilo.
Â
Missa pro Pace (Mass for Peace, a cappella, Latin)
    I know Erola Festival Singers performe... |
| Comment: Re: extended work for chorus and chamber orchestra | Kel Toza | November 9, 2010 |
|
Gloria by Vivaldi (with soli, but you could cut those)
Part 1 Youtube
Part 2 Youtube
Part 3 Youtube
Â
Laetentur Caeli by Kentaro Sato (about 15min, with strings and piano)
2nd movement (Youtube)
Â
Requiem Pacis by Kentaro Sato (about 25min, with solo. with chamber orchestra or or... |
| Comment: Re: If YOUR Chamber Choir were selected for . . . . | Kel Toza | October 24, 2010 |
|
How Do I Love You? or Agnus Dei by Kentaro Sato |
| Comment: Re: Orchestral Piece with Treble Choir Repertoire Suggestions | Kel Toza | October 22, 2010 |
|
Â
I recently got a CD "Kantika Sakra" by Leioa Kantika Korala, a Spanish children's choir. There are two works with orchestra.
Â
Veni Sancte Spiritus by Kentaro Sato (1981 -)
1. Veni et Emitte (excerpt mp3)
2. Consolator Optime (excerpt mp3)
3. O Lux Beattisimma (excerpt mp3)
4. Da... |
| Comment: Re: 8-part piece for chamber choir | Kel Toza | October 6, 2010 |
|
3 Love Songs by Kentaro Sato
Â
Love in Bloom
Love on Fire
Love in the Sky
Â
A lot of pieces by him are in SSAATTBB. So, you might find something better.
|
| Comment: Re: Quality piece in the French language for a young SAB choir | Kel Toza | September 22, 2010 |
|
1) "Dirait-on" by Morton Lauridsen
with piano.
2) "Prend Cette Rose" by Kentaro Sato
with piano.
|
| Comment: Re: Seeking treble (boys) SA or SSA French language octavos | Kel Toza | September 21, 2010 |
|
1) "Dirait-on" by Morton Lauridsen
Lovely work with Piano. I think SSA version (SA?) is available.
2) "Prend Cette Rose" by Kentaro Sato
With piano. Although it is written for mixed choir, it is lovely without men too.
3) Any choral pieces from a movie "Le Choriste (The Chorus)"
If you h... |
| Comment: Re: looking for SSA piece with chamber orchestra or strings only? | Kel Toza | September 17, 2010 |
|
Â
Here are the links to Pergolesi's work.
link 1
link 2
link 3
link 4
Â
Kentaro Sato's Veni Sancte Spiritus is lovely one. I think the instrumentation is 4winds and strings.
1mov
2mov
3mov
4mov
|
| Comment: Re: Your all time favorite SSA piece | Kel Toza | September 16, 2010 |
|
I am not sure whether you want a cappella works or works with accompaniment...
Anyway,
Â
Dance on My Heart
I forgot who was the composer. but this is a fun work with piano.
Â
Ave Maria
With piano. A work by Kentaro Sato
Â
Sanctus
The 3rd movement of "Missa Trinitas" by Sato. |
| Comment: Re: Sacred music for male choir | Kel Toza | September 16, 2010 |
|
This is a Christmas song, but lovely.
http://www.wisemanproject.com/mp3/071010-ThenChristmasComes-Brethern.mp3
Then Christmas Comes by Kentaro Sato |
| Comment: Re: Marian Antiphons | Kel Toza | August 30, 2010 |
|
Josef Rheinberger "Sechs?Marianische?Hymnen" This is one of the movement
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNAr5Zjuq30&feature=related
Kentaro Sato "Ave Regina Caelorum"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdVccZBF9rY
|
| Comment: Re: Major Work recommendation | Kel Toza | August 8, 2010 |
|
Really? I thought Benedictus movement has SATB solo...
|
