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My name is Chris Hoh and I have written the music here. Thanks for checking it out! Mostly choral, these compositions include religious texts, American poetry, Shaker hymns and environmental sayings. The writing goes from few to many parts -- with a few vocal solos and instrumental ensembles. Style/influences? Poulenc, Rheinberger and Britten from abroad along with Americans Billings, Ives, Copland, A. Parker, Paulus and Rorem. You'll find evocative texts, vivid harmonies and intriguing counterpoint. I hope you like this music and you send me your comments!February Piece of the Month: "The Clavichord" Here's a fun piece to chase away mid-winter blahs. It's also a love poem, so Happy Valentine's Day! An ode to a musical lass, it depicts the spell of quiet joy spun by the player's fingers. Or so I think; the words are challenging, but inspiring! It's the showpiece in "Evening Music -- Five Sarton Poems" for sopranos and altos, who get to emulate a clavichord. Or so I think! What does it mean to you? More info about "The Clavichord" and the other Sarton poems on the piece's individual page.
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| Holiday Greetings In this busy time for musicians, best wishes for peace and joy in the holiday season. Thanks to my friends in the Reading (PA) Choral Society, Peter Hopkins, Director, for what I heard was a wonderful performance including "There's A Wideness In God's Mercy" for SATB choir and organ. Appreciation too to Mt. Calvary Lutheran choir in Santa Clarita, CA, programing "Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus" this month (see above). New on this website is "Aromimcha, Adonia, Ki Dilitani," for tenor solo and SATB choir, which King's Chapel, Boston, will premiere at a concert January 24. Also, new is "Angele Dei," the prayer to the guardian angel. It alternates between four and six parts and serves as a companion to the a cappella "Dona Nobis Pacem," both being good New Year's wishes. | The New Season Fall is in full swing now in schools, churches, synagogues and concert halls. Bless all you teachers, directors and performers for your dedication! For me highlights of the 2009-10 season include performances in Pennsylvania and Boston. On November 15, the Reading Choral Society includes "There's A Wideness in God's Mercy." Founded in 1875, RCS is one of America's oldest musical ensembles and Reading, Pennsylvania is also my home town. King's Chapel, Boston dates to 1686 and installed New England's first organ. They commissioned Psalm 30 (Aromimcha Adonai Ki Dilitani, I Will Exalt You O Lord) for tenor and unaccompanied SATB choir. It will be premiered January 24 in a concert by the Chapel Choir. One development with "old" music -- nine of my most accessible anthems for accompanied SAB choir are now in one collection spanning the church year, "Rejoice and Sing." |
