“Auld Lang Syne” is a Scottish song. In the English-speaking world, it is traditionally sung to bid farewell to the old year at the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Eve/Hogmanay. By extension, it is also often heard at funerals, graduations, and as a farewell or ending to other occasions; for instance, many branches of […]
Solemn Vespers for a Confessor – Mozart
Vesperae Solennes de Confessore (Solemn Vespers for a Confessor), K.339, is a sacred choral composition, written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1780. It is scored for SATB choir and soloists, violin I, violin II, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, 2 timpani, and basso continuo (cello, double bass, and organ, with optional bassoon obbligato). The setting was […]
Spoon River
Spoon River is based on an early American fiddle tune, Percy Grainger created a setting that “aims at preserving a pioneer blend of lonesome wistfulness and sturdy persistence.” The 16-measure melody is fully explored and developed in a variety of harmonisations and instrumental colours, and is particularly noteworthy for the extensive use of “tuneful percussion” […]
If I Ain’t Got You
“If I Ain’t Got You” is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Alicia Keys for her second studio album The Diary of Alicia Keys (2003). Inspired by the 2001 death of singer Aaliyah, the September 11th attacks, and other events in the world and in Keys’ life, the song is about “how material things don’t […]
Ikimonogakari
In February 1999, Yoshiki Mizuno and Hotaka Yamashita, who attended the same elementary, middle and high school, formed Ikimonogakari. The name of the unit comes from the fact that the two were in the first grade of elementary school together as “animal caretakers” who fed goldfish. They started performing on the streets in their hometowns […]
Zambra
Based out of Santa Cruz, California, Zambra sings glorious global music with a radiant harmonic blend. Whether singing Sephardic laments, Scots Gaelic walking tunes, Italian wedding songs, Swedish lullabies, or southern Appalachian hymns, our sound is consistently beautiful and engaging, with most material arranged specifically for our voices by members Kathleen Loveless and Kathryn Veditz. […]
Personent Hodie
“Personent hodie” is a Christmas carol originally published in the 1582 Finnish song book Piae Cantiones, a volume of 74 Medieval songs with Latin texts collected by Jacobus Finno (Jaakko Suomalainen), a Swedish Lutheran cleric, and published by T.P. Rutha. The song book had its origins in the libraries of cathedral song schools, whose repertory […]
Sia – Everyday Is Christmas
Everyday Is Christmas is the eighth studio album and first Christmas Album by Australian singer-songwriter Sia, released in November 2017 by Atlantic Records and Monkey Puzzle. Her first album with Atlantic, it features original Christmas songs. Initially released with ten tracks in 2017, the album has since been reissued in 2018, 2021, and 2022 with […]
Lindsey Stirling – Christmas
Lindsey Stirling is an American violinist, songwriter and dancer. She presents choreographed violin performances, in live and music videos found on her official YouTube channel, which she created in 2007. Stirling is the middle child of three daughters of Stephen and Diane Stirling. Stirling describes her childhood as being raised in a modest household and […]
Last Christmas
“Last Christmas” is a song by British pop duo Wham!. Written and produced by George Michael, it was released on 3 December 1984 via CBS Records internationally and as a double A-side via Epic Records with “Everything She Wants” in several European countries. The song has been covered by many artists including Whigfield, Crazy Frog, […]