name change, better describes the moment . . .

final [!?!?] draft of a bedtime story in pandemic times written for solo flügelhorn . . . a trumpet could pass though it does get low. Dedicated to the brass players in my life but mostly to my friend, Andy, who helps in all things musical and life sustaining . . .

012a

a bit more quarantine work, originally written for three-part SAB choir a cappella. Here the work has been transcribed for mellow brass instruments; flugelhorn, french horn, and trombone The score will soon be available for purchase from Musicforbrass.com

a companion

[9c1]

some "isolation" music . . . hopefully, one more to follow.

Fluido for flute and guitar was my first new work of 2020 - pre-COVID lockdown. The score is now available for purchase from Bergmann Edition:

https://bergmann-edition.com/products/virgilio-fluido

this recording features Marjorie Koharski on flute and Keith Calmes on guitar.

a setting of the poem written by Robert Herrick (d.1674), personally I don't think the text is as straight forward as historical tradition would lead you to believe. But that is the great thing about poetry, sometimes we can make our own sense of it.

CHRISTMAS-EVE, ANOTHER CEREMONY.

by Robert Herrick

COME guard this night the Christmas-Pie,

That the thief, though ne'er so sly,

With his flesh-hooks, don't come nigh

To catch it

From him, who all alone sits there,

Having his eyes still in his ear,

And a deal of nightly fear

To watch it.

initial demo recording, Charity & Love is a rather free translation, without straying afar, of the traditional Ubi Caritas.

score available for purchase:

https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/charity-love-for-mixed-voices-digital-sheet-music/21566460

TEXT:

Find charity and love, you'll find God,

and in this love through Christ we are bound,

Rejoice, Rejoice and be glad

Love the living God *that may we* love each other with sincerity,

Rejoice, rejoice and be glad in Him.

Find charity and love, you'll find God,

in His embrace we're gathered into one,

So beware, lest divided in mind we might be.

Let evil stop let controversy cease,

and in our midst may God through Jesus be.

Find charity and love, you'll find God,

and also with the saints may we see thy face

In glory, O Christ our God,

His goodness and His joy through age unto age will persist;

Amen.

*text* is reversed in the recording but should be sung as written . . .

a new setting of psalm 134 for mixed chorus more suited to a concert setting rather than the Sunday service.

MALE VOICE VERSION of the previously posted simple setting of the antiphon, Into Paradise. Envisioned initially for funeral services where the vocalist is seeking something different without going too far astray. It may be utilized in other settings as the performer sees fit. Most any voice can sing this one, range is one octave, Db-Db. This score is available at:

https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/may-the-angels-lead-you-into-paradise-digital-sheet-music/21319624?ac=1

A live, in-home quarantined performance may be viewed here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhMDoH3UdcI

E-lude (pronounced eh-lude) is a piece for the classical guitarist which should be interpreted with plenty of all around flexibility in performance. It combines elements of the prelude and the etude with a nod to the rondo form; admittedly, none of which are fully realized here. These forms were chosen as basic references that their individual characteristics would inform the present piece of music.

THE SCORE IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FROM BERGMANN EDITION:

https://bergmann-edition.com/products/virgilio-e-lude