CHORAL MUSIC BY ROBERT JORDAHL CQ2116 Sing a song of Shakers, SATB, 7pp. $1.65 View Sample Four early American Shaker songs for a cappella mixed choir. Duration about 5'5" total for all four. 1. Come life, Shaker life Click to hear midi file Click to hear .mp3 file* 2. A people called Christians Click to hear midi file Click to hear .mp3 file* 3. I will bow and be simple Click to hear midi file Click to hear .mp3 file* 4. Followers of the Lamb Click to hear midi file * Live recording made October 22, 2004 at St. Luke Simpson United Methodist Church in Lake Charles, Louisiana by the Louisiana Choral Foundation's Masterworks Chorale under the direction of Dr. Darryl Jones. CQ2101 Mystery of Wonder, SATB, 5pp. $1.65 View Sample Three Christmas Motets for a cappella mixed choir. Latin text plus singable English sub-text by Wilbur Skeels. Duration about 3'0" total for all three. 1. Virga Jesse Floruit (Jesse's Rod has come to flower) 2. Videntes Stellam (And when they saw the star) 3. O Magnum Mysterium (O great mystery of wonder) CQ2102 We Did Not Sing In Eden, TTBB with trombone quartet or optional piano, 7pp. $1.65 View Sample Original text (see below) by Jo Jordahl is a homage to music as the embodiment of freedom, love, truth and the human spirit. Commissioned by the Zeta Chi Chapter, Phi Mu Alpha (1996). Duration about 2'40". "We did not sing in Eden, small children of the One, But meekly followed day and night until the time had come round right For the free will of men to be won. "We did not creep from Eden, we marched in columns strong, And lusty challenges we hurled on God's fierce wild primeval world, And the spirit of freedom was song. "Through love and loss and yearning,the labor has been long; Yet anthems have the weary made, and lullaby and serenade, For the spirit of love is a song. "In wondering and warfare,we search out right from wrong; Both joy and sadness must we sing, that truth may have her world-wide wing, For the spirit of truth is a song. "When tones celestial call us t'ward the immortal throng, Then let our thund'ring chorus rise, as soar our souls through mighty skies, For the voice of the spirit is song." By Jo Jordahl. Copyright © by Cantus Quercus Press. This text may not be reproduced without the written premission of the copyright holder, except for use in concert programs or reviews. RETURN TO STUDIO ENTRANCE (MAIN PAGE) LEAVE STUDIO AND GO TO STORE SEND E-MAIL WHAT'S NEW?
By Jo Jordahl. Copyright © by Cantus Quercus Press. This text may not be reproduced without the written premission of the copyright holder, except for use in concert programs or reviews.
