DJ Kenneth A took Concanenda’s recorded version of A.D.J. Cusworth’s ‘Drop Down, Ye Heavens’ and remixed it to celebrate ‘a Concanenda Christmas 2013′.
A mediaeval carol set to music for unaccompanied voices – by A.D.J. Cusworth
This piece was commissioned by and written for Concanenda during the composer’s term as Composer in Residence with the choir.
Text:
Of a rose synge we:
Misterium mirabile.
Thi srose is railed on a rys;
[S]He hath brought the prince of prys,
And in this tyme soth hit ys.
Viri sine semine.
Of a rose synge we:
Misterium mirabile.
This rose is reed of colour bryght,
Throw whom oure joye gan a lyght,
Upon a Cristys masse nyght.
Claro David germine.
Of a rose synge we:
Misterium mirabile.
Of this rose was Cryst ybore,
To save mankynde that was forlore;
And us alle from synnes sore.
Prophetarum carmine.
Of a rose synge we:
Misterium mirabile.
This rose, of flourys she is flour,
She ne wole fade for no shour,
To synful men she sent socour.
Mira plenitudine.
Of a rose synge we:
Misterium mirabile.
This rose is so faire of hywe,
In maide Mary that is so trywe,
Yborne was lorde of veritie.
Salvator sine crimine.
Of a rose synge we:
Misterium mirabile.
[Bodleian MS. Arch. Selden B. 26, fol. 9v]
Arrangement by Andrew Cusworth
Text:
And who are you, the proud lord said,
that I must bow so low?
Only a cat of a different coat,
that’s all the truth I know.
In a coat of gold or a coat of red,
a lion still has claws,
And mine are long and sharp, my lord,
as long and sharp as yours.
And so he spoke, and so he spoke,
that lord of Castamere,
But now the rains weep o’er his hall,
with no one there to hear.
Yes now the rains weep o’er his hall,
and not a soul to hear.
[George R. R. Martin – A Storm of Swords, Chapter 39, Arya.]
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Winner – DJ Kenneth A
“The winners track was released as a B-side to our Official Debut SINGLE
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People’s Choice – Digital Instinct
Digital Instinct
by A.D.J. Cusworth – commissioned for Concanenda’s debut album ‘Bright Shadows’. It is the first track on the album, and begins with the tolling of the bells near Westminster Bridge.
For more details on the piece watch:
Andrew on Composed Upon Westminster Bridge:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGJ75rCUiHY
Composer links:
www.andrewcusworth.com
facebook.com/adjcusworth
twitter.com/andrewcusworth
Only Rays composes set of vocal samples for Concanenda in summer of 2013.
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