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Nantucket Dunes on a Summer Day - painting by Meg Race
Paul Halley smiling at the blue, blue water of Mahone Bay.
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Recent Concerts
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King's At The
Cathedral Series "The St. John Passion" by J.S. Bach King's
Chapel Choir and Ensemble Regale directed by Paul Halley
Sunday, April 9, 2017 The Cathedral Church of All Saints Halifax
Seasonal Features •
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'Appalachian Morning''Appalachian Morning' composed by Paul Halley (c) Back Alley Music
(ASCAP)
Play track
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4:23
Instrumental ensemble work created by Paul Halley for
the recording 'Earth: Voices of A Planet'. Licensed for
arrangement to The Boston Pops Orchestra, directed by
John Williams, recorded on 'The Green Album'.
This
thrilling work was brought to the attention of competitive
international marching bands through an arrangement created for
The Crossmen Drum and Bugle Corps, recorded in a 1992 video for
Drum Corps International (DCI). Watch video
To
license this work for arrangement or performance, please review
the information on our
page about
Licensing
New Works •
"Mass of St. Michael the Archangel"
Kyrie, Gloria, Acclamations, Sanctus & Benedictus, Agnus Dei
2013 - 12 mins (total)
Commissioned by His
Eminence, Thomas Cardinal Collins, Archbishop of the Archdiocese of
Toronto, to celebrate the 75th anniversary of
St. Michael's Choir School, Toronto, Dr. Jerzy Cichocki, Artistic
Director.
Unison, SATB choir, congregation, and
organ. Premiered
December 2013.
"Praise, My Soul, The King of Heaven" 2014 - 3 mins
Dedicated to Dr. Jerzy Cichocki, Artistic Director of St. Michael’s
Choir School, Toronto, in recognition of having completed twenty-five
years of teaching with the Toronto Catholic District School Board.
arr. Paul Halley
for
SATB choir and organ.
Premiere May 22, 2014.
"Let Not Your
Heart Be Troubled" 2014 - 5 mins
Commissioned by The Episcopal Church of the Heavenly Rest, New York
City, in honor of Mollie Nichols for twenty-five years of service as
Director of Music & Organist.
SATB choir and organ.
Premiere June 1, 2014.
Ere Zij God!
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Arrangement of Traditional Dutch Carol 2014 - 3-1/2 mins
Commissioned by Jake and Jocelyn Knoppers in honor of the 35th
Annual CBC Radio Christmas Sing-In, held at the Church of St. Andrew and
St. Paul, Montreal. arr. Paul Halley for
SATB choir, congregation, organ, brass, percussion.
Premiere December 7, 2014
Ode To Newfoundland
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2015 - 3 mins
Commissioned by St. Michael's Choir
School, Toronto, Dr. Jerzy Cichocki, Artistic Director, for the
choir's Spring Tour of Newfoundland, May 2015. arr. Paul Halley
forSATB choir, congregation, and organ.
Premiere May 22, 2014.
Introit for SATB unaccompanied
Setting of the beloved text, 'For The Fallen' by Laurence Binyon (1869 - 1943),
for All Saints Cathedral, Halifax, Remembrance Sunday 2015.
(Sheet Music PEL5032) Liturgical
Series 5000 listed A-Z by title.
Announcing A New Pelagos Recording of New
Choral Works
A new
recording of Paul Halley's recent choral works is in process at
Pelagosmusic.
Meg and Paul have just finished listening to all the takes!
Editing, mixing, and mastering to come with the brilliant John
Adams of Stonehouse Sound. Paul's chosen singers were gorgeous.
Release date for this sumptuous feast of music later this summer
if our schedule allows.
Our list of titles recorded for this new release for
which sheet music will also be available:
A Brighter
Garden
Beati Omnes Qui Timent Dominum God's Grandeur I Cannot
Dance
In The Wide Awe and Wisdom of the Night
Magnificat (Tone II)
Move Eastward, Happy Earth
My Beloved Spake Nobile Claret Opus
Oculi Omnium Psalm 150: Laudate Dominum The Pulley
We Wait For Thy Loving Kindness
We Will Rejoice For Evermore
Recently, the King's Chapel Choir presented two concerts of
Halley's recent compositions for choir and organ (and selected
instruments) which works are now being compiled into a brand new
recording with Halley's own choir, Keramion Singers. Lifted from an extensive range of works
commissioned by North American choral organizations and special
occasion pieces in honor of family and friends, the texts of
these compositions range
from biblical excerpts to poetry by Tennyson, Herbert,
Hopkins, Dickinson, and Mechtild of Magdeburg (12th century).
In programming the concerts and the subsequent recording, a range of works was selected
that Halley felt would be most wide-ranging and interesting to both
audience and performers alike, and whose key compositional
element was the text selected by the commissioning organization
or gift recipient. Halley explains, "Every one of the pieces is
entirely a function of the specific text; it was the text that
formed the direction the music took. The sacred expression in
words of things that are often inexpressible caused me to
explore all kinds of new musical avenues. In many ways, it would
seem that these poems are sufficient unto themselves, but for
various reasons, they called forth music that I hope underscores
and enhances the words."
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'Wondrous Love' and 'Jesu, The Very
Thought Of Thee' are two of our newer
additions.
'Pelagos' is an
ancient Greek word meaning
“the deep or open sea”, which conveys our
sense
of adventure through the arts. We are very pleased
to feature the
work of composer, keyboardist and choral conductor, Paul Halley.
"A perfect storm of
energy and creativity
in the person of Paul Halley."
- Chronicle Herald
"Halley’s
mellifluous tone and subtle harmonic
shifts sent many in the audience
home in a state
of musical rapture." (Concert review)
About Paul Halley •
Winner of multiple Grammy Awards for his collaborations with saxophonist
Paul Winterin
the 1980's and 1990's,
Paul Halleyis now best known for his long career as a composer and choral
conductor. Halley's choral, keyboard, and ensemble works, for both
church and concert setting, have earned him a place among the most
gifted of today's classical composers. A passionate and
deeply-talented choral conductor, Halley is currently inspiring the
young minds of an acclaimed group of Choral Scholars at the University
of King's College Halifax.
The semi-professional Chapel Choir, which
delivers services of Evensong and Holy Eucharist on a weekly basis as
well as a concert series entitled “King’s at the Cathedral”, is gaining a reputation
during Halley’s tenure, as one of the top choral ensembles in Canada.
The choir's concerts are frequently recorded and broadcast by the
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and are available for live streaming
on "Concerts-on-Demand".
Choral Titles
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More choral titles available as downloads.
Our choral
titles are now being offered as convenient digital downloads,
right from our website and shopping cart, or as on-demand custom
print orders (on our beautiful new covers). If you're looking
for something and you don't see it available yet as a download
or print item, just give us a call or email us and we'll put it
at the top of our to-do list.
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Staircase at the Vatican Museum
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