The Maidstone Singers perform Karl Jenkins' Sancta Mater from his 'Stabat Mater' together with the Przemyski Chor Kameralny in Poland 2011.

Pie Jesu Domine,---Lord, all pitying, Jesu blest.
Dona eis requiem, sempiternam.---Grant them Thine eternal rest.

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Karl Jenkins:
Karl Jenkins knew from an early age that he wanted to make his life in music. As the son of the chapel choir master and organist in the village of Penclawdd, Wales, Jenkins learned piano and music theory from his father and was strongly influenced by the singing tradition of the Welsh church. At school he excelled at oboe, performing with the National Youth Symphony of Wales. Continuing his musical studies at Cardiff University and the Royal Academy of Music, he found himself drawn to jazz, preferring it to the atonal, dissonant style of music being taught in his composition classes. Describing himself as “one of the few jazz oboists in captivity,” he spent the following decades touring as a jazz performer, composer, and band leader.

Jenkins’ musical career entered a new chapter when he settled in London and began composing music for movies and advertising. His distinctive fusion of European and world music attracted an enthusiastic audience, most notably with his Adiemus recordings used in Delta Air Lines commercials in the 1990s. Composing next for the concert hall, he turned to the great liturgical works of the Christian church, revisiting the historic texts to interpret them anew using influences and ideas from other cultures. Over the course of his career to date Jenkins’ music has earned him 17 gold and platinum recordings and a host of accolades, including being named a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music. In 2015, Jenkins was awarded a Knighthood for “services to composing and crossing musical genres.”

In a documentary on his career, Jenkins commented “I feel quite strongly that composing should communicate with people...I don’t think there’s any point in writing music if one doesn’t have an audience.” Of that the eminent composer should have no fear: his life in music has made him the most performed living composer in the world today.

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Requiem – Karl Jenkins:
The Japanese understanding of death has no corresponding concept of judgment, punishment, and reward. Instead, death is a natural process in which a soul returns inevitably to nature, just as snow must melt and cherry blossoms must fall. The spirits of the departed roam the world for months or even years before they are finally ready to merge with the cosmos. Just prior to death, many Japanese follow an ancient tradition of composing a jisei, which is a farewell poem to life, in the form of a haiku.
Karl Jenkins beautifully combines these two cultural understandings of death in his Requiem, enriching the Latin text codified by the church in the 16th century with Japanese death haiku from the 17th and 18th centuries. His musical settings reflect the origins of the texts: Latin prayers sung with Western orchestration and choral harmonies, Japanese haiku sung with Japanese flute and melodic styles. Jenkins vividly paints the texts within these styles, as the relentless rhythms of the Dies Irae give way to the melting solo flute of The Snow of Yesterday.

Jenkins also found points of commonality between the two philosophies, with haiku that echo the Benedictus and the Agnus Dei of the Requiem Mass. He combined the texts in these movements, with the women singing the Japanese poems above the men intoning the Latin prayers in monastic style. He concludes his Requiem with an ethereal setting of In Paradisum, in which a joyful and playful harp welcomes the souls of the departed into paradise.

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Performed by the Exultate Festival Choir and Orchestra on Sunday, March 18, 2018, at Augustana Lutheran Church in West St. Paul, MN, USA.

Thomas D. Rossin, Artistic Director
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The third movement of Karl Jenkins' Songs of the Earth, commissioned for BBC Radio 3 and first performed by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, BBC National Chorus of Wales and the amassed Youth Choirs of Wales.

Polyphony
Stephen Layton

"Adiemus" de Karl Jenkins au CONCERT le 28 mars 2015 à l'Eglise Américaine à Paris avec le Choeur d'Enfants Sotto Voce, dirigé par Scott Alan Prouty avec Fanny Le Nestour au piano. Le Choeur d'Enfants Sotto Voce est en résidence au Théâtre du Châtelet. (Extrait: C&C GIRON)

Adieus by Karl Jenkins from our last concert at the American Church in Paris.

Karl Jenkins on "This Land of Ours" - "The idea came to me earlier in the year to record an album that reflected two important facets of traditional Welsh popular culture, the male voice choir and the brass band, brought together for the first time on a major record release. Male voice choirs and brass bands have been synonymous with our country since the industrial revolution and although this is true of many mining communities, particularly in the north of England, the male choir has a particular resonance in Wales. It was clear that I had to employ the best possible practitioners in these disciplines to make this project memorable and the choice of both band and choir was easy. It was crucial to have a choir that, while retaining the raw emotion of the traditional Welsh male choir, also possessed superb musicianship and reading ability, in the musical sense, which enabled me to explore more adventurous harmonies and sounds than is perhaps the norm within this genre, with the choral harmonies sometimes consisting of as many as eight separate parts when often two, or even one, is the norm. Ive known Tim Rhys Evans [and his two choirs, the mixed choir Serendipity and Only Men Aloud, his male voice choir] for a few years. Tim is a brilliant choral director and trainer and indeed undertook that role on my Requiem recording. His male choir has now metamorphosed into Cantorion. Comprising young, vibrant voices with the aforementioned skills although only sixteen in number, they produce an enormous sound, made even bigger by a particular recording technique of mine that shall remain secret! I can say no more about the Cory band than that they are simply the best in the world, an extravagant claim maybe, but endorsed by the fact that soon after this recording was made in September 2007, they went on to win, under their musical director Dr. Robert Childs, the British Open Championship, ahead of such luminaries as the Black Dyke Mills & Grimethorpe Colliery bands. At this point in time, they are officially ranked No 1 in the world! On a personal level I first met the band through David Childs [Roberts son] the great euphonium virtuoso [former winner of the BBC Young Musician Brass Finals] who plays all the euphonium solos here, even performing a duet with himself on Flower Duet. Other pieces include classical favourites, Welsh folk songs and hymns and some well known pieces of mine while others, although not intrinsically Welsh, are favourites in the Principality. Two of the pieces have new text, in Welsh, by the outstanding Welsh poet Grahame Davies. These are reworkings of the Largo from Dvoraks New World Symphony" as Cysgu Di [Go To Sleep] and of my Adiemus Cantilena: Ysbrid Y Mynyddoedd [Spirit of the Mountains] that was the soundtrack to the C&G Diver commercial.
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01.12.2015

St.Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra
St.Petersburg State Univercity Choir
St.Petersburg TV and Radio Children Choir
Conductor - Eduard Krotman

Карл Дженкинс - Миротворцы - 5. Внутренний мир

СПб ГАСО
Хор Санкт-Петербургского Государственного Университета
Детский хор телевидения и радио СПб
Дирижер - Эдуард Кротман

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Extrait de la messe pour la paix de Karl Jenkins en la cathédrale de Gap le dimanche 22 novembre 2015, en la solennité du Christ Roi de l'Univers, lors de la messe présidée par Mgr Jean-Michel di Falco Léandri et animée par les musiciens honorant leur patronne sainte Cécile.

This recording is our entry into the Karl Jenkins Motets Competition. The video was recorded on Photo Booth and seems to lag a little . Enjoy!

Cantate Domino - Karl Jenkins - practice
Soprano part

srpanj 2010. ( July 2010.)

Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera, and four Welsh choirs, conducted by Jenkins himself on the occasion of his 60th birthday in February 2004. It was filmed in St David's Hall Cardiff (I was in the third row of the audience!)

Karl Jenkins: Tlep

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The Finnish Vocal Ensemble
West Kazakhstan Philharmonic Orchestra
Marat Bisengaliev

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喜多郎 Kitaro - Sozo from Kojiki: A Story in Concert DVD

Kitaro is universally acknowledged as the founding architect of new age music. Kitaro's various sound collaborations and resonant, multi-textured compositions truly defy the constraints of any genre. The Grammy and Golden Globe-winning artist has garnered global acclaim over a more than three decade long career with a signature sound and a pioneering fusion of cultures, techniques and spheres of consciousness that are truly his own.

Kojiki: A Story In Concert, Kitaro crafts this musical journey from the ancient chronicle (Kojiki) that recounts the birth of Japan and it's people.  The video captures an evening from his 1990 world tour that features music from the classic Kitaro album Kojiki (nominated for a Grammy in 1990).  Kojiki: A Story In Concert is an intimate journey to inner realms as well as exotic earthly destinations.  This is a tour de force for Kitaro and his ensemble offering all the drama, grace and humanity performed with a profound spirit in this musical adaptation of legends from traditional Japanese folklore. Concurrently, the audio from the concert will be available to online digital retailers as well as a digital video single. 

Region: Region All

Song List
01.  Hajimari
02.  Sozo
03.  Koi
04.  Orochi
05.  Nageki
06.  Matsuri
07.  Reimei

Approximate Running Time: 55 Minutes

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Artist: Kitaro
Song: As The Wind Blows
Album: The Essential Kitaro (Sacred Journey of Ku-kai vol. 2)

Song List

DISC 1
01. AS THE WIND BLOWS
02. A PASSAGE OF LIFE
03. CONTORTIONISTS
04. ESTRELLA
05. WHISPER
06. ITONAMI
07. WOOD FAIRY
08. DANCE OF SARASVATI
09. THE SCROLL IS READ
10. THEME FROM SILK ROAD
11. NAGARE NO NAKA DE
12. KOI
13. SHIZUKU

DISC 2
1. Silk Road [DVD][Live]
2. Dance of Sarasvati [DVD][Live]
3. Estrella [DVD][Live]
4. Koi [DVD][Live]
5. Mercury [DVD][Live]

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Artist: Kitaro
Album: Peace On Earth

Song List

01. Jesus Joy of Man's Desiring
02. Silent Night
03. Angels We Have Heard On High
04. Joy To The World/The First Noel
05. Little Drummer Boy
06. Jingle Bells
07. Rosa Mystica
08. It Come Upon A Midnight Clear
09. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
10. A La Nanita Nana
11. O Holy Night
12. The Great Spirit

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喜多郎 Kitaro - Sky and Ocean from Live in Zacatecas, Mexico on 04/07/2010

Song: Sky and Ocean

２００１０年４月７日にメキシコのサカテカスで行なわれたコンサート模様です。

Synthesizer : Kitaro
Violin: Steven Kindler
Guitar: Gabor Goldschmidt
Synthesizer: Keiko Takahashi
Synthesizer: Diana Dentino
Percussion: Boyce McGinley

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The “Kojiki and The Universe” film merges Kitaro’s Grammy nominated music from his album “Kojiki" with space-age photographic scenes of the Universe. It was created by Kitaro in collaboration with Astronomy Professor Kazunari Shibata. The film features time-lapse images, expertly intertwined with real-time footage provided by and in cooperation with NASA and Kyoto University.

In Japanese mythology, Kojiki is a story closely related to the evolution of the universe, describing the origin of Heaven, Earth and the creation of the Gods.

The “Kojiki and The Universe” film is a chronicle of astronomical research as well as a beautiful introduction to modern astronomy for everyone.

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喜多郎 Kitaro - Chant From The Heart from An Enchanted Evening DVD

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Composer Kitaro, with a Golden Globe Award, Grammy nomination, and two dozen albums to his credit, is revered most for his ability to embody the human spirit in his music.  Today, Kitaro's music is increasingly progressive, full of innovative touches.  Resonant with exotic Japanese instruments as well as the more familiar guitar, flute, and drums, it shimmers one minute and rumbles the next, by turns soothing and stirring, atonal and rhythmic, orchestrally full and dramatic, yet surprisingly intimate, with the ability to transport the listener on a far-reaching musical journey that draws refrains of East and West together.  Includes 5.1 audio created from original 2 track stereo.

Song List
01.  Chant from The heart
02.  Kokoro
03.  Mandala
04.  Planet
05.  Dance of Sarasvati
06.  Winds of Youth
07.  Heaven & Earth

Approximate Running Time: 84 Minutes

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喜多郎 Kitaro - Chant From The Heart from An Enchanted Evening DVD

Kitaro Official Website
http://www.domomusicgroup.com/kitaro/index.php

喜多郎オフィシャルウェブサイトhttp://www.diaa.net/kitaro/index.php

Composer Kitaro, with a Golden Globe Award, Grammy nomination, and two dozen albums to his credit, is revered most for his ability to embody the human spirit in his music.  Today, Kitaro's music is increasingly progressive, full of innovative touches.  Resonant with exotic Japanese instruments as well as the more familiar guitar, flute, and drums, it shimmers one minute and rumbles the next, by turns soothing and stirring, atonal and rhythmic, orchestrally full and dramatic, yet surprisingly intimate, with the ability to transport the listener on a far-reaching musical journey that draws refrains of East and West together.  Includes 5.1 audio created from original 2 track stereo.

Song List
01.  Chant from The heart
02.  Kokoro
03.  Mandala
04.  Planet
05.  Dance of Sarasvati
06.  Winds of Youth
07.  Heaven & Earth

Approximate Running Time: 84 Minutes