Cantata for Peace

this cantata by Tom Cunningham, written for the Brussels Choral Society who gave its premiere on 26th March 2023.  

You can listen to their performance here.

The conductor, Eric Delson, wrote "Your piece was warmly welcomed by the public, the choir, the orchestra and of course the soloists, who I must say gave a beautiful performance of your piece and who were so sincerely appreciative of the vocal writing."

They performed the version with orchestra.  It can also be performed with piano or organ, using the Vocal score.  The two solo numbers can be sung unison by the choir sopranos.

If any other choirs would like to perform it, you can find it on Goodmusic's website ..
You can download the full text here.

Here are computer-generated audio files of each movement:

Rejoice in the Lord alway    Audio mp3.

Give ye unto the Lord    Audio mp3.

Father of peace, and God of love!    Audio mp3.

The Beatitudes    Audio mp3.

Open ye the gates    Audio mp3.

How beautiful upon the mountains    Audio mp3.

For unto us a child is born    Audio mp3.

The orchestration requested by the Brussels Choral Society is strings plus oboe and trumpet (like Vivaldi's Gloria).

You can find all of Tom's other compositions on his website https://www.cflat.com/