A prolific composer, Eleanor Daily has a remarkable gift for melody and for seeking out texts that compliment her music. She has been the recipient of numerous awards in the Amadeus Choir’s Christmas Carol and Chanukah Song Writing Competition, held annually in Toronto, and has written many commissioned works for choirs including the Elmer Iseler Singers, the Amadeus Choir, the Toronto Children’s Chorus, the Victoria Scholars, the Amabile Youth Singers, the Bach Children’s Chorus and the Calgary Girl’s Choir.
Track list:
All music composed by Eleanor Daley
1. Rise Up My Love
Text: Song of Solomon 2: 10-12
2. The Crown of Roses
Text by Plechtcheev
3. Canticle To The Spirit
Text by Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179)
4. Hosanna, Loud Hosanna
Text by Jennette Threlfall (1821-1880)
percussion – Terry Madill, Heather Richardson
5. My Soul Is Exceeding Sorrowful
Text from Responsaries for The Office of Tenebrae
6. All My Friends Have Forsaken Me
Text from Responsaries for The Office of Tenebrae
7. Drop, Drop, Slow Tears
Text by Phineas Fletcher (1582-1650)
8. Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs
Isaiah 53: 4-5
9. My Master From a Garden Rose
Text by Gordon Young
10. While Christ Lay Dead
Text by Christina Rossetti (1830-1894)
11. Love Bade Me Welcome
Text by George Herbert (1593-1633)
12. Os Justi
Psalm 37: 30-31
13. The Birds
Text by Hilaire Belloc (1870-1953)
14. In Flanders Fields
Text by John McCrae (1878-1918)
15. For The Fallen
Text (excerpted) by Lawrence Binyon (1869-1943)
trumpet – Andras Molnar
16. Missa Brevis No. 4
Text from the Hours of the Divine Office, The Roman Mass
17. And God Shall Wipe Away All Tears
Revelation 21:4
18. Hymn To God
Text by John Donne (1573-1631)
19. Here, O My Lord
Text by Horatius Bonar (1808-1889)
20. In Rememberance
(from requiem)
Text by Mary Elizabeth Frye (b.1905)
21. O Lord, Support Us
Book of Common Prayer
22. Birds Are Singing
Text by L.F. Cole
23. O Be Joyful In The Lord
Psalm 100
