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Stanley M. Hoffman
Oct 15, 20241 min read
Orchestral Composition of the Day, Installment 2: "Elegiac Rondo" for String Orchestra (2018 | ca. 7 minutes)
Orchestral Composition of the Day, Installment 2: "Elegiac Rondo" for String Orchestra (2018 | ca. 7 minutes) Begun in 2001 as an homage...
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Stanley M. Hoffman
Oct 14, 20241 min read
Orchestral Composition of the Day, Installment 1: "Azure Sunrise" Originally for Organ Duet, Arranged for Harp and String Orchestra; Composed in 2018; Arranged in 2022
Orchestral Composition of the Day, Installment 1: "Azure Sunrise" Originally for Organ Duet, Arranged for Harp and String Orchestra;...
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Stanley M. Hoffman
Oct 13, 20242 min read
Choral Piece of the Day, FINAL Installment, No. 62: "Only from Blood Does Freedom Grow" for SATB Chorus and Piano or Orchestra (2024)
Choral Piece of the Day, FINAL Installment, No. 62: "Only from Blood Does Freedom Grow" for SATB Chorus and Piano or Orchestra (2024)...
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Stanley M. Hoffman
Oct 11, 20244 min read
Choral Piece of the Day, Installment 61: "My Red Boots" for SATB Chorus (divisi) unaccompanied (2024)
Choral Piece of the Day, Installment 61: "My Red Boots" for SATB Chorus (divisi) unaccompanied (2024) The text for "My Red Boots" is one...
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Stanley M. Hoffman
Oct 10, 20242 min read
Choral Piece of the Day, Installment 60: "From Silent Night" (Dowland/Hoffman) Arranged for SATB Quartet or Chorus, Treble Viol or Viola, Bass Viol or Violoncello, and Lute or Guitar (2024)
Choral Piece of the Day, Installment 60: "From Silent Night" (Dowland/Hoffman) Arranged for SATB Quartet or Chorus, Treble Viol or...
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Stanley M. Hoffman
Oct 9, 20243 min read
Choral Pieces of the Day, Installments 59A and B: Six Quartets, Op. 112, #1 “Sehnsucht” and #2 “Nächtens” by Johannes Brahms, Arranged for SATB Chorus and Orchestra; Composed 1891, Arranged 2023
Choral Pieces of the Day, Installments 59A and B: Six Quartets, Op. 112, #1 “Sehnsucht” and #2 “Nächtens” by Johannes Brahms, Arranged...
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Stanley M. Hoffman
Oct 8, 20241 min read
Choral Piece of the Day, Installment 58: "Dormiva dolcemente" Reimagined (Gabrieli/Hoffman) (SATB/SATB, or 2 Brass Quartets, or Both) (Adaptation Created in 2023)
Choral Piece of the Day, Installment 58: "Dormiva dolcemente" Reimagined (Gabrieli/Hoffman) (SATB/SATB, or 2 Brass Quartets, or Both)...
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Stanley M. Hoffman
Oct 7, 20241 min read
Choral Piece of the Day, Installment 57: "The City In the Sea: Choral Tone Poem" for SATB Chorus (divisi) and Orchestra (2022) (13:00)
Choral Piece of the Day, Installment 57 : "The City In the Sea: Choral Tone Poem" for SATB Chorus (divisi ) and Orchestra (2022) (13:00)...
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Stanley M. Hoffman
Oct 6, 20241 min read
Choral Piece of the Day, Installment 56: "The Captain’s Daughter (On the Water)" for SATB Chorus and Piano or Orchestra (2021)
Choral Piece of the Day, Installment 56: "The Captain’s Daughter (On the Water)" for SATB Chorus and Piano or Orchestra (2021) Text by ...
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Stanley M. Hoffman
Oct 2, 20242 min read
Choral Piece of the Day, Installment 55: "Set No. 10 of Three Pieces" ("Like a Sick Eagle," "Luck and Work," "The Indians") arranged for SATB Chorus and Piano (Ives/Hoffman, arr.)
Choral Piece of the Day, Installment 55: "Set No. 10 of Three Pieces" ("Like a Sick Eagle," "Luck and Work," "The Indians") arranged for...
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Stanley M. Hoffman
Oct 1, 20241 min read
Pasacalle Triste (Sad Passacaglia - "Apotheosis of the circle of fifths") for string orchestra, is now available for sale, and for a world premiere performance.
Pasacalle Triste (Sad Passacaglia - Apotheosis of the circle of fifths) for string orchestra, will finally be available for sale from...
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Stanley M. Hoffman
Oct 1, 20241 min read
Choral Piece of the Day, Installment 54: "Refuge" for SATB Chorus (divisi) unaccompanied (2021, ca. 2:10), Based on the Poem by Sara Teasdale
TEXT From my spirit’s gray defeat, From my pulse’s flagging beat, From my hopes that turned to sand Sifting through my close-clenched...
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Stanley M. Hoffman
Sep 30, 20242 min read
Choral Piece of the Day, Installment 53: "Kindle the Taper," a Chanukah Fanfare for SATB Chorus & Piano, or optional Trumpet, Horn, Cymbals, & Harp (2020); Text by Emma Lazarus.
Choral Piece of the Day, Installment 53: "Kindle the Taper" a Chanukah Fanfare for SATB Chorus and Piano, or optional Trumpet in B-flat,...
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Stanley M. Hoffman
Sep 29, 20241 min read
Choral Piece of the Day, Installment 52: The Whole World Is a Very Narrow Bridge (Kol ha’olam kulo gesher tsar me’od) for SATB Chorus unaccompanied (2018)
The Whole World Is a Very Narrow Bridge ( Kol ha’olam kulo gesher tsar me’od) - (Hebrew - text by Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav and from...
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Stanley M. Hoffman
Sep 27, 20241 min read
Choral(/Vocal) Piece of the Day, Installment 51: Mists (Nebbie) Respighi/Hoffman, arr. SATB Chorus and Piano or Orchestra, or Medium Voice and Orchestra
Choral(/Vocal) Piece of the Day, Installment 51: Mists (Nebbie) Respighi/Hoffman, arr. SATB Chorus and Piano or Orchestra, or Medium...
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Stanley M. Hoffman
Sep 26, 20241 min read
The Expanses (Intermezzo for Piano, 1980) Arranged for Chamber Orchestra, 2024: The Expanses (Intermezzo for Chamber Orchestra)
The Expanses (Intermezzo for Piano, 1980) Arranged for Chamber Orchestra, 2024: The Expanses (Intermezzo for Chamber Orchestra). A gift...
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Stanley M. Hoffman
Sep 26, 20242 min read
Choral Piece of the Day, Installment 50: "I Am" for SATB Chorus unaccompanied (2018)
Choral Piece of the Day, Installment 50: "I Am" for SATB Chorus unaccompanied (2018) I Am is a setting of the poem Do not stand at my...
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Stanley M. Hoffman
Sep 26, 20242 min read
Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame featuring Mary Hubbell
Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame featuring Mary Hubbell LINK TO LIVESTREAM OF CONCERT 26 SEPTEMBER 2024 AT 3:00 PM EASTERN TIME, USA...
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Stanley M. Hoffman
Sep 25, 20242 min read
Choral Piece of the Day, Installment 49: El Yivneh Hagalil (The Lord builds Galilee) for SATB Chorus unaccompanied
Choral Piece of the Day, Installment 49: El Yivneh Hagalil (The Lord builds Galilee) for SATB Chorus unaccompanied Year of Arrangement:...
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Stanley M. Hoffman
Sep 24, 20242 min read
Choral(/Vocal) Piece of the Day, Installment 48: Twelve Songs, Op. 27., by Alexander Zemlinsky (Soprano Solo and Piano) Arranged for Soprano Solo, SATB Chorus and Piano or Chamber Orchestra (2018)
Choral(/Vocal) Piece of the Day, Installment 48: Twelve Songs , Op. 27., by Alexander Zemlinsky (Soprano Solo and Piano) Arranged for...
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