Lee Kesselman

Munoera' (Sanctus) is part of the Shona Mass, an original work composed in the spirit of music heard at the Episcopal Cathedral in Harare, Zimbabwe. The text is a combination of Shona and liturgical L...

Lee Kesselman has created a stunning fanfare-like concert opener of short duration, specifically intended for the Allegro Con Brio's (Kansas City area) tour to Italy. Non-pitched bells are added to an...

Written for the Wheaton College Christmas Festival, this work with a text by Christian mystic, Hildegard of Bingen, should feel very free, personal and almost improvisational. The close harmony requir...

Nights in armor is a suite for a cappella chorus which reflects on the themes of Arthurian legend as brought to verse by Alfred, Lord Tennyson in Idylls of the King. Each of the four songs takes the v...

This short, 3 line prayer has found favor from presidents to world leaders and from the solo fisherman. Here it is set as a simple, a cappella duet for treble voices. This is a wonderful benediction f...

Nights in armor is a suite for a cappella chorus which reflects on the themes of Arthurian legend as brought to verse by Alfred, Lord Tennyson in Idylls of the King. Each of the four songs takes the v...

Nights in armor is a suite for a cappella chorus which reflects on the themes of Arthurian legend as brought to verse by Alfred, Lord Tennyson in Idylls of the King. Each of the four songs takes the v...

Nights in armor is a suite for a cappella chorus which reflects on the themes of Arthurian legend as brought to verse by Alfred, Lord Tennyson in Idylls of the King. Each of the four songs takes the v...

Based on Benjamin Britten's opera A Midsummer Night's Dream,Op. 64, this 15-minute choral suite was arranged and adapted by Lee Kesselman, and he has remained true to Britten's original score, with so...

This Yiddish lullaby from around the turn of the 20th century is derived from a Russian song by Mikhail Lermontov. Amid the uncertainties of this world, there can never be too many lullabies, reassuri...

Written for the composer's first grandchild, this song is one of remembrance, fondly recalling the joys of family life and home. It is to be sung simply and with tenderness, like a lullaby. Along with...

Known as Dublin's 'unofficial' anthem, this Irish tune is bright and energetic and captures the warm and generous spirit of the Irish people. Like so many Irish folk songs, this tells an endearing sto...

Built on the pentatonic scale so emblematic of Japanese folk music, this piece can be accompanied by piano and almost any treble melodic instrument. The music is simple but with grace and beauty.

This melancholy Yiddish folk song was invested with a darker connotation during World War II, when it was popularly sung in the ghetto in Vilna, Lithuania. Kesselman's treatment of the song gives each...

A warmly romantic love song of true beauty. Tender lyricism and vocal richness make this piece a rewarding conclusion to the full “Song of Songs,” or a fine concert selection of its own.

A peaceful and reverent song, painting musical impressions of nature's grace and the holy love that sustains it. A delicate piano accompaniment embodies the richness and fertility of the natural world...

Commissioned by the St. Louis Children's Choir in honor of its 30th Anniversary, 'Rad Halaila' is based on two well-known Hebrew texts with original music and the traditional 'Hava Nagila.' The clarin...

This popular religious folk ballad delivers lots of expressive feeling and, in this satisfying arrangement, added harmonic interest from an accompanying viola or cello.

Written as a fanfare-like concert opener, bells announce the choir in the age-old tradition of church bells, but with the added possibilities of handmade or found-object bells, as people gather in a s...

An original work consisting of four movements composed in the spirit of music heard at the Episcopal Cathedral in Harare, Zimbabwe. The text is a combination of Shona, the majority tribe and language...

Akakomborerwa is composed in the spirit of choral music heard at the Episcopal Cathedral in Harare, Zimbabwe, in the summer of 1993. Shona is the majority tribe in Zimbabwe and its language. The text...