Released in 2000, When Music Sounds takes the listener on a journey of cultural diversity through a repertoire of 23 songs for women’s voices. The Oriana Women’s Choir begins at home with works by prominent Canadian composers Ruth Watson Henderson, Eleanor Daley, Ramona Leungen, and David MacIntyre, and then travel musically to five other nations.

RUTH WATSON HENDERSON

1. Come, Ye Makers of Song

RUTH WATSON HENDERSON

2. When Music Sounds

RAMONA LEUNGEN

3. Salve Regina

DAVID MACINTYRE

4. Ave Maria

RUTH WATSON HENDERSON

5. My Heart Soars

ELEANOR DALEY

6. Rise Up, My Love

RUTH WATSON HENDERSON

7. Psalm 100

CLAUDE DEBUSSY

8. Noël des Enfants

MAURICE DURUFLÉ

9. Tota Pulchra Es

FRANZ SCHUBERT

10. The Lord Is My Shepherd

MAURICE RAVEL

11. Bolero

ANTONIN DVORIK

12. Largo

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN

13. Minuet

TRADITIONAL

14. Reel à Bouche

PIERRE PASSEREAU

15. Il est bel et bon

TRADITIONAL

16. See The Gipsies

TRADITIONAL arr. RUTH WATSON HENDERSON

17-19. Three Maritime Folk Songs

TRADITIONAL

20-22. Three Mountain Ballads

NORMAN DELLO JOIO

23. A Jubilant Song