Music lovers describe the impact of the tune, Simple Gifts, a Shaker Hymn which was used by composer Aaron Copland. From August 2011. Show more Simple Gifts started life as a Shaker Hymn and became ...

A cursory glance at the evening news will tell you that the world is far from unified, with most of the conflicts having to do with differences between neighboring cultures. In the music performed by ...

'Tis the gift to be simple, 'tis the gift to be free, 'Tis the gift to come down where you ought to be, And when we find ourselves in the place just right, 'Twill be in the valley of love and delight.

During lockdown, people the world over have derived comfort from music. What can it teach us about peace? A new project is asking artists to express what music means to them. Behind this effort is ...

There’s a line in the song that says, “Tis the gift to have friends and a true friend to be, Tis the gift to think of others not only think of me.” Simple Gifts in Claremont follows that tenet every ...

Mother -- A hymn of love -- All that -- The rock -- Wake up -- Quick dance -- A march -- Children of the free woman -- Dismission of the devil -- The shameful three -- Decisive work -- Mother's golden ...

This NHPTV 1990 production filmed at the Stone Church in Newmarket, NH features holiday performances from Tommy Makem, Tom Rush, Lucie Therrien, Bill Staines, and Rick Watson. Fritz Wetherbee hosts.

It may well be the most exquisite moment on television this season, and the most simple. Alone on a bare stage, before a live audience, Rabbi Irwin Kula, shaggy haired and without a tie, sings the ...