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1.
A Song of Joys - I. A Song of Joys 03:33
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I A Song of Joys O to make the most jubilant song! Full of music—full of manhood, womanhood, infancy! O the mother’s joys! The watching, the endurance, the precious love, O to realize space! To emerge and be of the sky, of the sun and moon and flying clouds, as one with them. Knowst thou the excellent joys of youth? Joys of the dear companions and of the merry word and laughing face? Joy of the glad light-beaming day, joy of the wide-breath’d games? Joy of sweet music, joy of the lighted ball-room and the dancers? Joy of the plenteous dinner, strong carouse 
and drinking? O to make the most jubilant song! Full of music—full of manhood, womanhood, infancy! O for the sunshine and motion of waves 
in a song! O to have life henceforth a poem of new joys! To dance, clap hands, exult, shout, skip, leap, roll on, float on! To be a sailor of the world bound for all ports, A swift and swelling ship full of rich words, 
full of joys.
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A Song of Joys - II. Shine! shine! shine! 03:32
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II Shine! shine! shine! Shine! shine! shine! Pour down your warmth, great sun! While we bask, we two together. Winds blow south, or winds blow north, Day come white, or night come black, Hope, or rivers and mountains from home, Singing all time, minding no time, While we two keep together.
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A Song of Joys - III. One Hour to Madness and Joy! 03:17
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A Song of Joys - IV. Song of the Universal  03:40
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IV Song of the Universal Come said the Music, Sing me a song no poet yet has chanted, Sing me the universal. All, all for immortality, Love like the light silently wrapping all, The blossoms, fruits of ages, orchards divine and certain, Give me O God to sing that thought, Give him or her I love this quenchless faith In Thy ensemble, whatever else withheld in Time and Space, Health, peace, salvation universal.
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A Song of Joys - V. I dance with the dancers 01:53
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A Song of Joys - VI. O Sun of Real Peace 01:29
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VI O Sun of Real Peace O Sun of real peace! O hastening light! O free and extatic! O the sun of the world will ascend, dazzling, O so amazing and broad — up there 
resplendent, darting and burning! O vision prophetic, stagger’d with weight of light! With pouring glories! Visions of poets! only you really last! 
sweep on! sweep on! O heights too swift and dizzy yet!
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A Song of Joys - VII. With the love of comrades 04:37
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VII With the love of comrades My spirit to yours dear brother, I do not sound your name, but 
I understand you, I specify you with joy O my comrade 
to salute you, We few equals indifferent of lands, 
indifferent of times; We, enclosers of all, Yet we walk unheld, free, the whole earth over, The dear love of man for his comrade, With the love of comrades, With the life-long love of comrades.
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Flight - I. In Shadows 06:38
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Flight - II. Remembrance 05:23
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Flight - III. Sea and Sky 07:37
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Overdrive 10:17
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12.
O Canada! 01:25
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UBC Symphony Orchestra – Jonathan Girard, Conductor
UBC Choirs – Graeme Langager, Director

TRACKS
A Song of Joys – Stephen Chatman
Timpani and Percussion Soli, SATB Chorus (divisi) and Orchestra
1 – I. A Song of Joys
2 – II. Shine! shine! shine!
3 – III. One Hour to Madness and Joy!
4 – IV. Song of the Universal
5 – V. I dance with the dancers
6 – VI. O Sun of Real Peace
7 – VII. With the love of comrades
Julia Chien, Timpani; Aaron Graham, Percussion

Flight – Dorothy Chang
8 – I. In Shadows
9 – II. Remembrance
10 – III. Sea and Sky
Paolo Bortolussi, Flute

11 – Overdrive – Keith Hamel

12 – O Canada! – Calixa Lavallée | Arr. Stephen Chatman

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released October 1, 2021

CREDITS
Audio Engineer / Editing / Mastering – David Simpson
Produced By – UBC School of Music
Manufacturer – DMA Discs
Cover Art – LSH #20 by Lawren S. Harris
Cover Photography – Jonathan Girard
Album Design – Nikki Attwell
Publisher – Highgate Press / ECS Publishing (A Song of Joys and O Canada!)

Recorded live at Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, Vancouver, BC
Chatman, A Song of Joys: April 8, 2017
Chang, Flight: November 1, 2014
Hamel, Overdrive: November 9, 2015
Lavallée/arr. Chatman, O Canada!: April 8, 2017

Thank you to the xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam) people for their patience, ongoing hospitality, and support for students, as UBC operates on their ancestral, unceded territory.

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