"Sing a song of Glory and you will be the Glory" -- Sufi SAM (Ahmed Murad Chisti)
Music has been a vehicle for the expression of Sufi mystical experience for centuries. Our choir, a successor to Allaudin Mathieu's original Sufi Choir, and based in Sonoma County, was active on a regular cycle of rehearsing and performing from 1994 to 2005. It was our joy to sing this music together and share it with others, and we were blessed to be able to sing at numerous West Coast Sufi events, to make several concert tours and to record many of those concerts live (view photos).
The choir produced and released two CD's of our best music, mostly from those concert recordings – and the rest recorded at the studios of Joe Hoffman, engineer par excellence. Now, a decade later, we have chosen to make the songs available online here as a gift. In the spirit of reciprocity, we accept donations in return, which will go toward the building of Murshid SAM's shrine, his Dargah, in New Mexico. DONATE HERE
| From our first CD "In The Music of Your Name" (1997-2000) Album info. | |
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Toward the One, Bismillah, In Unison (words from the Qur'an and by Inayat Khan / music Allaudin Mathieu)
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I Will Sing Hallelujah (Donnie Martin, arr A.M. Williams)
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In the Music of Your Name (Khalid Todd Parker)
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O Clear Day (Allaudin)
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Love is the Way (Khalid)
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Nayaz - Healing Prayer (words Inayat Khan / music Deborah Rae Thomson)
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The 23rd Psalm (setting by Bobby McFerrin) Dedicated to my mother
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Open Your Heart (Macedonian folk song, lyrics & setting by Colin Harrison/Nickomo Clark)
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Nayaz - Healing Prayer (words Inayat Khan / music Allaudin)
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Peace is Every Step (Khalid)
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Flying (Khalid)
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Pure Diamond (Allaudin | Solo: Gaiatree)
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Kirtan (Trad. Sikh text / Transl. & setting by Allaudin | Solo: Shafee)
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Krishna Song (Richard Tillinghast / Allaudin)
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You Send me Angels (Khalid | Solo: Pablo Rodriguez)
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Khatum (words Inayat Khan / music Allaudin)
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| From our second CD "Every Moment" (2005) Album info | |
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Bismillah (Text from the Qur'an, music Allaudin Mathieu)
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The Almighty Power of God (Deborah Rae Thomson)
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Shalom Aleichem (Gil Adema)
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Guide's Prayer (words: Murshida Vera Corda / music Khalid Todd Parker | solo; Khalid)
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Let the Rain of Your Presence (Danny Chambers | duet Kathleen & Julie | vocal coda: Pablo)
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Hear the Voice and Prayer (Thomas Tallis arr. Walter Ehrat)
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Ave Maria / Angelus Domini (Franz Beibl | trio Gayatri, Satyaa, Khalid)
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Nothing Less than Everything (Steven Walters | vocal Gaiatree, guitar Pablo)
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Ubi Caritas et Amor (Maurice Duruflé | solos: David)
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Lazarus Unwound (David Brown et al arr. Mervyn Warren | solos: Kathleen, Aamil, Laurie)
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To Be with You (Khalid | solo: Pablo)
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Ocean of You (Khalid | solos & improv duet: Khalid & Aamil; soprano sax: Shafee)
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Shed a Little Light (James Taylor | solo: Pablo)
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O Quam Mirabilis Est (Hildegard von Bingen | duet: Kathleen & Satyaa)
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Bogororoditse Devo, Raduisya / Ave Maria (Sergei Rachmaninoff)
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Draw Us Closer (words Inayat Khan, music Khalid | solo: Pablo)
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Swing down Chariot (Trad. - arr adapted from The Imperials (gospel) and The Vagabonds (barbershop))
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Kalimata (Jai Uttal | solo:Gaiatree; guitar: Pablo; sarod: Jashan; drum: Aamil; bamboo flute: Shafee; zils: Khatiba)
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Love, Light and Guidance (Allaudin - based on 3 divine qualities in Arabic)
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Khatum (closing prayer by Inayat Khan, set by Allaudin)
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