| 单词 | choral |
| 例句 | She was waging yet another battle with school officials to get permission to appear with the choral group in the Christmas program. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Malia was already signed up to sing in a middle school choral concert. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z As the drumming and choral singing intensified, they crouched slightly and stepped more quickly, moving together with precision. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z "Mainly commercials, but not for any banks or car dealerships, because those are usually choral arrangements." Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z By a strange quirk of fate, this ambitious choral composer found himself working in the one building in the world which, by dint of its architecture, was responsible for a new style of choral music. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z There were also choral competitions, with a festival atmosphere and plenty of group choreography - ancient versions, if you like, of the present-day carnivals in Rio de Janeiro, Trinidad and Notting Hill. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Many traditional choral pieces are a good example of this. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z A sacred choral work could navigate through the religious texts and order of service as ordained by the Church. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Robbie, I’d learn many years later, had sued Northwestern University for discrimination, having registered for a choral music workshop there in 1943 and been denied a room in the women’s dorm. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z He borrowed old and new styles wherever he felt it appropriate and requisitioned the St Mark’s-style choral music for the big moments. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Charles Hubert Parry viewed the war, as did Elgar, from an older generation’s perspective, composing a cycle of choral songs of mature, eloquent poignancy in Songs of Farewell. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z A song arrangement typically means adding voices such as making a choral arrangement or adding instruments to the melody such as a piano accompaniment or Orff accompaniment. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Ms. Holly takes attendance, goes over class procedures, and talks about how we’ll soon be preparing for this year’s winter choral concert. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z He simply carried on where Dufay left off, thickening and embellishing the polyphonic choral style that you would have heard almost anywhere across Europe in the later fifteenth century. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z By 1900 this ancient sound had fed like a river into the choral texture of all Russian composers. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The Gabrielis also experimented with placing clusters of singers and instrumentalists in different pockets of the building, a technique known as antiphony, meaning ‘voices against each other’, or poly choral, ‘many choirs’. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z A typical choral arrangement divides women into higher and lower voices and men into higher or lower voices. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The purpose of this music is to create a sense of glorious beauty and ethereal godliness, to show off how rich the blending of choral voices could be. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z But large choruses, soloists and orchestra were bread and butter to Bach in his Passions, Handel in his oratorios, Mozart in his Requiem and Haydn in his grand choral works. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z This is more or less how all choral music is laid out to this day: one line of music for each singing part, running alongside each other on the page. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Did they hope that by eliminating our lisps, they might set us on a different path, or were they trying to prepare us for future stage and choral careers? Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Monteverdi brought all the tricks he was learning composing madrigals and sacred choral music into his telling of Orpheus’s descent into the Underworld to rescue his recently lost lover, Euridice. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z It is only interrupted by the choral interludes, at intervals that become significant in retrospect. Debbie Tucker Green's ‘Generations’ at Soho Rep 2014-10-12T04:00:00Z In an early section typical of the story’s choral construction, a hedonist founder of the Hellfire Society named El-Marquis delivers a long speech to Pavlov. A Bawdy Novel Considers the Tragic Absurdities of Lebanon’s Civil War 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z Those words are spoken, quite prettily, by Ms. Binoche, in her choral capacity. Review: In ‘Antigone’ at BAM, Agony and Despair in Inexorable Motion 2015-09-27T04:00:00Z Mr. Gergiev, who is expert at shaping huge orchestral and choral forces in the opera house, was at his best in the finale. Music Review: Finding the Right Pace (and Support Crew) for a Marathon 2010-10-22T22:44:00Z The church’s choral program, which has endured disarray since the sudden departure of its longtime music director, Owen Burdick, in 2008, seems finally to have landed on its feet. Music Review: Handel?s Old Testament Dramas Revived in New York 2010-10-17T22:25:00Z As the organist and choral director of the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola on Park Avenue from 1989 until this summer, Mr. Tritle nurtured one of the city’s most formidable music programs. Music Review: Kent Tritle at St. John the Divine - Review 2011-11-24T22:09:11Z And in the Magnificat the pianissimo choral singing was buried by the string figures that are meant to adorn it. Music Review | Boston Baroque: Praise of Mary at Eventide Resounds Across 400 Years 2010-03-08T07:50:00Z The production starts Sept. 13 and combines readings from “Antigone,” choral music sung by local choirs, and an audience discussion on race and social justice. ‘Antigone in Ferguson’ Will Come to Harlem Stage This Fall 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z The work’s mostly wordless choral music was sung robustly by the Manhattan School of Music Symphonic Chorus and Chamber Choir and the American Boychoir. Music Review: New York Philharmonic at Avery Fisher Hall - Review 2011-09-18T21:56:11Z But there are new faces and experiences, as well: Kent Tritle will lead a choral procession, and Christopher Dylan Herbert, a baritone, will guide Schubert’s song cycle “Winterreise.” The Week Ahead: Dec. 16 — 22 2012-12-16T07:40:07Z A sampling of choral works for the Easter season in New York. Whiffs of Choral Ambrosia 2014-04-10T22:11:55Z This duet, set to the choral exaltation of Bruckner’s “Ave Maria,” was stylishly tortured, with dips and overhead lifts twisted into a sedate turning. Dance Review: New York Theater Ballet’s Takes on the Past and Present 2014-01-26T22:54:24Z What makes it all the more moving is that it segues into a plangent choral lament of "How dare they try to end this beauty?" Hair 2010-04-14T16:56:00Z Mr. Smith was best known for turning the spotlight on American choral music, past and present. Gregg Smith, Choral Leader Who Elevated Standards, Dies at 84 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z This score, using the same instrumental and choral elements, also has atmospheric colorings and haziness, but much rhythmic spark and episodes of dancing. Three Varied Visions of Spirituality at the White Light Festival 2018-11-18T05:00:00Z These splendid studies in tone painting were all superbly performed by the Trinity Choir, obviously well prepared by Mr. Wachner, a composer and choral director of considerable experience. Music Review: Handel?s Old Testament Dramas Revived in New York 2010-10-17T22:25:00Z The score does have its quiet moments, most memorably the soothing choral music of the cathedral scene and the melancholy policemen’s ensemble in Act 3. Opera Review: 'The Nose' Pared Down to Its Essentials 2011-09-27T10:47:47Z The period instruments of the Pacific MusicWorks orchestra were a delight to listen to, and meshed impeccably with the eight voices of the choral numbers. Smaller venue means more splendor in St. John Passion 2014-03-02T17:52:41Z In an already emotive debate about disability rights, he has no time for the manipulative choral soundtracks so beloved of Hollywood. Girl X - review 2011-03-06T17:07:36Z She isn’t just a great choral conductor and legendary educator, but a force of nature. A Venezuelan life force for the Master Chorale's Day of the Dead program 2017-10-31T04:00:00Z The novel is essentially choral: it has multiple protagonists, and it aims to speak to the condition of men generally. Two Novels About Frustrated White Men, Thirty-five Years Apart 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z Then we might have the Wars of the Roses round two: a Lancastrian equivalent of the great Yorkshire musical, a choral Billy Elliot. That Day We Sang; The Crash of the Elysium; The Village Bike ? review 2011-07-09T23:06:26Z Horner felt comfortable borrowing from traditional Scottish and Irish music for his score, and the result is an astonishing hybrid of sounds—choral, tribal, and orchestral. James Horner’s sweeping film scores defined a cinematic era 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z After all, there is nothing inherently sanctified about a choral arrangement nor inherently profane about an 808. How gospel and rap finally found each other and created a new batch of hits 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z There's an irresistible cultural historical connection between the two, as churches and concert halls around the world will resound with Bach's Passions and choral masterpieces this weekend. Bach at Easter 2013-03-29T16:48:30Z Panchenya is also skilled in local folk traditions such as floral embroidery, a cappella choral singing and ancient pagan ceremonies, which survived the ideological white-washing of the Soviet era. In rural Belarus, villagers prefer hard work to city smoke 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z There are moments in “The Fortress of Solitude” when disparate songs play well together, layering over each other with choral effect; nearly as often, though, they collide other without resolution. ‘The Fortress of Solitude’ Arrives as a Musical 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z More Adams rounds out the season at David Geffen Hall: his luminous choral symphony “Harmonium,” with texts by Donne and Dickinson. The Philharmonic’s New Season: What Our Critics Want to Hear 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z Most important, they began performing choral works by Stravinsky, with whom they enjoyed a close collaborative relationship that lasted until Stravinsky’s death in 1971. Gregg Smith, Choral Leader Who Elevated Standards, Dies at 84 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z Holiday choral programs abound in so many places and in such variety in the days leading up to Christmas that it can be hard to know which way to turn your ears. Seattle Pro Musica's 'Nowell' is pure vocal beauty 2010-12-16T21:52:11Z It's a star moment, the pivotal point of the evening, and it's followed by a choral finale that teems with memorable images and configurations. Shen Wei evening shimmers with variety 2012-02-03T17:23:04Z Hampton’s libretto is an artful adaptation of his play, adding some choral and ensemble scenes that wouldn’t work in spoken theater and that also underline the parallels between the two acts. ‘Appomattox’: A superb night at the opera 2015-11-15T05:00:00Z Mr. Marshall produced a varied body of work, including chamber pieces for renowned ensembles like the Kronos Quartet, brass sextets, choral works and solo guitar pieces. Ingram Marshall, Minimalist Composer of Mystical Sounds, Dies at 80 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z He composed instrumental, solo vocal and choral works, and was a music faculty member at American University, George Washington University and the Washington National Cathedral’s college of church musicians. Norman Scribner, who founded D.C. Choral Arts Society, dies at 79 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z “The choral voices in ‘Porgy and Bess’ sing a greater percentage of the score than almost any other opera I can think of,” Mr. O’Brien told me. Op-Ed Columnist: In ?Porgy and Bess,? Variations on an Explosive Theme 2012-01-22T04:49:04Z The robust choral voices hit an exhilarating peak at the end, massing for the final ballad. Olney’s big ‘Sweeney Todd’ makes a stab at greatness, and falls just shy 2017-02-06T05:00:00Z The first track, “A Body,” begins with seven minutes of choral music, sung by the Assembly of Light Women’s Choir. Playlist: CDs From Guillermo Klein, Kris Davis and the Body 2010-08-08T00:47:00Z Fine choral singing is expected from Hungary, home to rich traditions extending to the Middle Ages. Taking Philip Glass to a place he need not go 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z On Friday at Carnegie Hall, the conductor Leon Botstein leads a rare American performance of “The Apostles,” with the American Symphony Orchestra and a massed array of soloists and choral singers. A Rare Performance of Elgar’s ‘Gigantic Work’ 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z There are crisp, concise readings from key historical texts and some stirring musical interludes punctuating the text: punchy trumpets and soaring choral music. Radio review: Book of the Week ? The Popes 2011-03-22T08:00:06Z A stark choral lament dovetails with Phèdre’s overwhelming monologue of remorse. An Opera Worth Fighting Over 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z The 1990 choral workshop was the first of eight such events directed by Shaw at Carnegie. Saluting Robert Shaw, a Conductor of Humanist Spirituality 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z Mr. Burton is a beloved fixture of the New York choral scene, and it is always a pleasure to hear him step out in solos. The Best Classical Music Recordings of 2016 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z When we’re young, we take up choral music uncritically, as if by instinct; later, a closer, more attentive kind of listening is required to achieve harmony. Review: ‘The Mutes’ Gives Voice to Musical Outsiders 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z Ms. Findlay's production was set in a contemporary war room, and she had divided the choral lines among actors portraying military and office personnel. ArtsBeat: Theater Talkback: A Chorus of Voices 2012-07-12T16:46:49Z South Africans have a rich choral tradition of folk, religious and protest songs, and they have won international plaudits when they turn their voices to opera. New opera tells Winnie Madikizela-Mandela's story 2011-04-27T17:31:07Z That choral piece sets to music the final words of seven Black men killed during encounters with the police. ‘The Snowy Day,’ a Children’s Classic, Becomes an Opera 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z In “Quaerens me” a dense and shimmering choral texture grew gradually out of a few ashen notes played low in the basses. Music Review: A Celebration of Orchestral Excellence at Spring for Music 2014-05-06T09:39:39Z The voices were meditating on the subject of time, while the choral voices were occupied with sophisticated harmonies and some antiphonal face-offs. L.A. Master Chorale finds more magic in 'Lux Aeterna' 2017-06-18T04:00:00Z The crowd echoes her words and cheers her on with collective choral refrains. Crowds Define Opera. They’re Also Keeping It From Returning. 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z The composer asked his librettists for a choral climax to the original first act, a scene that does not feature in Melville's original. A meeting of minds on the high seas 2010-05-06T22:30:00Z The pine fragrance drifts through the gallery, along with the choral track, insistent and incantatory, of a video installation in a small walk-in room. Allison Janae Hamilton’s Spirit Sources 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z The event was this year’s grand finale of a week-long international series of choral concerts. ‘Serenade!’ choral festival floods Strathmore with song 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z As a musical ecosystem, the Pacific Northwest is acclaimed for the range and diversity of the choral ensembles that flourish here. Acclaimed composer Morten Lauridsen comes home to the Pacific Northwest, as Seattle Sings Choral Festival pays tribute 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z From the majestic opening statement of the Kyrie eleison the bloom and richness of the choral sound gloriously resonated within Carnegie Hall. Music Review: John Oliver Leads the Boston Symphony at Carnegie Hall 2012-03-08T22:44:17Z Mr. Cipullo’s score is not without clever touches, like a pleasant choral passage accompanied by a spare rustle of plucking in the strings. Music Review: Cecilia Chorus of New York in a Program at Carnegie Hall 2014-04-30T22:00:49Z But musicals, built on ensembles and choral singing, inevitably make groups out of individuals; the confetti cannon aims equally at us all. What’s Next for the Great Gay Play? Everything. 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z After turning to Bach’s choral works in the 1960s and forming her chorale, Ms. Moyse became famous for her slow, demanding approach to molding singers. Blanche Moyse, Music School Founder, Dies at 101 2011-02-15T07:30:06Z The image of ornate countertenor lines rotating within an orb of choral sound had obsessed me for quite some time before I knew exactly what I wanted to write; it really was the starting point. Of Countertenors, Medieval Poetry and Capturing a Silvery Tone 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z While Frédéric Boyer’s libretto spans a tremendous amount of material, the text doesn’t feel rushed, but as calmly solemn, prayerlike and formal as a ceremony of Gregorian monks, with choral incantations interjected throughout. At This Summer’s Aix Festival, the Only Laughter Is Bitter 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z Round-robin line readings and choral declarations emphasize Rankine’s central question — what it means to be a citizen, whether black or nonblack — in our society right now. 12 Streamable Plays That Depict Black Lives Pierced by Racism 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z The text of the immortal “Ode to Joy,” another choral outpouring, also refers to conjugal bonds, but sticks to cosmic generalities. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Beethoven 2020-12-02T05:00:00Z The choral “oohs” on the introduction, thudding bass and plodding piano built into the production owe more to the way hip-hop reimagines gospel than to traditional gospel arrangements. How gospel and rap finally found each other and created a new batch of hits 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z But “The Source” is also a choral movie of women’s voices, shot in Arabic in a small hamlet with a handheld camera. Film: With 'The Source,' Radu Mihaileanu Looks at the Battle of the Sexes 2011-05-16T12:30:06Z She suspects that a noisy neighbor has switched from singing along to rock music at all hours to blaring choral music, taunting her maternal distress. ‘Once You Break a Knuckle,’ by D. W. Wilson, and More 2014-01-29T22:31:57Z The plot toggles between domestic rifts and high comic action, even featuring Greek choral odes now and then — it’s super-packed, style-wise. ‘Leto Legend,’ saving the day for a woman trying to have it all 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z Cameron's solo playing replaced the sung closing choral, the words shown silently on a screen. Michelangelo Sonnets; Hippolyte et Aricie – review 2013-07-06T23:09:04Z In other performances of the passion, you can be swept along by the choral majesty of Bach’s music. Review: An Intimate ‘St. Matthew Passion’ Has a Shattering Effect 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z Their most intriguing program is this contrast between John Luther Adams’s climate meditation “The Vespers of the Blessed Earth,” featuring the choral group the Crossing, and Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring.” Carnegie Hall’s New Season: What We Want to Hear 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z His recording of Verdi’s Requiem with the Chicago Symphony on its CSO Resound label won Grammy Awards for best classical album and best choral performance. After Convalescence, Muti Leads the Chicago Symphony With Fresh Physicality 2011-03-31T21:30:10Z He was accepted as a choral scholar, and began to learn about opera and lieder while studying archaeology and anthropology. ‘A Vocal Figure Skater’ Makes His Mark as an Operatic Hamlet 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z The music evokes medieval song in halting phrases, backed by plush choral refrains. Review: A Newly Relevant ‘L’Amour de Loin’ at the Met 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z A funeral scene contains the opera’s most ambitious ensemble writing, with the parents grieving in duet, while other cast members sing plaintive choral strands that hint at atonal rawness yet take melodic flight. Review: Police Violence Reaches Opera in ‘Blue’ 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z The final mix thrillingly veers from folk to choral, power ballads and anthems. The pandemic ruined one musical’s debut plans. Not for long 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z That added bit of fireworks seemed wholly of a piece with the choral and orchestral tumult conjured by a master, and this remains, of the many candidates, my favorite moment from the Bernstein years. Times Critics Remember Philharmonic?s Earlier Days 2010-05-07T20:49:00Z Later they recited Walt Whitman with choral echo effects. Review: ‘Settlement House,’ a Tribute to Henry Street’s 100-Year History 2015-06-07T04:00:00Z For the US incarnation, Malone will travel across America, attempting to teach choral music to people with little singing experience. Malone takes Choir to the States 2012-07-23T13:44:39Z In 2006 Harry Christophers and the Sixteen devoted their annual choral pilgrimage around Britain to Victoria's final work, the Requiem. The Sixteen ? review 2011-03-14T18:09:02Z Artistic director Gregory Batsleer said it was "an exciting new venture for choral music in the UK". Gallery creates choir in residence 2013-05-15T15:16:33Z “Didn’t Care” revels in an unexpected romance with a euphoric blend of Afro-pop guitars, Balkan choral harmonies and bubbly synthesizers. Sylvan Esso’s New Album of Electro-pop Challenges All Expectations 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z In August, some Peace Chorus members will travel to Chile to perform parts of “Canto General” with local choral groups there. Seattle Peace Chorus to tackle Neruda’s ‘Canto General’ June 1 2013-05-31T18:51:22Z The choral music accompanying the piece — spare, melancholy folk songs performed by Ensemble Rustavi of Georgia — is the final element that creates the spell onstage. Golden visions from Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan | Dance review 2014-03-07T18:41:37Z During choral scenes the dancers played characters onstage, while a chorus sang from a darkened place in a side balcony. Music Review: At Glimmerglass, ‘Aida,’ ‘Armide’ and ‘Lost in the Stars’ 2012-08-06T22:15:41Z “Songs,” for instance, uses the Slavic choral work of the Ensemble Rustavi of Georgia. Cloud Gate Dance Theatre performs in Seattle March 6-8 2014-02-26T20:26:38Z The choral singing was exemplary in its intonation and blend. Classical Movements’ ‘Serenade!’: How do you translate ‘uneven’? 2015-06-28T04:00:00Z Three rarely heard works from the late Romantic period surrounded a choral chestnut that’s performed more often than it probably deserves. Review | Choral Arts Society performs three rarely heard works 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z For those concerts, Alexander -- and more recently Istad -- has presided at choral rehearsals but the concerts were led by whomever was conducting the orchestra. Pacific Chorale's John Alexander to retire after 45 years 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z A choral piece, performed on the show’s opening night, is represented by a printed score. What to see in L.A. galleries: An ode to a black sci-fi trailblazer and Lari Pittman 'Mood Books' 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z The program opened with Robert Paterson’s gorgeous “Lux Aeterna,” a setting of excerpts from the Requiem Mass and featured on a new disc of the composer’s choral works. Review: Musica Sacra Highlights Living Composers 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z Pott is one of today's most interesting choral composers, managing to make challenging, intricate music instantly accessible. Cos? fan tutte; Dream Hunter; Commotio; Stephen Hough, LPO/Alsop ? review 2012-02-12T00:06:08Z Mr. Rosenbaum has been a stalwart on the New York choral scene for decades, most notably with his professional chorus, the New York Virtuoso Singers. Music Review: Canticum Novum and Collegium Vocale Gent Sing Bach Oratorio 2012-12-17T05:23:04Z Her debut album, however, is surprising in its richness: there are strings and choral vocals aplenty, giving much of it the weightiness of hymns. Cold Specks: I Predict a Graceful Expulsion ? review 2012-05-17T20:15:01Z The version now premiered calls for larger choral forces and full orchestra. Review: A last opening night for Gerard Schwarz at the Seattle Symphony 2010-09-12T20:31:00Z He also composed ambitious classical and choral works, released nearly 100 albums and remained a charismatic and indefatigable performer into old age. Jazz legend Dave Brubeck dies at 91 2012-12-06T03:26:03Z Mr. Currier, writing on a commission from the Minnesota Orchestra to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, produced “Re-Formation,” a sort of choral symphony for performance in Minneapolis in November. The Best Classical Music Performances of 2017 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z The director and excellent cast smoothly handle the play’s complex structure, with narration and choral commentary slipped into the dramatized scenes. Review: ‘Informed Consent’ Tests the Ethics of Genetic Research 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z The ensemble members, roughly half as many as past Broadway productions, have a relatively persuasive ease with their multipart choral numbers. | 'The Gershwins? Porgy and Bess': Audra McDonald in ?The Gershwins? Porgy and Bess? - Review 2012-01-13T03:01:13Z The ensuing segment, “Something Old, Something New,” began with an impressive performance by Meridionalis, an a cappella vocal ensemble specializing in early choral music from Latin America. Music Review: Latino Music, From Tango Back to the 16th Century 2011-05-16T21:12:01Z But his gorgeously varied choral works are heard far less often, so this new release, featuring the Cappella Amsterdam under Daniel Reuss, is a valuable one. Janacek Choral Works on CD ? Review 2012-01-13T16:27:20Z More complicated are choral passages, especially antiphonal ones, a challenge for untrained performers but a compelling study in building harmony. Review: ‘The Mutes’ Gives Voice to Musical Outsiders 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z "The mechanism of it is almost like a Swiss watch, it's fantastically, technically brilliant," Pappano said of Verdi's choral writing. Long overdue Verdi "Vespers" makes powerful Royal Opera debut 2013-10-18T17:31:20Z Mostly Mozart is making a habit of commissioning large-scale choral works. 7 Classical Music Concerts to See in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z He captured the narrative urgency of the work during the stretches of accompanied recitative and choral outbursts. Music Review: Musica Sacra in Handel’s ‘Messiah,’ at Carnegie Hall 2012-12-21T22:47:06Z His own output included nine operas, eight symphonies and 12 instrumental concertos, as well as chamber music and choral works. Einojuhani Rautavaara, Composer, Dies at 87; His Lush Music Found Wide Appeal 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z It ends in choral ecstasy, trying out what would become the "Ode to Joy" theme. Dudamel, L.A. Phil scale down amid Andsnes' elegant Beethoven 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z In a cappella choral writing, it is often a kink in an otherwise smooth canvas that sharpens or twists the meaning of a given word. Review: In a Gilded Space, a Choir Reflects on War and Peace 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z For weeks, Mr. Thompson — then 25, with a degree in choral conducting — watched footage of Mr. Garner’s death on loop. He Turned ‘I Can’t Breathe’ Into Protest Music 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z These first performances — by the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Crossing, one of our most consistently thrilling choral ensembles — didn’t happen under ideal circumstances. Review: Doleful ‘Vespers’ Pray for an Earth in Crisis 2023-04-02T04:00:00Z Considered Bach’s musical version of a last will and testament, the Mass in B minor — which Seattle Pro Musica will perform at St. James Cathedral — may be the ultimate choral experience. Mystery Mass: Seattle Pro Musica celebrates Bach’s enigmatic masterpiece in B minor 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z Finnissy's avowedly spiritual recent choral works, inspired by his religious faith, embody that connection. A guide to Michael Finnissy's music 2012-07-23T14:24:00Z McCraney's "The Brother/Sister Plays" is a trilogy of related plays revolving around a mythological housing project in Louisiana and written in a theatrical language that gives choral lyricism a 21st century multicultural update. A new, fearless generation makes this a revolutionary moment in American playwriting 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z Under his leadership they performed two choral concerts a year, the most recent in October, and he was planning their next season at the time of his death. Ian Humphris 2012-12-31T12:36:49Z He is a superb choral conductor, energetic and precise. Review | Bach Consort goes full-fanfare in a crisp if orchestrally weak “Christmas Oratorio” 2017-12-10T05:00:00Z A single voice sang each choral part when there was no violin doubling, producing lithe, transparent textures instead of a weighty sound. Music in Review: Music in Review: Trinity Choir 2012-11-11T23:11:04Z The manuscript is inscribed in Stravinsky’s hand: “Birthday choral tune by George Balanchine, harmonized by Igor Stravinsky, Hollywood, California, June 18, 1946.” Stepping Into the Balanchine-Stravinsky Continuum 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z That combination of adventurousness and high standards gradually established the St. Olaf Choir’s international reputation as a leader in the choral world. St. Olaf Choir to bring Bach and the unexpected to Seattle show 2013-01-24T23:13:49Z Vocalists and musicians combine forces for an afternoon of choral classics such as Haydn's "Lord Nelson Mass" and Handel's Coronation Anthem No. 3. Your best arts and entertainment bets for the week ahead 2011-03-30T22:28:04Z But when the jubilant choral numbers subside, as inevitably they must, “Sister Act” slumps back into bland musical-theater grooves and mostly lacks the light of invigorating inspiration. | 'Sister Act': Different Church, More Sequins 2011-04-21T02:30:24Z The enveloping power of the choral sound, fortified by the opulent orchestra, was overwhelming. Music Review: Verdi, Nuanced and Empowered 2011-04-17T22:57:15Z Oh, and the concert had a first half, too: an instrumental arrangement of Valentin Silvestrov’s tender choral “Prayer for Ukraine” and a rare, excellent rendition of Prokofiev’s Third Symphony, from the late 1920s. Review: Yunchan Lim, Teenage Piano Star, Arrives in New York 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z In accordance with prevailing ideas about the composer's intentions, the singing was entrusted not to choral forces but to a group of nine soloists. Review: A 'Vespers' for the ages at St. James Cathedral 2010-12-04T18:09:00Z The Yale Choral Artists, a new professional choral ensemble, sang expressively and with dramatic vigor, despite a few blemishes. Music in Review: Yale in New York in an All-Handel Evening at Zankel HallMacedonian Pianist Simon Trpceski at Zankel Hall 2012-02-28T23:30:49Z It was a student of Lysenko’s, however, who made the biggest impression in Kyiv’s choral scene. When Ukrainian Music Wasn’t Under Threat, It Thrived 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z And how were these evergreen tunes arranged for a large choral ensemble? Seattle Men's Chorus salutes the Beatles in weekend shows 2012-03-30T00:08:04Z But Joubert's music, with its well-judged use of dissonance within a tonal context, seems much more striking when anguished and despairing than in the rather bland diatonic choral writing of the final two movements. An English Requiem 2010-08-11T21:00:00Z In his compositions, Orellana often uses his inventions alongside choral singing, taped environmental sounds and Western instruments. To Express the Sound of a Country’s Soul, He Invented New Instruments 2021-02-19T05:00:00Z The cause was sudden cardiac arrest, said Margaret Shannon, a spokeswoman for the choral society. J. Reilly Lewis, organist, choral director and Bach authority, dies at 71 2016-06-11T04:00:00Z I don’t know of very many more effective ways to grab kids and to empower them than choral music. Joyce DiDonato Wants Music to ‘Build a Paradise for Today’ 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z Composed for the consecration of the new Coventry Cathedral in 1962, Britten's War Requiem was a unique conception, quickly accepted as a choral masterpiece and one of the most notable of Fischer-Dieskau's many creations. Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau: a guide in clips 2012-05-18T16:16:00Z The result is curious: Corp's musical style is firmly anchored in Anglican choral tradition. Corp: Dhammapada ? review 2011-03-17T22:15:01Z At the time, except for the choruses founded in the 1940s by Robert Shaw in New York and Roger Wagner in Los Angeles, choral groups relied on amateur enthusiasts. Gregg Smith, Choral Leader Who Elevated Standards, Dies at 84 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z She said that given her background in choral music, she especially looked forward to opera projects and to working with Simon Halsey, the orchestra’s esteemed chorus director. Birmingham Symphony Names Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla, Rising Star, as Its Next Conductor 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z The ensemble choral work and musical backup, under Kimberly Dare's direction, also merit praise. 'Spring Awakening': powerful passion at Balagan 2012-01-10T18:31:04Z The event at hand was mounted by Distinguished Concerts International New York, a producing organization that regularly presents choral extravaganzas with participants from around the world. Music Review: Eric Whitacre and His ?Paradise Lost? at Carnegie 2010-06-16T20:23:00Z The 17th-century equivalent of the "one that got away", it has a gay choral backing and a blaring crumhorn to boot. Readers recommend songs about hunting: The results 2010-08-05T21:45:00Z The choral society formed in 1963 at the urging of Howard Mitchell, then director of National Symphony Orchestra. Norman Scribner, who founded D.C. Choral Arts Society, dies at 79 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z In 2006, Trogen, a Swiss town, began hosting a series of performances of the complete choral works by Bach, with their sequence determined by the liturgical calendar for which they were written. Review: Ekmeles Performs John Cage at the Avant Music Festival 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z The incessant bustle and full-throated choral approach can wear you out. Review | ‘Ragtime’ sings with purpose at Ford’s Theatre 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z Another of Friedman’s compositions, “The Great Immensity,” a musical about climate change written with Steve Cosson and the Civilians, which premièred at the Public in 2014, was mined for repeated comic choral interludes. The Public Theatre at Fifty: “A Machine for Making Community” 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z Most formative, though, was her partnership with Buryl Red, a Baptist choral arranger with whom she ran a music company for 25 years until his death in 2013. Jeanine Tesori’s Gift: Conjuring the Storytelling Potency of Music 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z In the Kyrie, for example, sublime choral writing is given a burbling, carefree keyboard accompaniment. Music Review | Voices of Ascension: Back to the Roots for Rossini?s ?Petite Messe Solennelle? 2010-03-24T20:56:00Z “It does everything that you want an opera to do, really,” Mr. Muhly said of the book, which he said was full of opportunities for the choral writing he is famous for. Metropolitan Opera Unveils a Season of Big Stars and 6 New Productions 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z Neither orchestra nor chorus was quite up to their level in this work dominated by choral numbers. Review | National Philharmonic soloists boost an otherwise delayed, derivative event 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z But 2008’s Perfect Symmetry was bold in its deviation from the familiar, booming choral arrangements that first brought the British pop-rockers’ success. Keane Takes a Step Backwards with Strangeland 2012-05-08T10:45:19Z For the sake of an arc-based narrative, Esther gains a musical motivation, pursuing acceptance to an elite orchestral and choral program. Unorthodox: behind the Deutschland 83 co-creator's new Netflix series 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z Sweelinck fans need not hesitate, and less specialist lovers of baroque choral music will find plenty to explore in these 40-odd pieces, too. Sweelinck: Cantiones Sacrae, etc ? review 2011-08-25T22:00:02Z He is also a classical composer specializing in choral music. Rex Isenberg, Matthew Cohen 2018-09-02T04:00:00Z The score, by the electronic musician and composer David Holmes, had a liturgical feel as choral music mingled with voice-overs that capture the sound of chaotic street life. Review: Dancing That Unfolds Like a Prayer 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z Haydn travelled to Slough to peer at the universe through Herschel's telescope shortly before writing his choral masterpiece. I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky; Icarus at the Edge of Time; Don Giovanni 2010-07-10T23:05:00Z Over the years, he said at an Upper West Side cafe a few days later, he had watched others operate, including Robert Shaw, the great American choral conductor, who came to Birmingham several times. Simon Halsey, Preaching to, and for, the Choir 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z That success did not translate to Mr. Gorecki’s other works, but anyone who explored further found a rich, varied catalog of symphonic, chamber and choral scores, many as moving as the symphony. Music Review: Henryk Gorecki Memorial Concert at Le Poisson Rouge - Review 2011-11-13T22:31:49Z And then there was the Oratorio Society, an amateur chorus but one trained by Kent Tritle, among the best choral directors in the business. Music Review: Orchestra of St. Luke’s at Carnegie Hall 2014-03-11T21:07:14Z The three vocal soloists and the choral singers are pushed to the absolute limits of their registers — and beyond, in some cases. SSO delivers ‘Carmina’ in all its splendor 2014-04-04T19:06:01Z With a production style full of flourishes both orchestral and choral, it’s a ceremonial platform for Mr. Mann’s voice, which skews glossier but hardly less gallant than Mr. Groban’s. New Music Releases of the Season, From Jazz to Gospel 2012-11-22T20:23:16Z The flowering of Bennett's melodic and harmonic language in his recent songs and choral music, and in the Partita, I find pretty well irresistible: see what you think! A guide to Richard Rodney Bennett's music 2012-07-02T13:32:00Z The Nativity story is told through readings, choral pieces and audience carols. The Week Ahead: Christmas TV and stage shows are Seattle-area highlights 2010-12-15T23:52:13Z In any case, this is the quintessential, benevolent choral work, whose journey from chaos and darkness towards order and light is the whole point of the piece. OAE/Fischer – review 2013-01-11T14:18:12Z The chorus, prepared by Joseph Crnko, did a heroic job in some of the most difficult choral singing in the repertoire. Seattle Symphony and Chorale’s performance of Bach’s ‘Mass in B Minor’ is gratifyingly good 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z The chorus was outstanding throughout, beautifully controlled and responsive to Noseda’s energetic gesticulations — in big operas or choral pieces like this one, the conductor often appears to be singing the whole thing himself. Review | Noseda and the NSO rise to ‘Unexpected’ challenge at Carnegie Hall 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z Mr. Noseda brought a mix of operatic flair and structural rigor to the great choral finale. Gianandrea Noseda Conducts Beethoven at Mostly Mozart 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z But small groups of percussion and other instruments are placed in areas to the left, right and rear of the audience; the score includes recordings of choral elements, not just singing but whispering and speaking. Review: At Salzburg Festival, a Story of Sex and Conquest 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z The vaunted Met orchestra and chorus were at slightly less than their best on Saturday, with a few slips in the brasses and slight disunity in a women’s choral number. Review: An ‘Aida’ at the Met That May Not Be Zeffirelli’s, but It’s Big 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z Seasons, Stars and cavaliers dance a slowly unfolding choral ceremony in which Cinderella and the Prince perform a bridal adagio of immense grandeur and chivalry. Dance Review | Joffrey Ballet: Enchantment in a Race Against the Clock 2010-02-22T23:39:00Z The long-standing traditions of improvisation, bebop, northern Indian vocal music, Renaissance choral music, Bach and French Impressionism are all now employed as part of his vast musical universe. For Minimalist music mastermind Terry Riley, a major birthday bash 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z Then, finally, a mature choral masterpiece: The Bells, in which all Rachmaninov's powers of evocation hit their stride. Prom 22: BBC Philharmonic/Gianandrea Noseda ? review 2011-08-01T10:12:14Z Harrison’s early fascination with Eastern spiritual thought and culture culminated in pieces like this 1971 choral work. America’s Quintessential Maverick Composer, at 100 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z Now, with a little help from their friends at the Seattle Men's Chorus, the Fab Four's songbook is getting the full choral treatment in the concert "Come Together." Seattle Men's Chorus salutes the Beatles in weekend shows 2012-03-30T00:08:04Z His music is known among the singing community, the choral community, but maybe beyond that he’s not as well known as he should be. How William Byrd Influences Music, 400 Years After His Death 2023-07-04T04:00:00Z Michael Hersch’s polished “Of Sorrow Born: Seven Elegies,” with its alternating forceful and austere sections, closed with an artfully hushed arrangement of an Orlando Gibbons choral work, played with elegance by the violinist Yulia Ziskel. Philharmonic Players Tackle Solo Works at SubCulture 2014-06-04T04:00:00Z The Trinity Orchestra and Choir of Trinity Wall Street perform a choral prelude and festive Eucharist, with a program that includes works by Britten and Poulenc, among others. The Season of Joyful Noises 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z Essentially three character sketches, of Faust, Gretchen and Mephistopheles, with a choral apotheosis tacked on at the end, its structural weaknesses and fitful sense of direction scarcely proclaim a symphonist. LPO/Jurowski 2010-05-03T21:45:00Z His insightful and expressive interpretations of music from Byrd to Stravinsky shone new light on familiar repertoire and opened up works unheard for centuries to choral singers across the world. Richard Marlow 2013-07-02T12:04:53Z In a nod to Bruckner, he began with his arrangement of the composer’s “Ave Maria” choral motet, utilizing Vocaloid, a synthesizer choir. Review: After a Concert, a Nightcap to Demystify New Music 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z The prisoners’ choral dirge is heated by squeals of brass, smoking underneath; along with Betty’s enigmatically tender aria, this is the most intriguing music of the opera. Review: After 36 Years, a Malcolm X Opera Sings to the Future 2022-05-15T04:00:00Z He has written concert works, operas, and choral music, as well as becoming a brilliant and celebrated film composer. A guide to Richard Rodney Bennett's music 2012-07-02T13:32:00Z Mr. Miller, the director of choral activities at the Westminster Choir College and at Spoleto, recently recorded the Mass on the Westminster Choir College label for release in September. Interest Grows in a Master of Choral Mystery and Power 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z “Billy Budd,” with an all-male cast, is at once a pulsing grand opera with massed choral scenes and lavish orchestration, and a penetrating psychological drama. Daniel Harding Brings the Opera ?Billy Budd? to Life 2010-04-30T18:39:00Z This week's treats include two 1950s albums: Christmas in Cleveland, a collection of local high-school choral groups, and Christmas with the Stars, which features two Judy Garland numbers. Click to Download: Christmas mixes and 2011 tips 2010-12-09T21:00:00Z But the bridge, with its steady automotive din of cars and intermittent subway-train thunder, lent new elements, including haunting sustained moans with an almost choral quality. Make Music New York in Review: One Day, a Thousand Concerts, to Celebrate Summer 2013-06-23T21:40:13Z The bodies driven away, the stage finally emptied, the symphony’s stirring, stentorian choral finale was a promise of rebirth directed at a field of upturned dirt. At the Opera, Humans Bear Witness to Atrocity, or Ignore It 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z The routine, set to choral music, is rife with supplicant gestures: His body opens up, chest first, to the sky as though in offering, then folds down to the ground in adjuration. What Can a Body Do? Anime Pushes at Its Limits 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z In the choral finale of the Ninth and throughout the “Missa,” the primacy of the text was never in doubt. Music Review: John Eliot Gardiner Leads Ensembles at Carnegie Hall 2012-11-19T22:57:38Z This is a hugely impressive debut from the Platinum Consort, a professional choir comprising former Cambridge choral scholars whose gloriously clean and focused sound is perfectly captured in this meticulously recorded download. In the Dark – review 2012-08-04T23:05:59Z The result is “Black Mountain Songs,” an exhilarating 90-minute staged choral work with readings, videos, dancers and, at its core, the singing of the impressive Brooklyn Youth Chorus. Bryce Dessner Debuts 'Black Mountain Songs' at BAM 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z The composer was horrified when he heard the abysmal standards of an early choral rehearsal. War Requiem; King Priam; Caligula – review 2012-06-02T23:05:59Z In that and in “Awake the Trumpet’s Lofty Sound” from “Samson,” they produced a robust choral sound full of unbridled joy, clearly enunciating as usual. Stodgy is out, joyful is in: How Nicholas McGegan brings Handel and heart to the Hollywood Bowl 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z The Landing Tree Lighting Festival: Music from local youth choral groups, kids' activities, train rides, live reindeer from Cougar Mountain Zoo, 5 p.m. Yulefest at the Nordic Heritage Museum and other weekend community events 2010-11-19T22:08:00Z So it made sense for Carnegie Hall, through the Weill Music Institute, to collaborate with Mr. Núñez and the chorus in a new symposium to train choral conductors. Music Review: A Symposium for Young People?s Chorus and New Conductors 2012-02-17T23:41:15Z It's a mark of Jackson's facility that he fashions a totally new work grounded in the choral tradition of Taverner, Tallis and Fayrfax. Steve Reich, London Sinfonietta; Mitsuko Uchida; Tallis Scholars – review 2013-03-10T00:06:07Z The Duke Ellington School of the Arts Chamber Singers joined the ensemble for a lively, hugely fun reading of the choral cantata “Nun ist das Heil,” BWV 50, which closed the evening. PostClassical brings warmth and sensuality to an all-Bach concert at Dumbarton Church Much of the choral writing is ecstatic — not merely energetic — with soaring, fortissimo soprano lines and rich, vigorous bass passages slicing through the often dense, percussion-heavy orchestration. A Carnegie Hall commemoration for Argentine composer Alberto Ginastera 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z Yet this hardly mattered when the choral singing sounded so explosively vibrant – strong enough to overwhelm even Frank Lopardo's beefy tenor solos. BBCSO/Bychkov ? review 2011-03-22T19:31:01Z There are some well-made choral passages, but the arias are generically lyrical and the story weak. Music Review: Melodramatic Sounds of Young Love 2011-05-25T22:22:09Z The conductor emphasized that the famous choral movement needs to be experienced as the final destination of an immense journey, one that also takes us into the abyss. Revolution No. 9: Seattle will hear Beethoven’s famed, still-needed work of inclusivity 2017-01-01T05:00:00Z The opening chorus, with its rising, arching melodic lines in the orchestra and the sighing choral harmonies, is music of affecting solemnity and subtle complexity. Music Review: Gianandrea Noseda in His Mostly Mozart Debut 2013-08-14T21:01:46Z Howard Goodall is an award-winning composer of choral music, stage musicals, film and TV scores. Howard Goodall's top 10 music books 2013-02-06T13:47:13Z In fact, some of the most tempting fare in the summer Grant Park schedule is choral in nature. Kalmar ready for another great music season in Grant Park 2011-06-14T15:22:00Z Like many African musical traditions, it hinges upon call and response, and the effect is part choral, part spiritual, always moving. Hail, Hail Rock'n'Roll 2010-06-17T21:40:00Z But it's powerfully done, with real fervour in the choral singing, and Nelsons gets the difficult mix of austerity and ritual grandeur absolutely right. Stravinsky: The Firebird; Symphony of Psalms 2010-05-13T21:40:00Z The company said in a news release that the new title -- he currently holds the title of music director -- is intended to reflect Gershon's "expanded vision to redefine the choral experience." Grant Gershon staying with L.A. Master Chorale through 2019-20 season 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z Having built relationships with choral composers around the country, Ms. Longstreth has made a point of building smart thematic programs around their work. Music Review: Romanticism, Tone Paintings and Modern Takes on Folk Tunes 2011-05-27T22:11:41Z Longer choral lines unfold in overlapping phrases, which blend words and choral textures into a haunting muddle. Review: With Protest and Fire, an Oratorio Mourns a Tragedy 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z She sang classical choral works, including performances of Christmas music conducted by Leonard Bernstein. Carline Ray, an Enduring Pioneer Woman of Jazz, Dies at 88 2013-07-28T01:59:59Z Here were parents passing on the rich heritage of choral singing. ‘The Public Domain’: Cherished Harmony in a Splintered Nation 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z And at times — as when mystical choral music plays while Amrit draws — the filmmakers’ removed perspective is all too clear. ‘The Reason I Jump’ Review: Portraits of Autism 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z Once inside, she re-encountered the set for her delicately epic choral piece “Oratorio for Living Things,” which had two preview performances before the pandemic hit, and is back, running through April 17. Heather Christian’s Choral Work Is a Study of Time. Patience, Too. 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z The polyphonic motets gaze back towards the great Spanish choral tradition, but are accompanied by the throb of guitars and the clash of castanets. Fiesta Criolla/From Lisbon to Rio de Janeiro 2010-08-20T13:50:00Z Midway through Dark Star, a brassy, spiralling march that wouldn't sound out of place on the Drive soundtrack, an unexpected choral effect summons harmonies out of thin air. Poliça – review 2012-11-06T15:17:42Z His choral compositions and published arrangements of Christmas carols are sung by choirs around the world. Sir David Willcocks, Conductor Who Influenced British Choral Music, Dies at 95 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z The New York City composer Lesley Flanigan works with electronics and voice to create flickering repetitions with layered vocals, a kind of choral hypnosis. New Albums: Blackball’s Stylish Distortion, Lesley Flanigan’s Choral Hypnosis 2016-05-15T04:00:00Z Noting a Centennial, and Filling In a Résumé Gap During his 30 years of experience as a leading choral conductor in New York, Kent Tritle has performed a wide range of repertory. Music Review: Oratorio Society of New York at Carnegie Hall 2013-04-23T20:56:32Z In a way, I was glad to let these remarkable performances of Stravinsky’s choral masterpieces sink in. Music Review: Mariinsky Choristers in ?Russian Stravinsky? 2010-04-25T22:11:00Z These days, directors tend to choose between one singer to a part, or a larger choral approach, sometimes doubling voices with instruments; Herreweghe does all three here with different motets. Bach: Motets ? review 2011-08-13T23:05:44Z The choral singing was consistently ferocious, the soloists more variable. BBCSO/Sinaisky ? review 2011-02-22T18:20:48Z Ms. Wolfe’s choice of choral texts, mostly drawn from oral histories and speeches, shows great sensitivity. Review: With Protest and Fire, an Oratorio Mourns a Tragedy 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z Jayita Bhattacharya's physically energetic performance serves as the manic counterpoint to Anchors' verbally intense depressive, with the rest of the ensemble serving largely as choral voices. From Rhino Fest, reviews of "4:48 Psychosis" and "Poverty" 2011-01-27T18:39:00Z Mr. Gergiev led a weighty performance, with dark, rich choral singing and thick orchestral textures. Music Review: Mariinsky Choristers in ?Russian Stravinsky? 2010-04-25T22:11:00Z A second concert will feature two choral works: Leonard Bernstein’s “Chichester Psalms” and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9. Lincoln Center’s Great Performers: A Peek at Next Season 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z As Mark Elder's performance with the London Philharmonic reminded us, sometimes quite forcibly, Gerontius is more firmly rooted in opera, and in Wagner's Parsifal in particular, than it is in the home-grown choral tradition. LPO/Elder – review 2013-01-28T17:37:31Z Mr. Glass’s score mixes mildly angular vocal lines into his signature torrent of swirling woodwind figures and string arpeggios, and it relies more heavily than usual on varied, assertive percussion textures and rich choral writing. Music Review: Philip Glass’s ‘Kepler’ at Spoleto Festival USA 2012-06-01T21:25:58Z A favorite of choristers who like crowds, the Requiem will be prepared this week in a Carnegie Hall choral workshop, leading to a concert with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s next Sunday. A Requiem So Big That Performing It Takes a Multitude 2011-02-06T02:08:04Z He also composed choral works, including an anthem for the golden jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II in 2002. John Scott, Organist and Choirmaster, Dies at 59 2015-08-16T04:00:00Z The choral voices, too, are often lost in the splendid clamor of the instruments. Review: ‘The Good Swimmer’ Stays Out of the Deep End 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z The UK has impressive opera choruses and choral directors right now. Scottish Opera: The Flying Dutchman; Fretwork – review 2013-04-13T23:07:47Z But Armstrong's agile staging flies — from the delightful overture dispatched with gusto by Joel Fram and orchestra, to the exhilarating choral capper, "Make Our Garden Grow." Review: A soaring, witty 'Candide' at 5th Avenue 2010-05-28T21:42:00Z The sheer weight of the choral sound, meanwhile, though beautiful, tended to obscure points of orchestral detail. El Ni?o 2010-08-16T08:45:00Z This remix feels like dire medieval choral music for the computer age. Peter Van Hoesen, Frank Turner, Dizzee Rascal: this week's new tracks 2013-06-14T12:00:00Z Other Masonic works by Mozart include some Masonic funeral music and a choral cantata, The Mason's Joy. "Into the Light" 2013-06-05T06:35:14Z Rich as Washington is in the quality and quantity of its choral groups, people who sing for the joy of it will no doubt be among the first to savor these rare performances. Taking Philip Glass to a place he need not go 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z A sixth volume, with a more international outlook, is due for publication in 2023, edited by Hill and a fellow choral director, Bob Chilcott. ‘Everyone Wants to Hear’ This One Chord in a Christmas Carol 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z He trained at the Kazan Cathedral in St. Petersburg in singing and choral conducting. Choir in Plane Crash Projects Russian Pride and Soft Power 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z His delightfully silly adaptation of “Oedipus” includes a one-man choral performance and a shepherd in a toga fashioned from an Avengers bedsheet. How ‘Sophocles in Staten Island’ Gains in Translation 2020-09-21T04:00:00Z In some ways Beethoven looks back to the early heritage of intricately contrapuntal choral music. Music Review: John Oliver Leads the Boston Symphony at Carnegie Hall 2012-03-08T22:44:17Z Christmas is not just a time of nostalgia, then, but a time when the sentiments of our choral tradition and our winter festival – both secular and sacred – go happily hand in hand. The music that makes Christmas 2010-12-16T23:30:00Z The album’s opening track, “Silent Night,” is a choral arrangement and a band feature with Carey as the embedded lead. Mariah Carey’s Christmas Miracle 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z Throughout, rich disco grooves thaw icy keyboards; choral chants and children's laughter throw light on claustrophobic textures worthy of PiL. KXP: II – review 2013-02-07T22:00:01Z But why set Baldwin’s words for an orchestra-backed narrator, rather than for a singer or chorus, as Thompson’s extensive experience as a choral conductor and composer might suggest? Meet the young composer whose piece for Seattle Symphony is among the first inspired by 2020’s impactful events 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z About 15 minutes, “Greater Antiphons” tracks the choral version pretty closely and is divided into seven sections: Wisdom, Adonai, Root of Jesse, Key of David, Morning Star, King of All People and Emmanuel. Dudamel leads a dark and satisfying dose of Mozart and Pärt 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z This causes her destruction, sanctified with a contemplative yet stunned choral number. Review: The English Concert Brings a Marvelous ‘Semele’ 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z The text, together with some elegant polyphonic choral writing, is the strongest element. War Requiem; King Priam; Caligula – review 2012-06-02T23:05:59Z The ebullient account of the opening movement, with its note-perfect, timpani-supported trumpet lines and robust choral singing, was enough to convey Mr. Spano’s intentions and sweep away any concerns about his choice of Magnificat. Music Review: Orchestra of St. Luke?s at Carnegie Hall - Review 2011-12-16T23:46:53Z The taped choral elements sometimes combine with live bursts to create a frenzied din of sounds. Review: At Salzburg Festival, a Story of Sex and Conquest 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z Adams describes the work as an "opera-oratorio", but this will be a straightforward concert, and El Niño's future seems likely to be as a work in the choral oratorio tradition. This week's new live music 2010-08-06T23:05:00Z A sampling of choral works for the Easter season in New York, compiled by Andrew R. Chow. Choral Voices, Raised in Awe 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z Next weekend's Voices Now festival is focusing on male singing as part of its celebration of all things choral at London's Roundhouse. Why don't men join choirs? 2013-06-13T14:46:00Z In both plot and music, the opera combines the public and private, spectacle and intimacy, huge choral set pieces and quiet, heartbreaking duets. The Met's Don Carlo: Verdi's Masterpiece, for Everyone 2010-12-10T21:50:00Z Her calendar for 2022 alone includes 11 world premieres of compositions that range from a solo cello piece to a major choral work commemorating 100 years of women’s suffrage. Highly sought-after composer Reena Esmail debuts new piece with Seattle Symphony 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z Nothing could dethrone Handel’s oratorio, but worthy alternatives in choral music are out there. John Adams and David Lang: Masters of the Modern Holiday Oratorio 2018-12-23T05:00:00Z During that first chorus, the boy choristers stood in a row overlooking the stage as they sang the phrases of the gentle chorale tune that arise from the complex choral writing and instrumental busyness. Berlin Philharmonic Performs 'St. Matthew Passion' at the Park Avenue Armory 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z The opera opens with an entrancing choral scene, beautifully sung here, set in a Byzantine church in Sicily. Opera Review: ‘King Roger,’ With Mariusz Kwiecien, at Santa Fe Opera 2012-07-27T21:24:17Z There was good choral and somewhat ordinary orchestral work, and Joseph Adam contributed a nicely pointed organ solo. Impressive guest turn by symphony’s former principal horn |Classical review 2013-05-03T18:32:51Z And the choral finale, with Schiller’s “Ode to Joy,” was, if anything, almost the opposite of the first two movements. Music Review: Vienna Philharmonic Plays the Ninth Symphony 2014-02-26T22:13:26Z Dramatic punchiness in the arresting opening chorus was sometimes undermined by fuzziness in the orchestral and choral parts, and occasional untidiness recurred later on, though the conductor's sense of momentum maintained cohesion and impetus. St John Passion – review 2013-03-31T17:31:01Z Mr. Dudamel kept the scattered choral declamation and fitful orchestral stretches in sync, while making the episode seem utterly spontaneous. Review: Gustavo Dudamel Delivers a Seething ‘Otello’ 2018-12-16T05:00:00Z There is artful work here, as when a passage of droning is softly sandwiched by choral writing: a moist, mossy grumble below, women’s voices above. At This Summer’s Aix Festival, the Only Laughter Is Bitter 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z But the real action is in the choral writing, in which Old and New Testament texts and passages from the Liber Usualis mingle. A Carnegie Hall commemoration for Argentine composer Alberto Ginastera 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z The emphasis is on choral harmony, even when that chorus is just a couple of people in a room, seemingly singing into the same microphone. New Music Releases of the Season, From Jazz to Gospel 2012-11-22T20:23:16Z At times the choral writing was too luxuriant for the text to register clearly in the resonant church. Music Review: New Territory, With Hues of Nature 2011-05-20T23:04:06Z In the smaller pieces, an “Ave Maria” and “Pater noster,” for instance, both transcriptions of Liszt’s own choral settings, Tocco was all simplicity and directness. James Tocco impresses with rare performance of 1849 Liszt piano suite 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z A Sunday radio broadcast began in 1929, mixing choral swell with what church authorities call “the spoken word” of scriptural message. Voices of America: A Cold-War Mormon Moment 2010-08-20T17:04:00Z Do they not see any link between the wider musical and choral life of the country and its pinnacle, the ROH? Michael Gove and George Osborne love Wagner. So why doesn't passion turn into policy? 2012-11-13T12:38:00Z Note: The requiem isn’t the only choral work by Britten being performed this week. SSO offers rare chance to hear Britten’s War Requiem 2013-06-06T20:38:17Z There are surging choral scenes, and stretches of captivating orchestral writing. The Best of Philip Glass’s (Many) Operas After ‘Akhnaten’ 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z But putting a label like “early music” on the Monteverdi Choir would be a disservice to their rich, full, vibrant, nuanced sound; you’d want them on any choral program you can imagine. Gardiner leads pastoral celebration with memorable ‘Orfeo’ 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z Students from around the state will perform choral, dance and music recitals at Center House as part of the annual event. College ensembles take stage at Winterfest 2010-12-02T21:16:00Z So anticipation was already running high last week when the composer Julia Wolfe brought “Anthracite Fields,” her Pulitzer Prize-winning choral work honoring the sacrifices of Pennsylvania coal miners, back to her native state. As Trump Tries to Revive Coal, an Oratorio Confronts Mining’s Past 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z The choral singing was strong, and conductor did wonders with the punchy exoticism of the orchestration. Alzira – review 2013-06-04T17:20:40Z There is an “I” and a “you,” but they are unstable, an effect that’s amplified and complicated by the choral singing. Review: Dispassionate Traumas and Choral Dream Songs 2023-05-08T04:00:00Z The goal was to give 8 conductors selected from more than 50 applicants some intensive experience in performing challenging new choral music with student ensembles. Music Review: A Symposium for Young People?s Chorus and New Conductors 2012-02-17T23:41:15Z And there were too many nights when stirring Bach choral works, animated Mozart symphonies, intense Brahms concertos, diaphanous Debussy scores and more just sounded wan, and I felt restless in my seat. What I’ve Learned in 60 Years of Listening to the Philharmonic 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z I was annoyed by this flatulent writing by the time I reached "polyphonic choral of pumped bodies." Michelangelo Is the Divine Star of the Must-See Show of the Season 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z He had also composed symphonies, choral works, a ballet and a film score. Mexican opera composer Daniel Cat?n dies in Texas 2011-04-12T17:01:06Z Before this, Ligeti's minute choral settings of "Night" and "Morning" were woven seamlessly into – wait for it – Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto. Danish NSO/Thomas Dausgaard 2010-08-12T10:40:00Z In 1963, Benjamin Britten marked his impending 50th birthday by conducting a Prom of three of his own most substantial orchestral and choral works. Prom 41: BBCSO/Wigglesworth ? review 2011-08-15T10:24:12Z In the two big choral scenes, the first-act tempest and the gathering of the entire ensemble in the second scene of Act 3, the CSO choristers were simply magnificent. Triumphant 'Otello' marks Muti's return to CSO 2011-04-08T16:30:00Z Jeffrey Stock’s lushly orchestral score includes lovely arias and choral pieces, and draws knowingly on Italian opera, popular period music and the oeuvres of Broadway masters Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim. A visit to romance and Italy in ‘Room with a View’ 2014-05-03T00:30:45Z But Martin gives us a biblical meditation rather than a musical drama in the manner of Bach, who alternated passages of urgent recitative and choral outbursts with reflective arias and chorales. music: Passion, Not Hyperbole, in Frank Martin?s ?Golgotha? 2010-07-16T23:38:00Z And so, after seven cathartic movements of Brahms' choral masterpiece — adapted from Martin Luther's version of the Bible, with words more consoling than perhaps any other requiem in the canon — the audience stood in silence. Hearts and Renewal: Classical Concert Picks for 9/11 2011-09-09T21:00:00Z Ms. Michelson’s music winds through it, by turns spare or richly choral, influenced by Sondheim or the sounds of the Middle East. Review: In ‘One Thousand Nights and One Day,’ New Tales of Old Persia 2018-04-15T04:00:00Z The opening track, Touching Down, opens with faint choral harmonies before Jacob's croon slowly takes over and then suddenly the whole thing segues into calypso-influenced synth-pop. New music: Therapies Son ? Touching Down 2011-03-15T14:24:00Z The choral performance will include live electronic music, mixed by the Israeli composer and D.J. ‘We’re Like Athletes Here’: The Maestro With a Gym Habit 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z Ms. Cardiff’s “The Forty Part Motet,” a ghostly choral installation that emanates from 40 speakers, is set in a former military chapel whose walls and paint had to be replaced for the show. Finally, a Tide of Celebration in the Rockaways 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z He was also the choral arranger and conductor for “The Lion King.” Andraé Crouch, 72, Who Infused Gospel With Soul, Dies 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z The fluid way Strauss weaves solos, ensembles and choral passages into the score show him in full command of his technique. Music Review: Strauss’s ‘Feuersnot’ via Leon Botstein at Carnegie Hall 2013-12-18T22:30:36Z In 1968, after being hired to direct choral activities at the State University of New York, Stony Brook, he founded the Long Island Symphonic Choral Association, which he led for 40 years. Gregg Smith, Choral Leader Who Elevated Standards, Dies at 84 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z The solo passages for male voices are more pointedly dramatic, often pitting the soloists against dense orchestral and choral scoring. Music Review: Juraj Filas Piece Is a Coda for Kent Tritle - Review 2011-09-15T23:01:04Z Lippa, who wrote the music and lyrics for Broadway’s “The Addams Family” and “Big Fish,” will play Milk in the work, which is part choral and part theater. Andrew Lippa’s Harvey Milk concert coming to NYC 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z A nice touch was to precede it by performances of a cappella choral arrangements of three negro spirituals, sung by the London Adventist Chorale under their director, Ken Burton. LPO/Alsop – review 2013-02-21T17:43:15Z From all reports the piece covers a wide sonic terrain from solo cello to subdued choral singing to blazing bursts of orchestral music and much propulsive drumming. The Week Ahead: Sept. 11 ? Sept. 17 2011-09-09T14:39:13Z And if ever a choral work carried an unbearable weight of personal sadness, it is Dvorák's Stabat Mater. LPO/J?rvi ? review 2010-10-13T20:45:00Z To an outsider's ear it sometimes sounds distinctly African, at others Latin American; occasionally it has shades of gospel or European choral music. The Creole Choir of Cuba: the a cappella aid agency 2010-08-19T21:15:00Z The production was uneven but included some powerful moments — which might not have worked as well as they did without the support of such taut choral singing and nuanced orchestra playing. Perspective | After a conductor’s injury, an opera in Scotland became a test run for the NSO’s future 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z And if the textures and raplike choral poetry and the harrowing urban fatalism ring contemporary, the insights into the arrogance of violence and power apply to both ancient and modern humanity. In eSe Teatro production, ‘Oedipus’ gets an L.A. makeover | Theater review 2012-12-10T22:17:46Z The emphasis is still on early music and the choral and chamber repertoire, mostly performed in Gregynog Hall itself. Burt Bacharach, Leo Blanco, the Congos: this week's new live music 2013-06-22T05:00:17Z Mr. Muhly’s style combines a talent for complex yet transparent choral writing with Minimalist arpeggios and repetitions. So Much Traveling, With No Clear Destination 2011-02-11T16:57:37Z The runaway train that is "Fifty Shades of Grey" is pulling yet another car toward the station called Unexpected Fame: a 16th-century choral work written in Latin. 'Fifty Shades of Grey' ... and Thomas Tallis? 2012-08-01T20:02:11Z Karen P. Thomas, the artistic director of Seattle Pro Musica, doesn’t just lead her singers through their choral programs. Seattle Pro Musica’s ‘Lucis’ explores 3-D ‘spheres’ of sound 2013-05-16T19:37:07Z This week brought one of those mini-festivals that seem to sprout periodically in New York’s classical music ecosystem: four evenings of choral music tied to the Christmas season. Cobbling Together a Christmas Music Marathon 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z They make the traditional songs their own, too, with Sartin's sturdy vocal work joined by choral backing on the elegant Sussex Carol and The Shepherd's Song, an 18th-century Gloucestershire story of shepherds in a pub. Belshazzar's Feast: Stocking Fillers – review 2012-11-15T22:15:01Z He brings drama and choral power to the Rivonia courtroom scene – which unites the three Mandelas – and in the final Cape Town speech after his release. Saint and sinner: the Nelson Mandela opera 2012-06-10T16:59:01Z As early as the 1890s, in the first movement of his huge choral symphony, “Kullervo,” the strings echo a phrase in the brasses, first at full volume. Hearing the Mystery in Sibelius 2011-08-15T21:18:14Z Vladimir Jurowski, however, opts for an edition of his own, which amalgamates Haydn's first and third versions by prefacing most of the choral movements with abridgements of their orchestral counterparts. Haydn: The Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross 2011-02-10T22:15:00Z The lessons paid off: She received a full choral scholarship to Arizona State University, then stayed in Arizona, where she was a karaoke maven and worked at the first P. F. Chang’s. Shopping for Chardonnay With the Queen of Wine-Soaked Cabaret 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z Sarah McGuinn's music strikes an interestingly offbeat chord that enhances the story only in a dreamlike choral number. 'As You Like It': Inconsistency slows this visit to the Forest of Arden 2012-06-08T20:27:04Z It will host a program of events including talks and debates; performances of choral and experimental music, jazz and soul; and a clay workshop. A Chicago Roofer’s Legacy Finds a Home in the Serpentine Pavilion 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z The majestic choral/orchestral granddaddy of them all — Handel’s “Messiah” — is a festive holiday tradition with Seattle Symphony, the SSO Chorale and guest soloists. 5 classical-music recommendations for Dec. 9-16 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z In essential ways, all choral music is an exercise in coming together: The art form involves individual singers holding their parts in a multilayered musical texture to create a greater whole. ‘The Public Domain’: Cherished Harmony in a Splintered Nation 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z The truth: It's the best album of choral Americana since Fleet Foxes. New band of the day – Lord Huron (No 1,450) 2013-02-12T17:14:20Z The dedication of any choral director cannot be overestimated, but especially those working with the young. Choir of the Year 2010 ? review 2010-12-05T00:05:00Z The album’s most powerful song, “I Need You” is a naked groan of grief and despair that has the feel of a majestic processional hymn with thick choral textures. Review: ‘One More Time With Feeling’ Listens to Nick Cave’s Darkness 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z Her broadside sparked an international debate over the singing opportunities presented to girls and the aesthetics of the choral tradition. Review: With All-Boy Choirs Up for Debate, an Ensemble Soars 2019-04-02T04:00:00Z The three sneak out of Russia, after a sentimental choral farewell to their homeland. Review: ‘Anastasia,’ a Russian Princess With an Identity Crisis 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z Directed by Norman Mackenzie, heir to the great choral conductor Robert Shaw at the Atlanta Symphony, the ad hoc ensemble was polished, vibrant and inspiring. Music Review: Making a Mighty Sound for Berlioz, but Delicately 2011-02-14T23:29:09Z A choir from South Africa’s Cape Town Opera will play the choral roles. Opera, Ballet and More Treats for Fall: Global Arts Guide 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z As Keates realizes, the “Messiah” rapidly assumed its undisputed place as the most popular and beloved choral work of all time. The Last Civic Remnant of Authentic Spirituality at Christmastime 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z There, in recent years, I’ve composed the concert-length choral work “Canticles of the Holy Wind”; “Become River,” for chamber orchestra; and my largest symphonic work to date, “Become Ocean.” Leaving Alaska 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z The group produces spare, stylized choral music that blends medieval-sounding antiphonal chant with Asian tunings. Review: Seattle's Fisher Ensemble says yes to Noh in 'Kocho' 2011-04-09T19:31:05Z Most critics acknowledged the score’s beautiful moments, especially Cleopatra’s death scene, in which the character’s plaintive lyrical lines are capped by a chilling choral threnody. Leontyne Price, Legendary Diva, Is a Movie Star at 90 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z But 10 years ago, a plucky early-music ensemble rang in the New Year with an even older choral masterpiece, full of pomp, glitter and moments of deep contemplation. After a Decade, a Monteverdi Masterpiece Flies Free 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z Opera across the street, the Verdi Requiem proved to be an ideal meeting point for his choral and operatic worlds. L.A. Master Chorale delivers a mighty, thrilling Verdi Requiem 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z There's some fine choral singing, too; but, as a reminder in this year of significant anniversaries that not everything the finest composers produced is equally successful, it's a salutary evening. Gloriana - review 2013-06-21T11:06:57Z I bought a load of old vinyls there — the Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd and Welsh choral music — when I first moved in. | Extra Credit, Part 2 2011-08-18T16:21:33Z But he did, and went on to collaborate with Greek musician Mikis Theodorakis to convert 12 of the book’s most memorable poems into choral music. Seattle Peace Chorus to tackle Neruda’s ‘Canto General’ June 1 2013-05-31T18:51:22Z Whole stretches of the text are spoken against backdrops that range from atmospheric choral humming to heated orchestra outbursts. Not Just ‘West Side Story’: Celebrating Bernstein’s Symphonies 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z Janacek's largest choral statement was written near the end of his life. First Night of the Proms: BBCSO/Belohlavek - review 2011-07-16T00:28:34Z At the top of the bill is Dixit Dominus, a demanding and dramatic choral piece reflecting the influence of virtuosic Italian composition. A busy weekend for Seattle Baroque fans, with Handel Festival 2011-03-17T20:02:07Z The big spiritual choral numbers should storm the gates of heaven; here they sound pretty but defeated and earthbound, like angels shorn of their wings. | 'The Gershwins? Porgy and Bess': Audra McDonald in ?The Gershwins? Porgy and Bess? - Review 2012-01-13T03:01:13Z This rarely performed, folk-inspired choral piece – dealing with the transformation of a group of brothers into stags as a metaphor for their need to grow into independent adulthood – is memorably weighty for its 20-minute span. BBCSO/Robertson 2010-08-23T11:10:00Z Such contrasts arise throughout: archaic choral polyphony and modernist whisperings, keening string clusters and plaintive drones. A ‘Stabat Mater’ for the 21st Century, Colored by a Composer’s Faith 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z This community is depicted mostly through Gershwin’s extraordinary choral scenes, the core of the opera. Review: A Splendid ‘Porgy and Bess’ Opens the Met Opera Season 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z Two years ago, she created, directed and produced “The Mile-Long Opera,” a large-scale choral work staged on the High Line. Practicing Architecture in a Pandemic 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z Now at the summit of choral artistry, the Monteverdi Choir and another Gardiner group, the English Baroque Soloists, bring the Vespers to Carnegie Hall for the penultimate day of the Before Bach festival. Classical & Opera Listings for April 24-30 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z But since he took his position at St. Thomas three months ago, Mr. Hyde, a critically acclaimed organist and choral conductor with credentials from some of the most prestigious British institutions, has rallied school spirit. The New Wizard Teaching at the Hogwarts for Choir 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z The director, Nick Cassavetes, best-known for “The Notebook,” keeps the surprises flowing, reaching an early peak with a choral work built around repetitions of the f-word. SIFF 2013, week 2: 11 movies to see 2013-05-23T18:03:35Z The orchestral half traces the demonic striving and eventual fall of Faust, the choral his redemption, although it does end on a questioning note: "Shall I not be confounded in eternity?" The Gothic Symphony: 'It's a Himalayan peak' 2011-07-13T20:30:01Z She filtered folklore, biblical rhythms, dreams, choral voices and a steep awareness of history into her work. Toni Morrison, a Writer of Many Gifts Who Bent Language to Her Will 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z At Dartington, he often played the viola in the orchestra for large-scale choral works and operas, which pleased him more than anything. Michael Tillett obituary 2010-03-17T18:32:00Z Phil concludes “Mozart & Pärt” with Dudamel conducting the premiere of a new version for strings of an earlier Pärt choral work surrounded by two Mozart symphonies. A symphony for Los Angeles, just one otherworldly delight at L.A. Phil's Mozart and Pärt festival 2016-05-28T04:00:00Z Its first verse was written for a single voice and not the grand choral opening for which it is now famous, claims Professor Jeremy Dibble. Anthem meant to be less rousing 2012-07-03T09:02:07Z Even that apogee of the English choral tradition, King's College, Cambridge, has recognised the value of its "brand" and launched its own recording label. Choir of King's College; Exaudi; Tallis Scholars – review 2012-10-27T23:17:28Z The choral singing was exemplary in its splendour and detailed precision. Susanna – review 2013-06-13T16:52:40Z First, though, we assembled at West Park Presbyterian Church on the Upper West Side, met by the baritone and choral conductor Malcolm J. Merriweather for a practice session. In Make Music Winter, Critics Find Their Inner Yodelers and Pilgrims 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z Sibelius offered the premiere to the Three Choirs instead of a choral work, and the soprano Aino Ackté, for whom it was written, was the soloist. Philharmonia/Ashkenazy – review 2013-07-29T19:05:10Z The idea behind the anthology — conceived by the press’s head of music, Christopher Morris — was to create a practical, codified resource for choral societies at Christmas. ‘Everyone Wants to Hear’ This One Chord in a Christmas Carol 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z “The Prairie,” an oratorio-style choral work to a long poem by Carl Sandburg, made his name as a composer when it premiered in 1944. Eight Ways of Looking at a Singular Composer 2022-10-02T04:00:00Z Mr. Penderecki was most widely known for choral compositions evoking Poland’s ardent Catholicism and history of foreign domination, and for his early experimental works, with their massive tone clusters and disregard for melody and harmony. Krzysztof Penderecki, Polish Composer With Cinematic Flair, Dies at 86 2020-03-29T04:00:00Z Hushes, rushes, brightness, softness, clusters of woodwind notes, quiet choral wordless singing: the score covers a spectrum. Dance Review: New York City Ballet Opens Season With Gala 2014-05-09T23:25:13Z In the mid-1960s, Mr. Smith became head of the choral program at Ithaca College. Gregg Smith, Choral Leader Who Elevated Standards, Dies at 84 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z Verdi modeled some of the choral and vocal ensemble numbers in “Rigoletto” after excerpts from Donizetti’s score. Will Crutchfield Conducts ‘Rigoletto’ at Caramoor 2014-07-20T04:00:00Z “People walk out of opera all the time, as they do choral concerts or hip-hop shows,” he says. This Kennedy Center director is making performance art out of jazz. Can he bring fans along? 2017-11-01T04:00:00Z After a spell touring with the Irish choral group Anuna and a broken relationship, he retreated to his parents' attic where the foundations of his debut record were laid. Hozier: 'I find the attention quite jarring at times' 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z With its massive choral and orchestral forces and its big spatial requirements, Mahler's Eighth Symphony is the kind of piece that one should only listen to live and in the right surroundings. My perfect Proms 2010-07-08T21:45:00Z At 16 she won a choral award that enabled her to go to Cape Town and audition for the singing program at the University of Cape Town’s South African College of Music. Pretty Yende Unmasks a Promising Opera Career 2017-09-04T04:00:00Z He also began playing the viola da gamba in the New York freelance scene and, while subsequently teaching at Columbia, led the choral group Cappella Nova, which gave acclaimed performances of Renaissance repertoire. Richard Taruskin, Vigorously Polemical Musicologist, Dies at 77 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z Her daughter is now a choral scholar at Cambridge, and her son is about to leave home for Leeds to study music technology. Victoria Wood: 'I feel at the BBC I'm not trusted, not valued, not needed' 2010-09-27T06:59:00Z The work, made up of sustained chords, bells and, toward the end, wordless choral singing, is recorded on four separate tracks; parade participants receive one of these to play on their devices. Critic’s Notebook: ‘Unsilent Night’ and Participatory Music 2012-12-19T22:17:40Z On Sunday, the second movement lost some of its spark and began to drag until its final release into the choral music with which Liszt replaced “Paradiso” altogether. Review | Noseda and the NSO rise to ‘Unexpected’ challenge at Carnegie Hall 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z He was swept up with enthusiasm for the heritage of French grand opera, with its massed choral scenes, romantic effusions and elaborate arias. Review: Flawed but Fascinating Dvorak Opera in a Rare Staging 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z Annual Carol Sing, with seasonal choral works, readings and poetry. Not Just Festive; Funky, Too 2013-12-12T23:43:49Z The city is not exactly bursting with pristinely staged choral investigations of man’s inhumanity to man — or, more to the point, woman. Carmina Slovenica Sings the Haunting ‘Toxic Psalms’ 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z The scenes in the village allow the singers to showcase the hymn-like power of African choral music. Nelson Mandela opera comes to Johannesburg 2011-08-12T17:56:09Z She is also a singer and a member of the Manhattan-based choral ensemble Essential Voices USA. Leslie Hart, Christopher Van Bell 2018-09-23T04:00:00Z Some of the choral writing is ethereal, unfolding in long-spun lines and chantlike phrases. Review: ‘Aging Magician,’ a Fable Complete With Complexities 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z In Turin, he will conduct eight weeks of programs per season, including tours, recordings, concert operas and choral works. James Conlon named principal conductor of Turin, Italy, orchestra 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z Impishly glossed by video imagery and disco pulsation, "Too Beaucoup" boasts choral unity, but with more quick-changing phrasing and pop chic. Intensity, drive energize Hubbard dance program 2011-03-18T17:19:00Z The chorale seeks members "with significant choral experience," according to the symphony. Seattle Symphony Chorale sets auditions 2010-08-20T20:05:00Z Without altering a word or note, the high schoolers had turned the number, which in Byrne’s original version comes off as an anxious monologue about being inundated by otherness, into a joyful choral invitation. Bumps on the Road From Broadway to Hollywood 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z In it, shots of trees and flowers in bloom, along with glimpses of TV news disaster footage, are set to the grand choral tones of Verdi’s “Requiem Mass” to seriously unnerving effect. The Avant-Garde Filmmaker Who Tried to Tell the Truth 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z On Friday it presented the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and May Festival Chorus, conducted by James Conlon, the dynamic music director of this renowned choral festival, which began in 1873. Critic’s Notebook: The Pittburgh Symphony Orchestra Plays at Carnegie Hall 2014-05-11T21:00:39Z The opening movement was somewhat pontifical, with ominous, weighty orchestral chords and repeated choral exclamations. Review: Premieres, a Tribute and an Anniversary at Carnegie Hall 2016-05-01T04:00:00Z Nothing communicates quite like energy, and the choral program that opened the “2014 Serenade! Washington, D.C., Choral Festival” on Friday at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Alexandria crackled with it. A festival of Russian, Czech, Norwegian and African songs In the piece, Handel’s divine choral works are complemented and countered by Mr. Foniadakis’s raging movement. Dance Listings for March 28-April 3 2014-03-27T22:26:55Z It’s the elegance, the ceremony — the lofty mix of Greek drama, with all its grim fate, and the redemption of choral music meant to jolt you joyously out of your seat. Perspective | Sing out, Oedipus! ‘Gospel at Colonus’ looks its Sunday best 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z “Washington has too many choruses,” I wrote in these pages in 2011, when yet another large choral group, the Washington Master Chorale, appeared in a crowded landscape. Review | In Washington’s crowded choral scene, too much is just enough 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z As well as leading choral workshops, the Sixteen gave three concerts, devoted to the sacred music of the gothic revolution, Tudor England and Renaissance Italy in turn. The Sixteen 2010-04-06T21:05:00Z His commitment to the accessibility of music-making led him to donate large quantities of his own choral arrangements and compositions to their community and youth music library. Ian Humphris 2012-12-31T12:36:49Z The festival opens this Friday by marking this year's Delius anniversary – it's 150 years since the English composer's birth – with his choral Mass Of Life. This week's new live music 2012-08-03T23:05:27Z The choral and organ music returns at 10 p.m., followed at 11 by a Solemn Mass that includes music by Poulenc and a procession of the crèche. 212-869-5830, stmvirgin.org. The Season of Joyful Noises 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z Vaughan Williams wrote “Three Shakespeare Songs” in 1951 as a test piece for a national choral competition, and the music is quite daring. New Amsterdam Singers Bring Shakespeare to Upper West Side 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z She wanted to transform the book into a kaleidoscopic performance piece, a choral work that would translate one man’s words into a collective Black American experience. ‘Between the World and Me’: From Page to Stage to Screen 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z In the haunting score, by the acclaimed Belfast DJ David Holmes, what sounds like sacred choral music mingles with sparring voices that offer fragments of a narrative. From Northern Ireland, Dance as a ‘Physical Prayer’ 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z This is Chanticleer, the renowned choral ensemble from San Francisco, established in 1978, whose concert of love songs Tuesday night was part of the Kennedy Center’s Jukebox series. Review | Chanticleer shows the power of music 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z Consider the mighty forces required for his heavily choral Seventh Symphony, subtitled “Seven Gates of Jerusalem,” written to commemorate the city’s third millennium in 1996. Krzysztof Penderecki, Polish Composer With Cinematic Flair, Dies at 86 2020-03-29T04:00:00Z “Tell” is rich with big, stirring choral scenes for Swiss peasants, valiant volunteer fighters from three Swiss cantons, as well as hunters and guards of the occupying Austrian governor. Review: A New, Abstract ‘Guillaume Tell’ at the Met Opera 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z Banks’ 73-minute “a cappella opera” is an astonishing work, and part of its wonder stems from its blending of some of the oldest known melodies in the world with a contemporary choral sensibility. Eric Banks: Esoterics founder an explorer of new vocal worlds 2013-05-04T14:34:47Z Appropriately, for this birthday year, there is a stentorian, Wagnerian choral setting of “Happy Birthday to You,” directed at Disney within the opera but perhaps also a wink from Mr. Glass. Music Review: ‘The Perfect American,’ by Philip Glass, at Teatro Real 2013-02-01T16:17:23Z The piece, which had its world premiere in Berlin in 1895, entails an orchestra of more than 100, a vast choir, choral soloists, multiple harps, a pipe organ and additional offstage percussion and brass. Gilbert E. Kaplan, Publisher and Improbable Conductor, Dies at 74 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z In “And he shall purify,” the choral sections stacked atop one another in staggered entrances that amassed into a smoothly luxuriant texture. Around New York, Different Ways of Hearing Handel’s ‘Messiah’ 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z But the tragedy and political motivation require the additional weight of the oratorio, with mighty choral numbers and an oracular solo tenor/narrator. Race, justice, power: Finding new relevance in Kurt Weill's 'Lost in the Stars' 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z A quartet of singers called Theater of Voices, performing from the orchestra pit, contribute choral refrains and echo vocal lines hauntingly. Three Varied Visions of Spirituality at the White Light Festival 2018-11-18T05:00:00Z The strength of the piece is its choral writing. Review | A giant meditation on creation fills the Kennedy Center Concert Hall 2017-04-01T04:00:00Z But the hairstyles of these children — think Marie Antoinette coiffed for a Jean Paul Gaultier fashion show — prove to be more fascinating than their choral chanting. 'An Invasion of Decency!': A wild pop-up performance in search of meaning 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z If Ye Love Me was a choral supplication evoking the names of God according to Islam, Hinduism and Christianity, written for the newly formed multifaith ensemble the MIF Sacred Sounds Choir. John Tavener – review 2013-07-08T17:14:59Z On a warm summer evening in a church on Queen Anne Hill, Seattle composer and choral director Eric Banks leads his ensemble, the Esoterics, through a rehearsal of a work by Swedish composer Thomas Jennefelt. Multilingual, multicultural ? the Esoterics do some globe-hopping with their choral sound 2010-08-05T21:57:00Z Mills also is a pianist, choral conductor and composer. From players, pipes and pedals, a celestial song 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z The Seattle choral group says those new to Cage should "expect the unexpected — a game of solitaire, an untied shoe, an emergency exit or even a surprise gift!" John Cage's 100th birthday is happening all over Seattle 2012-09-04T14:31:04Z Patterson was involved with several musical groups over the years and each performed, including a West Aurora High School chorus, plus Valparaiso University a cappella and choral groups. Farewell for fallen soldier from Aurora 2012-01-21T21:32:00Z One of the pillars of the English choral tradition, Sir Edward Elgar’s “The Dream of Gerontius,” returns to Seattle in time for Christmas. Uplifting music, deep themes: Seattle Symphony to perform Elgar’s ‘Dream of Gerontius’ 2016-11-27T05:00:00Z Jarrod Lee made an imposing Loudspeaker Voice, seated in the back row of the orchestra and joining in the elegiac final choral number, which was one of the highlights. Review | The In Series aims to make ‘Atlantis’ great again 2018-06-17T04:00:00Z Mr. Willcocks was the most important figure in English choral music at the time, and, liking what he saw, he made some calls on Mr. Rutter’s behalf. The Composer Who Owns Christmas 2017-12-16T05:00:00Z Director of music at Trinity College, Cambridge, for 38 years, he was an influence on generations of students, both as a choral director and teacher. Richard Marlow 2013-07-02T12:04:53Z But English choral music is not about instant gratification. Nico Muhly on Why Choral Music Is Slow Food for the Soul 2017-04-01T04:00:00Z And it would have been nice to learn the names of the songs, chants and choral hymns threaded through the sound score. Review: A New Zealand Troupe’s Oceanic Feelings 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z This is a choral musical in the sense that it is a true ensemble effort, with no one character or singer allowed to dominate. Generosity overcomes terrorism in unpretentious 'Come From Away' 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z Godine knew he had made the right choice in 2017, when a book especially dear to him, a two-volume collection of American choral music, failed to find much of an audience. Looking Back on 50 Years of Making Beautiful Books 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z Ellen Reid’s score is accessible in the best way, disconcertingly sweet without being syrupy, with occasional whispers of choral voices so soft they’re almost more odor than sound. Cataclysmic Suffering Sprawls Through the Prototype Festival 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z “In my class, in 1983, there were no female orchestral conductors, and just two choral conductors,” she said in an interview. A Conductor Following Family Footsteps and Blazing a Trail 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z It didn’t always seem as congenial to early choral music. Critic?s Notebook: A Jewel of a Spring Festival, Not Selling Out, but Still Sparkling 2011-04-20T22:16:56Z This is his first choral work since then. How low can you go? Record label launches bass hunt 2012-02-03T10:30:20Z The choral singers need the utmost alacrity and clarity to do justice to the often-convoluted lines of Bach’s brilliant choruses. Seattle Symphony and Chorale’s performance of Bach’s ‘Mass in B Minor’ is gratifyingly good 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z In Fung’s quietly moving “Ghost Forest,” the author takes a choral approach to her unnamed narrator’s family history, after her largely absent father’s protracted illness and death. Debut Novels by Pik-Shuen Fung, Rahul Raina and Alex McElroy 2021-07-12T04:00:00Z And on Friday the New Amsterdam Singers introduce Mr. Stucky’s 2002 choral piece, “Whispers,” on a program that will repeat on March 4. The Week Ahead 2012-02-24T20:02:05Z Cantare Vocal Ensemble is one of several local choral groups who will remember and reflect on 9/11 with music on Sunday. Remembering 9/11 through music 2011-09-08T20:35:12Z In it, the music builds to a life-affirming choral outburst with the chorus proclaiming that all creatures drink joy from Nature’s breast. Readers Name Some Favorite Musical Surprises of Their Own 2014-04-25T14:00:02Z And it may be why people from every end of the choral community are trying new ways to raise their voices again. Perspective | Scattered and silenced by the pandemic, choral groups are trying to find their voice 2020-11-06T05:00:00Z At 10, he won a choral scholarship to the Worcester Cathedral School, founded by Henry VIII. “We sang everything,” he said. ‘A Vocal Figure Skater’ Makes His Mark as an Operatic Hamlet 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z The choral singing was momentous, the soloists exemplary and the orchestral sound strikingly clear – entirely appropriate to a work that envisions mystic experience in terms of crystalline sonorities rather than haze or vagueness. Hall?/BBCPO/Elder 2010-05-05T22:00:00Z His choral works helped to forge a distinctly Ukrainian sound. When Ukrainian Music Wasn’t Under Threat, It Thrived 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z Many classical-music fans consider Johann Sebastian Bach’s Mass in B minor as the ultimate peak of Western choral music — but the composer never heard it performed in its entirety. Mystery Mass: Seattle Pro Musica celebrates Bach’s enigmatic masterpiece in B minor 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z Brabbins has been rehearsing the musicians in Cardiff while the 10 choirs have been preparing separately around the country, ahead of a huge choral rehearsal in Birmingham town hall. The Gothic Symphony: 'It's a Himalayan peak' 2011-07-13T20:30:01Z One of Shaw’s most memorable outings with the “German Requiem” was by all accounts the 1990 performance at Carnegie Hall with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, capping a weeklong workshop for choral professionals. Saluting Robert Shaw, a Conductor of Humanist Spirituality 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z Chapman’s educational programs in music, theater and dance are expected to occupy the new stage up to 75% of the time, said Hall, a choral conductor who has taught at Chapman since 1963. Placido Domingo, Deborah Voigt to headline opening of Chapman's new arts center 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z The choral singing – with the Hallé Choir as the townsfolk and the Hallé Youth Choir and Chetham's Chamber Choir as the Apprentices – was simply electrifying. Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg – review 2013-02-13T17:17:51Z Handel’s instrumental and large-scale choral works were well known to Mozart and Beethoven, who admired Handel tremendously. The Greatest 2011-01-07T16:04:57Z That scene is as rowdy and demented as anything out of a Marx Brothers movie and as unutterably despairing as a choral lament from Sophocles. | 'Uncle Vanya': ‘Uncle Vanya’ With Cate Blanchett at City Center 2012-07-22T18:31:05Z "The occasional choral ending and the additional use of harmony at times are the main differences." Seattle Men's Chorus salutes the Beatles in weekend shows 2012-03-30T00:08:04Z Within the lovers' final confrontation, Bizet writes a series of choral passages for the people of Seville that create a psychological bullring around Carmen and Don José, goading our lovers to their bloody end. Daniel Kramer: Carmen, I've cracked you 2011-01-12T21:31:00Z The ensemble choral work and musical backup also merit praise. 'Spring Awakening': powerful passion at Balagan 2012-01-09T22:37:03Z The premiere at hand was a choral arrangement of “The New Rule,” a succinct Rumi setting in English translation from Mr. Glass’s 1997 opera, “Monsters of Grace.” Make Music New York: ‘The New Rule’ at Make Music New York 2012-06-23T00:22:58Z He arrived from Europe with a high-profile résumé and the promise of focusing on core choral values. Washington Chorus is in the market for another music director 2019-05-13T04:00:00Z One example is “The Little Match Girl Passion,” the 2008 choral work that made a Bach-like oratorio out of a Hans Christian Andersen story. Perspective | Reexamining opera, one classic at a time 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z It features disco, Western choral music and Native American field recordings from the Dust Bowl era. Nina Simone and Ritchie Valens Songs Added to National Recording Registry 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z There was fine playing and choral singing, too. Belisario ? review 2011-02-21T13:25:57Z Elsewhere, his expert directorial touch displayed the immaculate craftsmanship of his choral writing, while soprano Hila Plitmann's solo in a spiritual arranged by Moses Hogan scaled the concert's highpoint of intensity. Proms 61 & 62: BBCSO/Brabbins; BBC Singers/Whitacre – review 2012-08-30T11:08:10Z The late Washington Post music critic Paul Hume once called Mr. Scribner “one of Washington’s finest musicians and one of the most gifted choral conductors in the country.” Norman Scribner, who founded D.C. Choral Arts Society, dies at 79 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z In “Beetlejuice,” some sumptuously grotesque orchestra music was punctuated by captivating, amplified choral howls. Review: ‘Danny Elfman’s Music From the Films of Tim Burton,’ Macabre Yet Sweet 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z And much of the choral work, which demands precision, is hazy and ragged. | 'The Gershwins? Porgy and Bess': Bess Claims Top Billing in New Version of Gershwins? Classic 2011-09-01T13:17:56Z Elgar devoted much of the 1890s to composing large-scale choral works. Caractacus ? review 2011-08-11T12:06:08Z With there be any groundbreaking choral moments here, too? 5 Classical Music Faces to Watch This Season 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z At least one part of the choral world isn’t deliberating the implications of mixing: the children doing the singing. After 350 Years of Tradition, a Boys’ Choir Now Admits Girls 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z Now that Grease is enticing moviegoers to get that choral feeling, how about some more sing-along versions of favorite old films?
Review: Grease and a Sing-a-long: They Go Together... 2010-07-16T23:55:00Z The score was annoying, helped only by the choral portions which brought some energy. Review: ‘A Christmas Story Live!’ Wasn’t Lively Enough 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z While Gergiev probably put them together simply because they are their composers' greatest choral works, there are significant parallels between the two settings. LSO/Gergiev – review 2013-04-02T16:45:01Z Also a choral conductor, Mr. Anagnost founded several vocal groups, including the Orpheon Chorale and the Metropolitan Singers/Greek Choral Society. Dino Anagnost, 67, Dies; Led Little Orchestra Society 2011-04-03T16:31:55Z Throughout the rehearsal, Mr. Halsey, the choral director of the London Symphony Orchestra, peppered his remarks with friendly cajolery and encouragement, repeatedly telling the occasionally bemused-looking singers that “it does work — I promise.” Massaging 1,000 Voices Into Lincoln Center’s Choral Miracle 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z Storer’s choral groups and instrumental ensembles were its pride and glory — and a major fundraising source. A black college closed in 1955, but its fading alumni fight to pass on a legacy 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z Intonation sagged in unaccompanied choral sections, and there were discrepancies in sustained high woodwind chords and in the agreement of cellos and double basses on the bass line. Review | National Philharmonic soloists boost an otherwise delayed, derivative event 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z The Strathmore acoustics, however, are much kinder to orchestral sounds than to choral ones. National Philharmonic Chorale pays homage to Mozart at Strathmore The score includes more choral “oohs” than any show since the moony “Bridges of Madison County,” along with a lot of sprightly “bum-da-bum-bums.” Review: ‘Amélie’ Is Easy to Listen To, but Never Really Sings 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z Music by Palestrina provides the backbone for the programme the Sixteen is bringing to Britain's cathedrals and churches on this year's choral pilgrimage. The Sixteen – review 2013-04-08T16:23:27Z Here they presented a new version, with some ensemble lines transferred to the orchestra and the choral writing rescored for a heftier choir. Music Review: Glass?s ?Koyaanisqatsi? From New York Philharmonic - Review 2011-11-03T21:41:14Z The performances were exemplary, with superb choral singing in writing that ranges from whispered Sprechgesang, to fiercely dissonant clusters and close-packed tonal triads. Weltethos – review 2012-06-22T16:10:32Z That’s not an exaggeration: Today, his legacy as a composer flexible in style and firm in belief still resounds across England and the world of choral music. William Byrd: An Essential English Composer for Four Centuries 2023-07-04T04:00:00Z It's a real tour de force, and one of the finest British choral works of the second half of the 20th century. This week's new live music 2011-01-15T00:05:57Z As all the cast take up her line, this passage is more reminiscent of choral music for church than the burlesque of opera buffa. Nozze di Figaro: The revolution in action 2013-07-10T14:55:47Z Attracting an oversize audience of African-American women of a certain age, Perry may still be preaching to the choir, but the choral voice is loud and strong. G.I. Joe: Resurrection 2013-03-31T20:25:26Z And music it is: a symphony of dialogues and monologues and almost choral incantations that seem to exist both immediately within and poetically outside of a very particular, finely detailed stretch of German history. ArtsBeat: In London, a 'Henry V' That Doesn't Take Sides 2012-06-27T15:15:09Z Mr. Zimbalist also kept a hand in music, writing an eight-part choral setting of the 150th Psalm, among other works. Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Star of ‘77 Sunset Strip’ and ‘The F.B.I.’, Is Dead at 95 2014-05-03T05:34:53Z Britain is not the only country whose choral world is agonizing over whether to include girls. After 350 Years of Tradition, a Boys’ Choir Now Admits Girls 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z In the Middle Ages, the hurdy-gurdy functioned as an aid to choral teaching in monasteries but soon became known as a rustic accompaniment to village dances. A Renaissance for an Instrument of Melancholy Magic 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z He is always searching for a tune "that is not always true with a contemporary choral composition" and aims to stick a bit closer to the folk tradition. Bleak midwinter to Sydney sun: King's College carol service gets a taste of Australia 2012-12-22T13:10:26Z The year after Caractacus, Elgar completed the Enigma Variations, then followed that with his choral masterpiece The Dream of Gerontius, and both works are anticipated here. Caractacus ? review 2011-08-11T12:06:08Z On April 7, the long-running gospel group Twinkie Clark and the Clark Sisters are paired with a program of spiritual choral compositions by Mary Lou Williams. Live Performance in New York: Here’s What to See This Spring 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z In that piece Handel’s divine choral works are complemented and countered by Mr. Foniadakis’s raging movement. Dance Listings for March 21-27 2014-03-20T22:42:32Z As Crane enters Scarborough, there's a burst of Scarborough Fair in the background; when he goes into a church, sacred choral music soars. TV matters: Orchestral overkill 2011-08-03T19:30:02Z Producers said Monday that "I Am Harvey Milk" - part choral, part theater - will be performed June 27-28 as part of the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus 35th Anniversary Celebration concert. Andrew Lippa to unveil new Harvey Milk songs 2013-04-01T17:14:08Z In a lively chat with no meltdowns — though occasional breaks for tooth brushing and bedtime kisses — they discussed choral music, Broadway babies and the dangers of taking a toddler to the Brooklyn Museum. Kids and Culture? There’s So Much to Talk About 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z Blanche Moyse, a founder of the Marlboro Music School and Festival and, as a conductor, a leading interpreter of Bach’s choral works, died on Thursday at her home in Brattleboro, Vt. She was 101. Blanche Moyse, Music School Founder, Dies at 101 2011-02-15T07:30:06Z He wrote several choral works, all religiously influenced. Jazz pianist Dave Brubeck dead at 91 2012-12-05T18:42:23Z The sturdiness of these role models is reflected in the musical’s nimble construction, particularly of Act 1, which is packed with rollicking choral numbers. Signature Theatre’s ‘Elmer Gantry’ steps up to the melodic pulpit Yet he doubts that the composer’s choral music will enter the mainstream. Interest Grows in a Master of Choral Mystery and Power 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z After all, it is hard to match the vibrant opening of the earlier set, a reconfigured version of the Toccata from “L’Orfeo,” overlaid with a choral setting of “Domine Ad Adiuvandum.” Music Review: ?Vespers of 1640? at Church of St. Jean Baptiste - Review 2012-01-05T00:03:29Z The Gloria, as one might expect in Beethoven, is a full-blooded choral and orchestral yawp. Philharmonic to Perform Beethoven?s ?Missa Solemnis? 2010-06-18T14:41:00Z I once took my then 7-year-old daughter to a matinee of religious choral music — contemporary music inspired by the wounds of Christ. Kids and Culture? There’s So Much to Talk About 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z The opera then ends with a long choral meditation, with singers spread throughout the auditorium, conducted by McCorkle from the stage. At the Spoleto Festival, Opera Is an Act of Liberation 2022-05-30T04:00:00Z The choral ensembles were stirring and effective, especially those for the women portraying Verdi’s witches, depicted in this staging as like a sisterhood of frumpily dressed yet menacing bag ladies. Review: Plácido Domingo Is Gone, but He Still Haunted ‘Macbeth’ 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z The pan flutes, choral pads and melodic percussion intentionally evoke rain forests and the ocean. The Remix Grammy: For the Art and Science of the Musical Cocktail 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z In “Svyati,” a setting of Russian Orthodox liturgy sung in Old Slavonic, the foremost voice was that of Mr. Rath’s cello, sounding a wordless paean atop choral lines that rose and fell with pious sobriety. Music Review: Washington Square Music Festival With West Village Chorale 2012-07-11T21:56:11Z Occasional moments of inspired choral writing were delivered without conviction and left to dissipate in an anemic production full of dramatic voids. Music Review: ‘The Vienna Rite,’ by Judith Berkson, at Roulette 2012-11-05T19:43:03Z The music becomes muddy and laborious before regaining its former grandeur in a tremendous choral setpiece, "Tree of Beauty". Dr Dee: An English Opera ? review 2011-07-09T23:06:01Z “But they work wonderfully as choral works. ... We’re lucky that the Britten-Pears Foundation made it possible to perform these works. They had a bit more foresight than even the composer did.” Celebrate choral Britten with Esoterics, Seattle Pro Musica 2013-12-05T20:41:59Z That’s because these layered and contrapuntal voices produce a dazzling spectrum of effects, like the swelling harmonies associated with traditional choral music and the crystal pings of personal computers. Review: The Human Voice Versus the Internet in ‘Octet’ 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z The men provide one captivating ensemble sequence, distinguished by its marching, stomping force — Naharin likes to inject beauty into hardness by means of choral harmony. Intensity, drive energize Hubbard dance program 2011-03-18T17:19:00Z These unaccompanied choral works, immaculately presented by the BBC Singers conducted by Paul Brough, includes pieces from the last 13 years of that career. Bennett: My Dancing Day; Serenades; Four Poems of Thomas Campion, etc 2012-08-23T20:55:01Z He stayed busy over the next 35 years, composing more than 500 pieces, including 13 operas and at least 400 choral works. Stephen Paulus, Classical Composer Rich in Lyricism, Dies at 65 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z Their contracts were terminated last month when orchestrated music was cut from the production altogether - although it still incorporates live folk songs and choral numbers. War Horse musicians lose legal bid 2014-04-15T14:27:51Z For “Bump n’ Grind,” though, he left the stage, and the overhead screen displayed 81 mouths singing the song in choral arrangement, a burst of comic relief. Music Review: Ever the Charmer, Brazen and Sly, but at a Faster Clip 2011-07-01T22:26:12Z Any danceability is achieved by the rhythmic propulsion of the drums and bass, and any quasi-religious atmosphere is enhanced by the choral harmonies. New band of the day: Tokolosh (No 1,487) 2013-04-08T16:06:47Z He said a key factor in Mendelssohn being widely accepted in the UK was largely down to its enduring choral tradition. Blue plaque remembers Mendelssohn 2013-02-04T16:59:00Z Other than a lapping rhythmic figure in the left-hand part, this music is reminiscent of the wistful songs that were popular with amateur choral groups in Vienna at the time. Anthony Tommasini’s Interactive Quest for Surprises 2014-02-28T15:50:53Z When I was at university, I sang in the chapel choir, and we did a lot of English choral music. Tell Us 5 Things About Your Book: ‘Sight’ Balances Grief, Freud and Parenthood 2018-10-14T04:00:00Z This festival is proof that amateur choral singing continues to thrive, as eager singers arrive from around the country for an intense period of study and performance. Summer Stages: Classical 2010-05-07T21:59:00Z If anything, it was Ms. Davies’s ear for orchestral sound, alongside the technical bravura of her choral writing, that commended the score — and compensated for a disappointingly dull lyricism in the solo voices. Review: ‘Between Worlds,’ With English National Opera, Addresses 9/11 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z The soprano soloist sings passages from the Latin liturgy as part of certain choral episodes. Music Review: ‘War Requiem’ by Britten, With an Angelic Touch 2014-05-02T21:20:34Z But in this early work, first performed in 1844, Verdi seized on the story as a vehicle for sweeping Romantic drama, complete with rousing choral scenes, and for broad explorations of human dilemmas. Music Review: Angela Meade in ?Ernani? at Metropolitan Opera 2012-02-04T00:43:41Z Excessive choral forces numbering over 300 voices and enlarged orchestras with added percussion and brass of the kind favored in England by Sir Malcolm Sargent and Sir Thomas Beecham were used. The Last Civic Remnant of Authentic Spirituality at Christmastime 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z It's a real beauty, and especially impressive in that it approximates the choral sound of Fleet Foxes' white winter hymnals, only those tremulous voices are presumably all just him, multi-tracked. New band of the day – Luke Sital-Singh (No 1,311) 2012-07-18T16:53:00Z Children shout, shoot toy pistols and set off firecrackers, all depicted in a dizzying choral ensemble with lush Straussian orchestra swirlings. Music Review: At Rose Theater, a Gritty Neapolitan Love Triangle 2010-05-25T22:35:00Z Given iPods and headphones, the audience of 12 will be sent on a trail, hearing the locals' stories before reconvening to celebrate choral singing. This week's new theatre 2011-02-26T00:07:52Z It is a choral lament for the fall of Nineveh, the ancient Assyrian capital — or as close as Mr. Cuoghi could come to what might have been performed in Assyria around 612 B.C. Aural Installations Take Over New Museum 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z Keening choral music backed heavy-handed shots of stacked bodies in a story that involved Balkan war criminals. A Complete Look at a Complex Character 2010-09-05T00:14:00Z The portrait of his adversaries — choral and otherwise — is less so. Review: Raising a Joyful New Voice in Tarell Alvin McCraney’s ‘Choir Boy’ 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z Ukrainian composers at the turn of the century, many of them rooted in the Russian Orthodox choral tradition, wrote more for choir than any other ensemble. When Ukrainian Music Wasn’t Under Threat, It Thrived 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z He continued performing with that group well into the 1970s, and he was also a member of the early music choral group Pro Cantione Antiqua. James Bowman, Who Helped Resurrect the Countertenor, Dies at 81 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z There are some interesting cluster chords and layered choral textures in Ms. Auerbach’s score, which was sung with intensity by the skilled cast under the musical direction of Julian Wachner. Music Review: Lera Auerbach’s Opera ‘The Blind’ at Lincoln Center Festival 2013-07-10T18:30:40Z As it opens, a subdued, ominous bass motif stirs and slowly crests, breaking into fractured brassy fanfares and choral proclamations. Review: Julian Wachner Celebrates Ginastera’s Centennial 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z Robert Shaw, who was America’s foremost conductor of choral music, called him the greatest art-song composer of his time. Ned Rorem, Composer Known for Both His Music and His Diaries, Dies at 99 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z Like Bach’s large-scale choral works, this spellbinding piece draws on many styles masterfully juxtaposed, though Johnson’s sources are the American vernacular. CD reviews: ‘Considering Matthew Shepard,’ 18 years later 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z This newly expanded choral version was commissioned by the Seattle Men's Chorus and Boston's Gay Men's Chorus. Men's Chorus to use song, theater to tell the story of Berlin on the edge 2011-03-31T20:39:06Z The best thing about it was listening to the orchestra, albeit at languid tempi, conducted by the Paris Opera’s musical director Philippe Jordan, who also led a fine choral and orchestral rendition of “Daphnis.” Dance Review: In Paris, Benjamin Millepied Rises to the Occasion 2014-05-12T10:57:39Z Growing up in Sweden, I went to a music school that provided regular academic education with extra lessons in music and choral singing. Behind the music: Why music education cuts could be a dumb move 2011-01-13T15:50:12Z Ms. Holtkamp noted that, at Riverside and other stops, Mr. Swann was choral director as well as organist; it was not uncommon to see him playing and conducting at the same time. Frederick Swann, Master of the Pipe Organ, Is Dead at 91 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z Interesting artistic choices, such as delegating extended choral passages to the soloists, were refreshing, though some clipped phrasing in the Kyrie and Gloria seemed slightly mannered. Choral Arts Society performs Bach’s Mass in B Minor at Kennedy Center To Samuel Barber’s familiar “Agnus Dei,” choral music as mournful as the movement, the dancers broke away from the clump one by one, a recurring device: one person leading, the rest following. ‘Monte/Buglisi/Muller Live!’ at New York Live Arts 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z “Jephtha” is a more intimate drama, less of a choral showcase. Music Review: Handel?s Old Testament Dramas Revived in New York 2010-10-17T22:25:00Z “I thought choral singing and getting more serious about a musical hobby would be a good therapeutic space for me,” he says. Finding their true voices in the Trans Chorus 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z The choral parts were sung by the Los Angeles Children’s Chorus, along with a few women from the Donald Brinegar Singers, the main chorus for Vaughan Williams and Beethoven. A spiritually yearning Beethoven Ninth in Pasadena 2017-04-30T04:00:00Z Beethoven’s ode to joy in this choral scene is just as thrilling as his setting of Schiller’s actual “Ode to Joy” in the finale of his Ninth Symphony. Crowds Define Opera. They’re Also Keeping It From Returning. 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z And the shed almost vibrated during the big choral outbursts of this performance. Review: Tanglewood Orchestra Celebrating Its 75th 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z Until this past August, he was on faculty at Whitman College in Walla Walla, where for 24 years he was choral director. Seattle's Choral Arts, under Robert Bode, is on a roll 2010-09-29T01:01:00Z And in Tippett's epic, full-evening, choral and orchestral composition, The Mask of Time, Davis was equal to all its musical and intellectual demands. Sir Colin Davis remembered: 'He worked little miracles' 2013-04-15T18:13:39Z Gnecchi translated that concept musically, through the use of Greek modes in the choral parts to “Cassandra,” which are often splintered into six or eight parts. Strauss’s ‘Elektra’ Sure Seems to Resemble Another Work 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z Also continuing for Conlon is his commitment to the May Festival in Cincinnati, an event devoted to choral music. James Conlon to quit post with Chicago Symphony's Ravinia Festival 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z In the grandest numbers – the superb chorus He Comes to End Our Woes, with its bravura horn parts, and the lengthy final choral sequence, with its thrilling trumpet writing – the overall effect was magnificent. Esther – review 2013-04-28T14:55:01Z But there are still plenty of pieces to be explored, and this collection of his unaccompanied choral music, fills in a few more areas on the Bantock map. Bantock: A Pageant of Human Life; etc | CD review 2010-03-18T23:25:00Z It peaked around the three-quarter mark, as choral voices praised God’s glory and the dancers jerked with pain — on the beat. Dance Review: Mark Morris Dance Group’s ‘Gloria’ and ‘Jesu, Meine Freude’ 2012-06-24T21:28:00Z Finally, some stories that are more than just filler between lackluster choral performances. "Glee" report card: Which songs scored highest? 2010-04-28T11:01:00Z The choral writing added pungency to the score. Review: ‘Eurydice,’ a New Opera, Looks Back All Too Tamely 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z When seven, eight or nine voices combined to weave the musical tapestry in which Wilson set those words about "culminated ruins domino," it rose to the level of any of Bach's greatest choral compositions. An assertive Brian Wilson surveys beloved hits at Greek Theatre 2015-06-21T04:00:00Z Human fragility is a recurring theme in the music of David Lang, and “battle hymns,” an almost hourlong collection of choral songs about war, is no exception. David Lang’s ‘Battle Hymns’ Are Performed on the Intrepid 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z But these voices, distinct in tune but united in harmony, are singing shape-note music, a sacred form of choral music that dates back more than two centuries. Shape note singers keep American tradition alive 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z But music is for all people, and I want to explore the world in a global expression of choral music. St. Olaf Choir to bring Bach and the unexpected to Seattle show 2013-01-24T23:13:49Z Zach is concentrating on choral conducting while his brothers are majoring in voice performance. Singing Gutierrez brothers focus on school 2014-06-15T04:00:00Z The finale’s march episode, funereal on the London disc, was brash and lively here, and Mr. Norrington shaped the choral apotheosis with dramatic flair. Music Review | Roger Norrington: A Revolutionary Returns, Embracing Subtle Change 2010-02-22T23:12:00Z While Martin’s instrumental pieces are occasionally heard in America, his choral music remains rare. Interest Grows in a Master of Choral Mystery and Power 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z Composers like Einojuhani Rautavaara, a prolific master of choral and symphonic music who died last summer at the age of 87. Voices uplifted: Cappella Romana shines a light on Finnish ‘All-Night Vigil’ 2017-01-22T05:00:00Z Full-throated choral outbursts shift from avenging threats against their enemies to stirring expressions of Egyptian resolve. Crowds Define Opera. They’re Also Keeping It From Returning. 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z The Trinity Choir, the superb resident ensemble of Trinity Church in Lower Manhattan, is rightly renowned for its polished, spirited renditions of major works from the classical choral repertory. Music Review: New Territory, With Hues of Nature 2011-05-20T23:04:06Z The ensemble, which includes a backup group called the Lost Choir that roams the audience like the walking dead in search of brains, periodically breaks into haunting bucolic song or choral sighs and whispers. Review: ‘Wolf in the River,’ Adam Rapp’s Latest Tale of the Dysfunctional and Dispossessed 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z Both of these haunting choral miniatures were written as intimate works for family and friends; their global popularity is a remarkable but unintended consequence of their air of timelessness, their seeming simplicity. John Tavener: 'The days of seven-hour pieces are gone' 2013-07-01T18:00:01Z Those creatures will be celebrated in “Come Home Again,” a “choral sculpture” created by Devlin and her studio that will be unveiled on Wednesday. Es Devlin’s Next Stage 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z Adams' choral writing was a unique combination of Beethoven and Philip Glass. Dudamel, L.A. Phil scale down amid Andsnes' elegant Beethoven 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z On “Adam’s Lament,” a CD of choral works, Mr. Pärt, an Estonian, displays his affinity for the mystics and saints of the Eastern Orthodox Church. ARVO PäRT: ‘ADAM’S LAMENT’ AND OTHER CHORAL WORKS 2012-10-28T04:20:05Z A choral tone poem of a play in which current history becomes an endless, cyclical nightmare. 10 Works Over 5 Years by Black Playwrights. All Intended to Unnerve. 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z And if the early choral numbers present teenage angst within a detached conceptual framework, subsequent moments allow no such distance. Review: ‘I’ll Never Love Again,’ From a Teenage Girl’s Diary 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z His work with both ensembles — renowned for the brightness, clarity and impeccable intonation he routinely summoned from his singers — was considered exquisitely representative of the modern English choral tradition. Sir David Willcocks, Conductor Who Influenced British Choral Music, Dies at 95 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z Yet between the world wars his cantata-trilogy The Song Of Hiawatha, based upon Longfellow's poems, was one of the staples of the English choral repertory. Mike Heron & Trembling Bells, Eyehategod, Pharoah Sanders: this week's new live music 2013-07-27T05:00:00Z Lucas is saying his goodbyes in a slightly odd way for a choral conductor, by conducting a gala opera night, but the preceding week's concerts contain plenty of the usual Three Choirs staples. This week's new live music 2011-08-05T23:08:11Z The hushed choral passages were almost too hushed, and the orchestra blasts were sometimes blaring. Music Review: Mahler?s ?Resurrection? From Philharmonic - Review 2011-09-11T22:08:40Z “El Sistema is a way of life for hundreds of thousands of people in Venezuela, the region and, I can say, the world,” said Maria Guinand, a Venezuelan choral conductor who works with Sistema orchestras. Jos? Antonio Abreu Leads El Sistema in Venezuela 2012-03-01T13:00:00Z In the 60s he produced acclaimed operas, symphonies, concertos and choral works. A life in music: Richard Rodney Bennett 2011-07-22T22:55:02Z “Unfortunately for music,” she said, “French culture was interrupted by the Revolution, and the kind of choral ensemble I knew and loved in Vienna and London just didn’t exist.” Balloons, iPads, Aquarium: A Conductor Creates a ‘Creation’ 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z The rest of the concert will be dedicated to “Street Requiem,” a choral work meant to bring hope to communities and individuals working to end homelessness and violence on the streets. Homeless will benefit from Starbucks Chorus ‘Street Requiem’ performance 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z During feverish choral episodes, when crowds call for Joan to be burned, Honegger’s music, without resorting to cinematic excess, suggests the gaggle of voices that engulfed her. Review: In ‘Joan of Arc at the Stake,’ Beasts With Burden of Judging 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z After Beethoven died, everyone was afraid of composing choral symphonies that would be compared to it. Seattle Symphony takes on Mendelssohn's ambitious 'Lobgesang' 2010-06-09T23:42:00Z Indeed, the choral writing is the work’s most successful element. Music Review: On the Internet, Nobody Knows You?re a Youngster With Issues 2011-06-30T20:57:46Z The playing and choral singing were simply electric. Prom 55: Peter Grimes – review 2012-08-26T10:04:13Z Eventually the choral part cedes the spotlight to dissonant fuzzy guitar chords and a steadily pounding drumbeat. Music Review: ?Passion de Jeanne d?Arc? at Alice Tully Hall - Review 2011-10-31T21:57:44Z Keyboard artist and choral conductor for the past 15 years at the annual Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival. From players, pipes and pedals, a celestial song 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z Slyly turning natural verbal rhythms into eccentric choral numbers, Mr. Cork creates a serial-killer opera whose genius is to transform the banal into something exceptional. Review: 5 Murdered Prostitutes and an Anxious City in ‘London Road’ 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z Individual voices — chanting, ululating, cracking, squealing, howling — gradually emerge over speakers, as does a soft, smooth choral harmony underneath. Review: An Opera Erases and Rewrites the American Myth 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z "Holiday Glee" is the choral group's 2010 "gift of the season" concert, and welcomes Broadway star Kelli O'Hara as a guest the first two evenings. The Week Ahead: '127 Hours,' Dane Cook, Seattle Men's Chorus are highlights 2010-11-17T23:57:00Z The DuPre Saxophone Quartet performed his quirky “Jesus Is Coming,” a driving piece woven through with samples of babies’ cries, preachers’ sermons and choral voices. Review: John Luther Adams’s ‘The Light Within’ Highlights Ensemble Program at National Sawdust 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z Together, these tales create a choral portrait of the war, and they testify to Mr. Klay’s range as a writer and his understanding of its human costs. Phil Klay’s 'Redeployment,' Gary Shteyngart’s Memoir and More 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z “I don’t mean to be patting ourselves on the back, but my singers don’t do the usual sort of choral programs,” he told The New York Times in 1977. Gregg Smith, Choral Leader Who Elevated Standards, Dies at 84 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z Ethereal choral vowels floated by as men and at least one elf died slow-motion deaths in battle. A Musical Trip to Middle Earth 2010-10-09T15:28:00Z There’s also a new element in the mix: choral writing. 5 Classical Albums to Hear Right Now 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z Panchenya is also skilled in local folk traditions such as floral embroidery, a cappella choral singing and ancient pagan ceremonies, which survived the ideological white-washing of the Soviet era. In rural Belarus, villagers prefer hard work to city smoke 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z I accepted his invitation to join him at Westminster Abbey for Friday choral evensong. Letters: Cathedrals with a commitment to remain free for all visitors 2010-07-25T23:05:00Z It is not surprising that so much of his choral work has become standard for cathedral choirs. Geoffrey Burgon obituary 2010-09-22T18:10:00Z The choral swells are warmhearted, from the opening “Human Drama Kind of Thing” through the closing “Keep Your Hands on It.” Review | D.C. debut of the musical ‘Hands on a Hardbody’ stalls 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z The music is also an amalgam, taking in the influence of Jewish cantillation, traditional choral styles, gospel, mariachi, pop, blues and 12-tone music. A Dave Brubeck Cantata Boasts Star Soloists: His Sons 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z “Romeo + Juliet” indelibly featured a soulful choral arrangement of Prince’s “When Doves Cry.” How Baz Luhrmann captured the essence of hip-hop in Netflix’s ‘The Get Down’ 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z In fact, power is a common feature of many different vocal traditions: the blues, Bulgarian folk singing, Sufi chanting, Russian choral singing. Can opera singers sing pop ? and vice versa? 2011-07-28T22:00:03Z We discussed a shared love of choral music. Jamie Cullum: Dave Brubeck and me 2010-11-23T22:01:00Z Here are edited excerpts from conversations with four composers who have written pieces directly inspired by Byrd, or who grew up singing in the choral tradition of which he is such an important part. How William Byrd Influences Music, 400 Years After His Death 2023-07-04T04:00:00Z Squeezed in, Guy starts an overtone chant: the low-level hum is contagious and soon the barrow is alive with a choral buzz. Stone circles, silence and sanctuary: finding yourself on an Avebury pilgrimage 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z But, tellingly, the heavenly choral finale still has the power to stop you in your tracks. 5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z Carl Orff's hourlong choral piece is regularly called the most popular concert work of the 20th century, although I've never seen actual evidence of that. Spring bursts to life in Dudamel-conducted 'Carmina Burana' 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z Haydn's 1796 choral masterpiece was first performed in Vienna as Napoleon's army was consolidating its occupation of Northern Italy by defeating Austria at Rivoli. A busy Andras Schiff says Haydn's 'Mass in Time of War' has relevance in today's world 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z In the suite from Purcell’s “Midsummer Night’s Dream,” Mr. Heras-Casado drew on his early-music roots — he first trained in Renaissance choral music — to lead a rhythmically buoyant performance. Orchestra of St. Luke’s Gives a Literature-Inspired Concert 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z But he is a distinguished choral conductor, and Rossini crucially expanded the chorus’s role in the opera when he adapted it for Paris. Music Review: ?Mo?se et Pharaon? at Carnegie Hall - Review 2011-12-01T23:50:57Z Stick around long enough and you may hear prayer accompanied by the a cappella choral music for which the Ukrainians are renowned. 36 Hours in Kiev, Ukraine 2012-06-21T19:38:44Z Several equally flimsy contrivances later, he’s browbeating them into shape for a choral contest in which the competition includes the megachurch that wouldn’t bury his wife in its cemetery. Fall TV Reviewed: Choir Wars, Zany Immigrants and Demons of the Week 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z They were practicing choral work ahead of a landmark concert Monday at the mighty Carnegie Hall, and creator-producer Chapman Roberts knew what those voices will be facing. Carnegie Hall concert honors black history 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z I was in chorus in high school and we sang “O Magnun Mysterium,” and we were accepted into this choral competition at Riverside Church in Manhattan. Cristin Milioti Finds Harmony in Fiona Apple and a Location Change 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z By mixing scenes of sexual romping with Asian-style choral ensembles in which Jupiter’s priests look like a band of Buddhist monks, the production conveys the duality of the work effectively. Review: Handel’s ‘Semele’ Comes With Sumo Wrestlers at BAM 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z The Bel Air house, fairly hideous and mostly blank to allow for its transformations, necessitates a lot of choral furniture-handling that works against the sleekness of the material. Review: ‘Merrily We Roll Along’ Returns, the Way It Never Was 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z Trinity Church, in downtown Manhattan not far from Ground Zero, has been hosting choral events all week in the run-up to Sept. Hearts and Renewal: Classical Concert Picks for 9/11 2011-09-09T21:00:00Z Sometimes the sense of choral consciousness produced by this swiftly circulating point of view reminds me of a radically pared-down Virginia Woolf. Unheard Melodies: On Helen Garner’s “The Children’s Bach” 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z The Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, amply demonstrated that reason in a visit to Benaroya Hall on Monday evening, with Stephen Cleobury presiding over a program guaranteed to gladden the hearts of choral fans. In Seattle concert, King’s College Choir shows why it’s been a hit for 5 centuries 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z Once past a tentative-sounding start in the Ave Maria, the choral singing was splendidly poised, in the unaccompanied Laudi above all. Prom 12: Academy of Santa Cecilia/Pappano – review 2013-07-21T13:08:06Z Ranging from Pérotin to Palestrina, it promised to be a feast of some of the greatest choral music ever composed. The Sixteen 2010-04-06T21:05:00Z But elsewhere, the piece offers the solemnity promised in its title, conveyed in beautifully shaped solo writing and robust choral settings. Music Review | Voices of Ascension: Back to the Roots for Rossini?s ?Petite Messe Solennelle? 2010-03-24T20:56:00Z Who used the stagecraft of the court—ballet, choral music, jesters doing wheelies, dancing acrobats—to tell the court he had arrived. Stormzy at Glastonbury: King Michael Wears His Crown 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z Dr. Golab, 32, is now a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Wisconsin, where she conducts research on ancient Greek choral performance and teaches ancient Greek in the classical and ancient Near Eastern studies department. Hanna Golab, Frederick Shipley 2019-08-18T04:00:00Z Wednesday’s concert reflects Armstrong’s longtime commitment to uphold the choral canon while broadening repertoire. St. Olaf Choir to bring Bach and the unexpected to Seattle show 2013-01-24T23:13:49Z But, over the past decade, cutting-edge choral music seems more important than ever, and two choruses that New Yorkers love have new releases showing it off. Pushing Things Forward in Choral Music 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z Short choral works — including the celestial “Salve Regina” and “Statuit ei Dominus,” with its colorful woodwind writing — offer further glimpses of Mr. Pärt’s tender and ponderous sides. ARVO PäRT: ‘ADAM’S LAMENT’ AND OTHER CHORAL WORKS 2012-10-28T04:20:05Z Activities include crown making for Three Kings Day, traditional Caribbean holiday stories and a choral concert by the Venezuelan music program, El Sistema NY/NJ. Spare Times for Children for Dec. 20-26 2013-12-19T23:22:44Z The always strong Westminster Symphonic Choir took part in the short but crucial choral scenes. Music Review: ‘Wozzeck,’ by Philharmonia Orchestra, at Avery Fisher Hall 2012-11-20T23:07:31Z This month, the Kennedy Center is putting on a choral festival called “Voices of America.” Choral Arts, Washington Chorus merge for a night of American music Most choral music is written for a few individual vocal lines. Mass in 40 Parts: a masterpiece, 400 years late 2011-03-03T22:30:01Z At Walt Disney Concert Hall downtown, sculptural clouds lighted from within and showering choral music, hung over the entryway escalators. The arts buzzword of 2016: 'immersive' 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z The Schuller services, in contrast, were known for their showiness and their hodgepodge of musical styles — a service might include a choral number and a country song. Frederick Swann, Master of the Pipe Organ, Is Dead at 91 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z The orchestra, using mostly instruments with modern fittings and applying vibrato liberally, played well, and the choral work, as you would expect from Mr. Tritle, was truly distinguished. Music Review: Great Music in a Great Space at St. John the Divine 2012-10-13T00:50:06Z Of the former old guard of choral conductors, only one remains: Robert Shafer still leads the City Choir of Washington, the chorus he founded in 2007 after his forced departure from the Washington Chorus. Review | In Washington’s crowded choral scene, too much is just enough 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z Choral prologue now states the argument, which choral finale will resolve, and prepares the listener for the themes, dramatic and musical, that will be treated in the core of the work. Forgotten Berlioz: Rom?o et Juliette 2012-02-09T23:00:02Z Much of the music, the choral writing especially, recalls Vaughan Williams. The Canterbury Pilgrims – review 2012-07-27T15:09:14Z Her early schooling included choral singing and some training in music theory, but music was “an interest,” she said, “not a passion.” Avery Amereau Is a Rarity in Music: A Contralto 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z We entered local choral contests and won prizes and commendations. Season's reading: I Sing of a Maiden 2010-12-21T16:11:01Z The only concept for the Broadway Inspirational Voices is the might of choral singing, and that’s plenty. Theater to Stream: Holiday Specials Edition 2020-12-02T05:00:00Z The idea to perform the work came from Joe Miller, the choir’s conductor and the festival’s director for choral activities, who carried through the musical end of things admirably. The Operas ‘Facing Goya’ and ‘Katya Kabanova,’ at Spoleto 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z Electronic enhancement feeds wordless choral halos and shivers of percussion around the theater, amplifying shadowy, jazzy riffs, distantly reminiscent of Gershwin, and dusky slashes out of a Bernard Herrmann film score. ‘Hamlet,’ a New Opera, Makes Shakespeare Strange 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z But he also acknowledges a pivotal experience in adolescence with Abraham Kaplan, the celebrated conductor and composer, and longtime director of choral studies at the University of Washington. Maestro to embrace the theatrical side of ‘Messiah’ for SSO 2012-12-13T22:15:11Z Responding to the Bernstein's curious mash-up of liturgical choral music and rock opera, @Craiglea spoke for many when he tweeted Wow, that was bonkers, wasn't it? Proms 2012: week four in review 2012-08-08T13:50:17Z Above all, Antoni Wit is a profoundly idiomatic Schumann conductor, presenting his credentials in a superb account of the overture, and bringing the same dramatic sweep to all the choral numbers that follow. Schumann: Scenes from Goethe's Faust ? review 2011-02-17T22:00:00Z And I think there’s something about engaging with political issues specifically in choral music because it’s a very community-oriented art. Three Composers on the Necessity and Pitfalls of Political Music 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z Even when busily managing a grand choral work, he seemed to somehow disappear into the music. John Scott, Organist and Choirmaster, Dies at 59 2015-08-16T04:00:00Z On Instagram, I learned she was not only a funk trombonist but a choral singer. I Bet You Think These Songs Are About You 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z Most weeks, the city’s churches host organ recitals and choral concerts, while the cathedral serves as a venue for the annual Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, a seven-week event that began on July 9 this year. Overnighter: L?beck?s Spires, a Quick Hop From Hamburg 2011-08-05T15:28:09Z There’s a striking passage where a tangle of counterpoint breaks into a rhythmically fractured stretch that recalls, for me, the frenzied auto-da-fé choral ensemble of “Candide,” complete with “wrong-note” injections of band instruments. Is ‘Mass’ Leonard Bernstein’s Best Work, or His Worst? 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z And she began the final choral “Amen” with rare calm and beauty, allowing the music to crest to a majestic conclusion. Review: Jane Glover Conducts the New York Philharmonic in ‘Messiah’ 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z Unlike most maestros, who study an instrument before transitioning to the baton, Mirga — as she is becoming known — started in the world of choral music. L.A. Phil's Mirga Gražinyte-Tyla conducts herself with aplomb 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z His Symphony No. 5, with its sweeping choral writing and its text drawn from various sacred writings, seems to be his most direct response to Beethoven’s “Choral” Symphony. Music Review: Philip Glass 75th Birthday Concert at Carnegie Hall 2012-02-01T23:17:25Z It says something that one track, on which Fraser's voice moves lightly over samples of woodwind and choral voices, receives as vociferous a response as any of the old stuff. Elizabeth Fraser – review 2012-08-07T10:38:36Z During whole stretches, celebratory choral bursts seem to escape tugging strands of nervous, dark orchestra music. Review: Julian Wachner Celebrates Ginastera’s Centennial 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z The choral voices, returning here and there, are the only ray of hope: the Body’s own singing amounts to weedy, apocalyptic howls, barely clearing the din of their processional stomps. Playlist: CDs From Guillermo Klein, Kris Davis and the Body 2010-08-08T00:47:00Z Her repertoire draws from sci-fi film scores, choral music, underwater life and the paranormal. Gazelle Twin: The Entire City ? review 2011-07-14T22:59:01Z The “Daily Show” host’s next target was pediatric neurosurgeon turned Republican darling Ben Carson whose presidential announcement featured a choral remix of Eminem’s “Lose Yourself.” Jon Stewart decimates newly minted GOP candidates one by one 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z A nifty soft shoe is insinuated into the mix, and the opening features two choral clusters eerily setting the stage with snippets of the Charleston. 'Trials of Busta Keaton' retells comedian's tale 2011-04-18T15:44:14Z This symphony, the longest yet written and the first to include an elaborate choral finale, presented unprecedented technical challenges. Books of The Times: Harvey Sachs?s ?Ninth: Beethoven and the World in 1824? 2010-06-17T21:09:00Z Kicks, cartwheels, splits and back flips figure in the action, too, along with the fleet, rugged partner-work and kick-ass choral movement that are Byrd’s trademarks. Spectrum’s vivid, volatile ‘Minstrel Show’ hits its mark 2014-02-21T19:49:24Z He started with choral music for Chicago's Thompson Community Singers, for which he sat at the keyboards. Songwriter, gospel singer Jessy Dixon dies at 73 2011-09-26T20:28:08Z Yet, the choral writing here is a babble of desperate, clamoring voices, a quality enhanced by this powerful concept. Review: A Sublime and Provocative ‘Parsifal’ at Bayreuth 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z He now teaches at the University of Birmingham, and wrote a book on choral conducting — in German. Simon Halsey, Preaching to, and for, the Choir 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z The guides bring knowledge and perspective on everything from the choral tradition to bronze-age settlements and the development of language. Stone circles, silence and sanctuary: finding yourself on an Avebury pilgrimage 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z A choral work was the best piece on the Budapest Festival Orchestra’s program at the Kennedy Center on Monday night. How the Budapest Festival Orchestra elevated a so-so evening 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z What’s more, Anglo-Saxon words that are still regularly bleeped on radio and television have been set to melodies that recall Baroque choral prayer song as well as soulful Broadway ballads. Review: ‘Jerry Springer,’ Sacred and Profane, Triumphantly Sings Again 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z It made me think there's something really going wrong here, in a country where our most famous choral heritage has been a masculine one. Welsh male voice choris: a vocal minority 2011-02-01T21:30:01Z Whenever you see pieces in local newspapers about choral societies, they always emphasise "tenors and basses especially welcome". Why don't men join choirs? 2013-06-13T14:46:00Z The album opener, “Next to You,” features all four singing in unison and their close harmonies blend and build to a crescendo of choral voices, reminiscent of Arcade Fire. Little Big Town strike a nerve with Grammy-nominated song 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z There are instances of something like choral speaking, too, in which members of an ensemble of voices intone a text on different pitches, forming distinct — if still talk-like — harmonies. How Young Singers Get Used to ‘Dust’ in Their Mouths 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z Hearing “Greater Antiphons” in this new version, some impressions remain the same as in the choral original, while other perspectives change considerably. Dudamel leads a dark and satisfying dose of Mozart and Pärt 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z “Amazing Grace,” thick with such moralizing, naturally concludes on a note of uplift, or rather many notes of uplift: a choral singing of the title song. Review: ‘Amazing Grace,’ the Story of a Slave Trader’s Moral Awakening 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z Listen for the way a bright choral refrain — declaimed over slapping percussion in the second movement — reappears in a new guise midway through the following track as gloomier material for the guitarist. 5 Classical Albums to Hear Right Now 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z Louis Sokolow, a 21-year-old rising senior at Yale, loves choral singing so much that he scrapped plans to major in chemistry and switched to music. Empty classrooms, studios and stages: In the covid-19 era, an arts education requires an even greater leap of faith 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z But important scenes are beginning to sag, notably in a listless first act, and there is too much cliched choral thigh-splaying and gypsy knife-waving for comfort. Carmen 2010-06-09T20:45:00Z Its giant Drill Hall, big enough to hold a football field, had been used over the decades for tennis matches, massed choral and orchestral concerts and theme balls. The Park Avenue Armory, Indisputably Big 2011-12-21T21:04:21Z But his musical palette is far vaster than that of NF, who leans heavily on bruising, thudding production and choral singing so forceful it sounds like it’s barking in your ear. NF Has the No. 1 Album in the Country, and He Sounds Miserable 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z In addition to public performances, a weekly Compline service has been suspended, and the 9 a.m. service on Sundays has been shorn of choral music. Critic?s Notebook: Trinity Church, a Sanctuary for Music, Cuts Back 2012-01-10T23:20:05Z Most of the movement was choral, with ripples going through it as individual dancers briefly followed their own impulses within the overall unison action. Hubbard Street Dance Chicago: great dancers, mixed double bill 2013-02-11T17:29:35Z Whole stretches of the score evolve without a trace of overt theatricality, just pensive choral writing interspersed with solo voices in music that values unhurried elegance and precision. music: Passion, Not Hyperbole, in Frank Martin?s ?Golgotha? 2010-07-16T23:38:00Z He later revised it for choral ensemble, the most recent version of which received its first performance on this program. The Esoterics sing radically secular rewrites of texts from the Christian Mass 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z When I started to move on, some jumpy brass riffs and pleading choral cries of “ah” grew intense, as if the music was affronted that I was daring to leave. Over Headphones and in a Truck, the Philharmonic Stays Alive 2020-09-14T04:00:00Z She later served for many years as director of Opera Illinois, director of the Choral Institute in Aspen, Colo., and professor and choral department chair at Indiana University, her alma mater. Fiora Corradetti Contino, trailblazing female conductor, dies at 91 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z The new piece, commissioned with the help of those former choristers, is The King Shall Rejoice by Bob Chilcott, a choral conductor and composer who sang with the King's Singers for many years. Ovaltine, chocolate and a bottle of milk: choristers recall coronation highlights 2013-06-02T07:30:04Z The elegant, supple, quasi-melodious recitatives for the Evangelist and Jesus are unaccompanied; the lucid choral writing is dramatic, but understated. Before Bach, He Was Germany’s Greatest Composer 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z In 2014, Willis received permission from Matthew Halls, guest conductor, and Joseph Crnko, Seattle Symphony associate conductor for choral activities, to join the bass section of the Seattle Symphony Chorale for performances of the Ninth. Alastair Willis brings insights to conducting Beethoven’s Ninth 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z When he arrived in Washington in 2008, he was bristling with nervous energy, both eager and a little defensive about his role as choral conductor. A polymath in D.C.: The long ascendancy of conductor-composer Julian Wachner Indeed, behind some of his more formulaic choral numbers or ensembles, there's a sense of Elgar finding the compromises of writing for the concert hall too restrictive. Caractacus ? review 2011-08-11T12:06:08Z Among the names was Leonard Bernstein, whose musicals include “West Side Story” and “Candide” and who composed several orchestral and choral works. ArtsBeat: Curtain Down, Heads Up: Readers on Rock Stars and Leonard Bernstein 2011-01-24T16:00:38Z At a North American Jewish choral festival, they received a standing ovation. The Richard Smallwood you know: 4 Doves, 10 Stellars, 8 Grammy noms 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z The oldest piece on this release is four choral excerpts from Rautavaara’s last opera, “Rasputin.” CD reviews: Late works by late composers Rautavaara, Henze 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z Last year, he was one of the writers of the Black Voices Matter pledge, which includes actionable ideas for the choral industry like “Program nonidiomatic Black choral music, including music of pre-20th-century composers.” For These Classical Musicians, It’s Always Been About Racial Equity 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z The story lends itself to the opera’s fraught, vivid choral scenes, which were a triumph for the impressive Bard Festival Chorale. Review: Flawed but Fascinating Dvorak Opera in a Rare Staging 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z Price includes seven nights in an outside cabin; all onboard meals, receptions and beverages; four tours and several events, including a glass-blowing demonstration and a choral concert; port charges and select gratuities. The week’s best travel deals from around the globe 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z And the Westminster Symphonic Choir was stirring in the choral passages, with stabbing staccatos in the Dies Irae and glorious radiance in the Rex Tremendae. Review: Mozart’s Requiem Gets a Fresh Spin at the Philharmonic 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z British artist Oliver Beer, who's conceived a dramatic choral performance for the opening, saw the vast space as a challenge. Europe's biggest contemporary art center opens 2012-04-12T17:41:08Z He said the project would "initiate a new choral style that is fresh, modern and utterly unique". Malone begins hunt for youth choir 2013-04-23T10:20:56Z Sometimes it feels like a hallucinatory variation on Sherwood Anderson’s “Winesburg, Ohio,” giving the reader a choral portrait of a Midwestern community — though in this case, that community is not a town, but the I.R.S. Books of The Times: Maximized Revenue, Minimized Existence 2011-03-31T21:14:33Z In my house, my father, who was an amateur musician, a choral director, he always got recordings of symphonies for me. ‘A very not normal life’: Gianandrea Noseda, the NSO’s next music director 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z Yet when I auditioned for opera roles, people didn't seem to like my choral background. Sarah Connolly: from triumph to tragedy 2013-06-21T12:01:00Z Some of the choral movement may be overfamiliar. Review: DASSdance's 'Nevermore' is a mess, with some flights of spectacular dance 2010-05-15T16:23:00Z The “Te Deum” was the big choral piece on the program, and the singers, joined by the cathedral’s children’s choir, sang mightily. After its leader’s death, the Cathedral Choral Society rallies 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z A classically trained choral conductor, Deaton worked in the Catholic church for 25 years. Finding their true voices in the Trans Chorus 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z His own delicate, jazz-tinged piano improvisations weave in and out of the choral tapestry, adding a contemporary, personal voice to this entrancing ancient music. Classical Playlist: Villegas, Praetorius, and Boulez's Mozart 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z He may call his dance a choral fantasy, but he’s actually created a fantasy march. Dance Review: Mark Morris Dance Group at BAM Opera House 2012-03-03T00:04:35Z There had been plans for an expansive choral piece and a violin concerto. Celebrating the Works of Irving Fine, Born 100 Years Ago 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z An outfit from a village in Russia's Udmurtia Republic, the women blend modern pop sounds with their own traditional choral singing style. Russian grannies win bid to sing at Eurovision 2012-03-08T11:18:08Z It's a collection of complete choral works and fragments, most of which appear to have been composed by local musicians to texts written by the nuns. Baroque Music from Ecuador ? review 2011-08-18T21:10:01Z A week of choral concerts culminated Monday with “Serenade! 2019,” a concert presented by Classical Movements and the Kennedy Center, as part of its “The Human Journey” series. A smorgasbord of singers delivers a timely serenade 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z “The elite choral types are like, ‘You’re not a real choral conductor,’ Wachner, 45, said the other day, sitting outside a coffee shop in downtown Washington between his San Francisco commitments. A polymath in D.C.: The long ascendancy of conductor-composer Julian Wachner Growing up in a Roman Catholic family, Mr. Padmore didn’t take the typical English path through the Anglican choral tradition. Critic’s Notebook: ‘Billy Budd,’ an Unusual Foray for Mark Padmore 2014-02-06T23:28:59Z For the Seattle Symphony performances, the narrator will be Seattle Pacific University composer/choral conductor Stephen Newby. Meet the young composer whose piece for Seattle Symphony is among the first inspired by 2020’s impactful events 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z Ms. Ballard and the performers have fleshed out a playing edition of seductive, varied textures: mellow recorders, reedy strings and shuddering percussion, with tightly massed choral harmonies. Music Review: ‘The Play of Daniel’ at the Cloisters 2013-01-13T21:22:12Z A Trio for Violin, Clarinet and Piano is one of only a few instrumental works by Gian Carlo Menotti, who composed dozens of operas and musical theater and choral works. Music Review: ChamberFest Lets Juilliard Students Show Off Skills 2014-01-14T22:32:14Z But staying true to the original setting allows the piece to emerge as Gershwin conceived it: a full-fledged opera with long stretches of recitative and arioso, soaring arias and duets and complex choral ensembles. When News Upstages an Opera Performance 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z Fiona and Finn’s father was a psychologist who loved runny eggs, choral music, basketball and passing along bits of therapy-speak to his children, like the meaning of “passive aggressive.” Great New Children’s Books About Animals 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z A former choirboy, Mr. Muhly has demonstrated a particular gift for choral writing, evident in the striking ensemble number that opens “Dark Sisters.” Nico Muhly, Composer of ?Dark Sisters? and ?Two Boys? 2011-11-04T15:23:56Z In the 1970s he was one of the driving forces in the Handel revival, conducting and recording several of that composer’s lesser-known choral works. Music Review: L’Orchestre des Portes Rouges at Church of the Resurrection 2013-01-23T22:02:04Z And I remember vividly that when the jubilant choral episode arrived, Serkin played his part while mouthing every word of the text, and sometimes singing along audibly. Times Critics Remember Philharmonic?s Earlier Days 2010-05-07T20:49:00Z In British choral circles, this moment is referred to simply as “The Chord.” ‘Everyone Wants to Hear’ This One Chord in a Christmas Carol 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z Thus embedded, the navigator-musician plays the fourth and final choral movement of ’s epic Ninth Symphony. Art Review: I Just Popped Out to Play Beethoven 2010-12-09T23:57:00Z But the composer James Holt heard within the piece a strangely contemplative choral work. Sprawling Across New York, a Solstice Music Marathon 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z No doubt his Welsh background, his hwyl and his English choral training contributed to his musicality, but he certainly brought innate gifts to it, and his public personality was striking. Robert Tear obituary 2011-03-29T17:26:32Z What this choral behemoth needed was colour, to differentiate the five groups. Mass in 40 Parts: a masterpiece, 400 years late 2011-03-03T22:30:01Z It is no one’s idea of a party piece, surely; not anymore, at least not since the death of the great choral master Robert Shaw. The Best Classical Music of 2016 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z During choral scenes, the music breaks into passages with repetitive percussion riffs and rippling harp arpeggios. Ian Bostridge Stars in Britten’s ‘Curlew River’ 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z Obliging husbands and boyfriends be warned: Visitors to Vegas who wish to witness real choral acrobatics should head elsewhere on the Strip. One thing can get a buttoned-up millennial feminist to praise Las Vegas: Britney Spears 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z He used the pieces to create a broad overview of Western choral styles. William Duckworth, Internet Composer, Dies at 69 2012-09-22T00:51:17Z She excelled during the complex choral scene at the end of Act III, a high point of this production, magnificently staged. Review: Metropolitan Opera’s New ‘Otello,’ Bold and Tentative 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z The choral passages were sung by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. Video game music comes to the orchestra concert hall 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z The choral finale incorporates and adapts Friedrich Schiller's poem Ode To Joy - an idea Beethoven had first contemplated as early as 1793, but one which was still relatively new and controversial. Plaque to mark Beethoven symphony 2013-08-08T17:32:15Z At 10 p.m., with a musical prelude at 9:30 p.m., the music director and organist David Shuler leads the Choir of St. Luke in the Fields for the festive choral Eucharist. 212-924-0562, stlukeinthefields.org. The Season of Joyful Noises 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z Fine, a composer teaching at Harvard, was conducting his own choral works. Celebrating the Works of Irving Fine, Born 100 Years Ago 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z We see this in the choral voice of the “urban gentry” that opens Franzen’s “Freedom,” and in the cavalcade of status details that voice records. Riff: ?Why Write Novels at All?? 2012-01-13T22:19:00Z Better still, the program summoned the vast choral resources of the Christ Universal Temple Ensemble and the instrumental exhortations of the Chicago Jazz Ensemble, based at Columbia College Chicago. A flawed celebration of Mahalia Jackson's centennial 2011-05-21T14:55:00Z In several of the large-scale choral works, the Tenet singers enhanced the dramatic impact of the cori spezzati passages by positioning themselves well apart from one another in the church. Review: In Time for the Holidays, Radiant Praetorius Carols 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z It comes well into the choral finale of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, the composer’s setting of Schiller’s “Ode to Joy.” Readers Name Some Favorite Musical Surprises of Their Own 2014-04-25T14:00:02Z Rounding the north tip of the road, the music reached a moment of climactic yet playful exuberance — a mix of surging Romantic crescendos and eerily angelic choral drones — until a jazz combo crept in. Over Headphones and in a Truck, the Philharmonic Stays Alive 2020-09-14T04:00:00Z The choral singing – the London Philharmonic Chorus, with the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, supplying the semi-chorus – was unstintingly sumptuous and secure. LPO/Elder – review 2013-01-28T17:37:31Z In 1956, he was choral director for a short-lived variety show, “NBC Comedy Hour,” that led to the creation of the Johnny Mann Singers. Johnny Mann, Leader of Easy-Listening Singers, Dies at 85 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z More recent associations with such groups as the superb Hilliard Ensemble have kept him busy as a choral composer, and the absolute security of his style is the strongest selling point of this new album. Pushing Things Forward in Choral Music 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z Yet even here, Mr. Currentzis kept the tempo restrained, in comparison with many other conductors I’ve heard, and emphasized exacting articulation, slashing brass sounds and choral singing of depth and bite, without harshness. Review: A Must-Hear Maestro Leads ‘Requiem’ at the Shed 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z The festival will include dance parties, marathon readings from “Das Kapital” and a choral adaptation of “The Communist Manifesto.” ‘Gatz’ and Other Long Works Will Come to N.Y.U. Skirball 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z Trained as a conductor of Renaissance choral music and soon steeped in the cerebral avant-garde, Mr. Heras-Casado, who is 34 and Spanish, arrived at Beethoven and Brahms only in recent years. Pablo Heras-Casado, With Orchestra of St. Luke’s 2012-08-03T18:26:47Z No doubt every choral bass secretly dreams of delivering this hit number to a capacity Albert Hall. Handel's Messiah/ The Sixteen; Messiah: 500 Voices, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ? review 2010-12-26T00:04:02Z The choral origami conjures birds in flight, hanging in the air just when the words evoke birds, and later deposited by the child’s grave, like offerings. Dance Review: Mark Morris Presents Purcell and Britten at Tanglewood 2013-08-01T21:50:31Z “He was shy,” said Steven Fox, a fellow New York choral conductor, “but when he needed to be strong, he was a consummate leader.” John Scott, Organist and Choirmaster, Dies at 59 2015-08-16T04:00:00Z If that's not to your taste, there may well also be a choral society or community choir nearby. How to have fun for free 2010-10-21T07:00:00Z The Oratorio Society of New York, the admirable organization of avocational singers, founded in 1873, takes the strength-in-numbers approach to the great choral works. Oratorio Society of New York Performs ‘St. Matthew Passion’ 2014-05-21T04:00:00Z His works from this period reflect this new influence in his life, particularly The Lamb, based on the William Blake poem of the same name, and the choral work Resurrection. Obituary: Sir John Tavener 2013-11-12T17:29:21Z But after three guest appearances, Stutzmann stood out for her chemistry with the players and her knowledge of choral works. A Female Conductor Joins the Ranks of Top U.S. Orchestras 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z Set to live Gypsy music by Ljova and the Kontraband, along with recorded choral music, “Busk” refers to, according to the press notes, the Spanish word buscar, which means “to seek.” Dance Review: Set to Live Gypsy Music, Otherworldly Vignettes of Characters Adrift 2010-12-20T23:43:00Z Barber’s Adagio for Strings, popular as an orchestral work, started life as a string quartet movement, and Barber eventually arranged it for flute and as a choral Agnus Dei. Rearranging Ideas About Alternate Arrangements 2010-06-11T14:18:00Z In recent years he turned increasingly towards choral works, including “The Christmas Tree” and “Last Letter Home,” set to a note written by a soldier before his death in Iraq. Lee Hoiby, Opera Composer Known for Lyricism, Dies at 85 2011-03-29T05:00:25Z But it's nicely done, with some finely detailed playing and choral singing of great warmth and beauty. Haydn: The Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross 2011-02-10T22:15:00Z As a composer, beyond his works for piano, Liszt was the inventor of the orchestral tone poem and an inspired songwriter, and he produced a body of sublime sacred choral works. Critic?s Notebook: A Renaissance Man Before the Renaissance 2011-08-23T12:00:00Z But this African “Flute” is, above all, a story of community, and the music, too, is at its most convincing where it draws on South Africa’s glorious choral tradition. A South African ‘Magic Flute’ at New Victory Theater 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z To my left, a woman’s laughter momentarily changed the coloration of this vast choral tapestry and offset the argument to my right. John Cage Recital? Take the A Train 2012-08-08T15:24:32Z Among national anthems, the South African one is unusual in reflecting the great choral tradition of its people, where communal singing is part of the social fabric. Music Review: Trinity Wall Street’s ‘Messiah’ 2013-12-08T22:27:39Z The Seattle contemporary choral group led by composer Eric Banks celebrates its 20th anniversary with two programs voted for by choir and audience members. A&E highlights: Festivals celebrating dance, African-American culture and beer 2013-06-05T21:23:11Z For generations Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, with its choral finale espousing universal brotherhood, has been the work of choice to solemnize a peace treaty, open a new concert hall or foster communal bonding. Books of The Times: Harvey Sachs?s ?Ninth: Beethoven and the World in 1824? 2010-06-17T21:09:00Z Stroll the streets as dozens of caroling groups compete for the coveted “most creative,” “best choral” and “people’s choice” awards. 6 holiday hits: What to see this weekend 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z Ms. Bond presented a preview, with piano accompaniment and without dramatically important choral passages, at Symphony Space on Monday evening. Music Review: ‘Mrs. President’ Opera Has Preview at Symphony Space 2012-07-10T22:20:10Z Passages in the harmonically rich score highlight Britten’s ingenuity as a choral composer: the descending patterns sung by the men in the third verse, for example, with the boys’ voices soaring above. Music Review: St. Thomas Choir of Men and Boys Sing Britten 2010-05-20T21:17:00Z In lighter scenes, Dvorak evokes Polish music with lilting, mazurka-infused choral music; he draws upon Slavic modal harmonies to suggest Russian idioms and character. Review: Flawed but Fascinating Dvorak Opera in a Rare Staging 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z English choral music was originally meant for worship and would be heard in a state of quiet meditation. Nico Muhly on Why Choral Music Is Slow Food for the Soul 2017-04-01T04:00:00Z “The latency was near zero, which was really exciting,” he told the Chorus Connection, which creates resources for community choral organizations and estimates that 54 million Americans engage in group singing. A Choir Finds a Way to Sing. Just Ignore the Steering Wheel. 2020-10-07T04:00:00Z Nearly all of Mr. Rutter’s works are for choirs and rooted in the choral practice of the Church of England, which has featured in his life since he was a boy. The Composer Who Owns Christmas 2017-12-16T05:00:00Z The festival's audiences thrive on variety at an event which boasts Cuban Creole choral singing, Ghanaian Afrobeat, and Ukrainian gypsy music played by New York punks on just one stage, in one afternoon. Cuba's Creole Choir to qawwali at surging WOMAD 2011 2011-08-01T16:42:07Z It slips into mawkishness once, on a reprise of The Birds that sets an elderly vocalist against a cooing choral backdrop, an idea that rather overdoes the album's theme of the passing of time. Elbow: Build a Rocket Boys! ? review 2011-03-03T15:30:01Z Naturally, given the nature of COVID-19 spread, choral groups are the wariest about returning to concertizing, but this group is still on board for its Oct. 8 Seattle-area classical music picks for fall 2021 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z The choral effect of all the ingredients will be lifted by bubbles, whether Champagne, a Champagne facsimile from California or Italy, or any other of the myriad sparkling wines around, like cava or crémant. Small Luxuries for the New Year’s Eve Plate 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z Toscanini, who was also assistant choral master, was thrust forward by his colleagues. A Life of Toscanini, Maestro With Passion and Principles 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z But later in that concert, Mr. Rattle drew an uncannily vocal, choral quality from the strings in the exhalations near the end of Debussy’s “La Mer,” and Mr. Haas’s “dark dreams” unfolded with lavish fury. The Berlin Philharmonic Comes to New York 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z It will be performed on Aug. 13 outdoors at Lincoln Center, free, and will feature 1,000 singers conducted by Simon Halsey, the British choral director. Mostly Mozart Festival Marks 50th Anniversary With Opera 1458-11-02T05:00:00Z The 40-voice Thomas Circle Singers performed his 75-minute choral setting of excerpts from her diary at the First Congregational United Church of Christ on Sunday. In ‘Annelies’ D.C. premiere, music based on Anne Frank’s diary doesn’t reflect her voice SAT Community singalong of favorite choral classics, singers of all abilities welcome; non-singers welcome to come and listen; choose the music from a list of over 25 titles, 7:30 p.m. Community calendar: festivals, fairs and more 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z Attendees are encouraged to show up an hour early, as choral company docents will be on hand to discuss the concert program. 16 top entertainment picks for June 3-9, 2012 2012-05-30T22:16:05Z And last year, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony and its grand choral finale — the traditional ending of the summer there — weren’t heard. Singing Will Return to Tanglewood This Summer 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z Fueled by an apocalyptic clatter of percussion and brass, Schmitt’s full-throated choral writing is perfectly suited to a chorus this size. Review | Choral Arts Society performs three rarely heard works 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z In the original show, this number at least gets a big choral send-off; in the dry, crackly hands of Dame Judi, it becomes a prissy, self-satisfied catechism. ‘Cats’: Did You See the Movie? Let’s Talk 2019-12-22T05:00:00Z David Lang’s choral work “The Little Match Girl Passion” might seem at first a tragic piece for a Nativity concert. Music Review: The Crossing in ‘The Little Match Girl Passion,’ at the Met 2012-12-24T22:47:20Z David Moody, the conductor, provided a cohesive account; “When We Were Children,” a choral prelude composed for the occasion by Mr. Lang, sounded less secure on opening night but will surely steady with repetition. Critic’s Notebook: Glimmerglass Offers an Ambitious Spread of Works 2013-07-22T22:01:46Z But in style and timbre they’ve remained remarkably consistent, grounded in the pure-voiced aesthetic of the Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, in which their founding members had been choral scholars. The King’s Singers bring their pitch-perfect a cappella songs to Washington National Cathedral 2018-12-23T05:00:00Z But Nézet-Séguin is an impeccable conductor of choral music, and the fervour and monumentality of the London Philharmonic Choir's singing were remarkable. LPO/N?zet-S?guin ? review 2011-01-25T18:55:00Z The evening opened and ended with choral scenes that could not have been more different: the entrance of the guests from “Tannhäuser” and “Make Our Garden Grow” from Bernstein’s “Candide.” Review: A Gala’s Starry Mix of Artists and Arias 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z So Bernstein fell back on an old habit — raiding his trunk — and incorporated scraps from “The Skin of Our Teeth,” plus an outtake from “West Side Story,” into a new choral work. L.A. Master Chorale lifts 100 voices in honor of the Bernstein centennial 2017-09-25T04:00:00Z Her music teacher interceded and brought her to audition at Trinity College for the eminent choral conductor Charles Kennedy Scott, who offered her admission on the spot. Margaret Price Dies at 69, Soprano With Rich Voice 2011-02-01T06:51:50Z Yet his songwriting was also shaped by the classical choral music he performed in high school with the Baltimore City College Choir, an award-winning group that competed internationally. Serpentwithfeet’s Music Is Otherworldly. But His Message Is Down to Earth. 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z Though rarely heard nowadays, George Dyson's works were staples of the English choral repertory in the middle decades of the last century. The Canterbury Pilgrims – review 2012-07-27T15:09:14Z Marilyn Moore was the soloist and, even though she was armed with a big, rich voice, she was able to blend easily with the choral sound when necessary. In ‘Annelies’ D.C. premiere, music based on Anne Frank’s diary doesn’t reflect her voice Marsh’s December concert presented four of the six cantatas of Bach’s “Christmas Oratorio”; Patrick Rucker, in The Washington Post, called him “a superb choral conductor, energetic and precise.” Perspective | Early music, fresh start: A new leader for Washington Bach Consort 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z She later studied choral music at the University of Music and Fine Arts in Graz, Austria. L.A. Phil's Mirga Gražinyte-Tyla conducts herself with aplomb 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z At the time of his death, the composer was working on a short choral piece for the St. Louis Chamber Chorus that will premiere April 10, Lustig said. Steven Stucky dies at 66: Pulitzer winner, longtime composer for the L.A. Phil 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z The adjustment was hard, but she went on to earn graduate degrees in conducting and in choral conducting from New England Conservatory. Meet Lina Gonzalez-Granados, one of the first Latin American women to conduct the Seattle Symphony 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z "You don't know anything," said composer Julia Wolfe, who won the coveted award last year for her choral piece "Anthracite Fields," an unconventional exploration into the history of coal mining in rural Pennsylvania. Julia Wolfe's Pulitzer-winning 'Anthracite Fields' makes its West Coast debut at Disney Hall 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z Four years ago Harry Christophers and the Sixteen devoted their annual choral pilgrimage, touring Britain performing in churches and cathedrals, to Victoria's gravely beautiful Requiem. This week's new live music 2011-03-05T00:07:31Z The usual throngs of soldiers, rebels and choral citizens seldom materialize. Review: Shakespeare’s Take on the Game of Thrones 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z Ages and Ages craft actively sunny songs built on complex harmonies, inspired choral arrangements, seven-part harmonies and a distinct “Up With People” vibe. Band To Watch: Ages and Ages Premiere New Track “I See More” 2014-02-06T17:37:08Z The first is that the film depicts a choral performance of “The Sound of Music” in an unlikely setting: at the National Center for the Performing Arts in Mumbai. Television Review: ?The Sound of Mumbai: A Musical? - Review 2011-11-22T23:20:20Z A coruscating parable of emigration, discrimination and violence, the work whips between ethereal choral chants and pummeling roars and shrieks, both instrumental and vocal. After a Quarter-Century, the Queen of Salzburg Calls It Quits 2021-08-17T04:00:00Z I had the temerity to audition the choral scholars, because apart from singing the odd madrigal on a punt with Raymond Leppard, they didn't know a note of Monteverdi. John Eliot Gardiner: Monteverdi and me 2010-09-02T22:01:00Z About eight hours after their morning rehearsal, 18 of the choir’s child members and 13 adult choral scholars walked into the college’s grand chapel, to sing that day’s traditional evensong service. After 350 Years of Tradition, a Boys’ Choir Now Admits Girls 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z Echoes, in fact, are everywhere in this hurried musical with a score that seems fair to characterize as burly, with its robust choral “heigh-hos.” Review | The new musical ‘Blackbeard’ swashbuckles into rough waters 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z Handel’s “Messiah” is never more than an arm’s length away during the holidays, but there are plenty of other seasonal choral works worth catching. How to Spend the Holidays in New York City 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z Now there is choral music, contemporary music, early music, concerts where classical music crosses over into other genres – all in response to the shifting taste of the audience. The Proms are richer than ever – even without Mozart's symphonies 2012-07-26T17:30:01Z The big choral works are pretty unmissable too - Schoenberg's Gurrelieder, Elgar's Apostles, Bach's Mass in B Minor, Bernstein's Mass, and… I could go on. Proms 2012: my opera highlights 2012-07-13T13:47:44Z Together with three other performers, Monnet pays tribute to Duplessis in a production that has high points — including evocative choral and dance numbers — but feels overly linear, its text well-meaning yet monotonous. A French Festival Focuses (Timidly) on English 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z In a woodland glade, walkers recuperate to ethereal choral music. Robert Wilson takes a walk with angels in Norfolk 2012-08-22T17:00:01Z The late-afternoon concert concluded with a passionate, prayerful choral piece from Handel. Orchestra presents first concert since founder George Shangrow's death 2010-10-11T19:33:00Z He’s established the Emerging Composers Competition, which seeks new choral work, and the Fenno Heath Award, for new Yale songs from current students. It?s Yale Glee Club?s Year To Look Back, and Ahead 2011-04-07T21:17:25Z The vocal solos, a lesser feature of this choral effusion, were allotted to members of the choir and ranged from adequate to very good. Music Review: Handel?s Old Testament Dramas Revived in New York 2010-10-17T22:25:00Z He grew up listening to his grandfather and uncles singing a traditional choral form known as scatamiya. Beloved S.African musician, 60, back at school 2012-02-16T14:19:08Z And sheet music publishing companies are capitalizing on it, and "Glee" songs are now being published in choral arrangements and made accessible to show choirs. How "Glee" is changing high school choir 2010-09-21T20:01:00Z McGegan kept things moving with his usual pep; the Pacific Chorale handled the choral stretches admirably; and the sound system peculiarities heard on Tuesday were gone. Hollywood Bowl veteran McGegan teams with 20-year-old talent Simone Porter for a winning night of Vivaldi 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z The last time the orchestra took on Britten’s choral masterpiece was in 1964. SSO offers rare chance to hear Britten’s War Requiem 2013-06-06T20:38:17Z The choral works, wedding to a text, are less mutable than the purely instrumental pieces, some of which, like “Fratres,” exist in many different forms. Arvo Pärt, sounding the depth of still waters In 1991, he assembled a choral group to sing his Master’s recital. Eric Banks: Esoterics founder an explorer of new vocal worlds 2013-05-04T14:34:47Z In the opera it becomes an extended, hyperpaced choral ensemble with milling crowds, vendors, policemen and the fleeing nose. Music Review | ?The Nose?: Picture This: A Nose Goes Missing 2010-03-07T00:53:00Z The award for choral performance went to the Kansas City Chorale and Phoenix Chorale's recording of Rachmaninoff's "All-Night Vigil." 'Hamilton' wins musicals award; Stephen Paulus and Boston Symphony honored in classical category 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z A melismatic choral chant is buttressed by vibrant pointillist lines and runs for piano, trumpet and trombone. Review: For This Young Chorus, It’s Never Too Early for Six World Premieres 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z “His dedication to the American music of his own time was unparalleled. It is no exaggeration to say that he did more than anyone to promote and support contemporary American choral composition.” Gregg Smith, Choral Leader Who Elevated Standards, Dies at 84 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z Wolfe is working on another labor-themed project: an orchestral and choral work that explores women’s labor issues in factories, with a focus on New York’s garment industry. 'Anthracite Fields' composer Julia Wolfe says MacArthur grant will bring 'time and space' 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z As usual, Julian Wachner, the church’s director of music, led vital, energetic performances, particularly impressive for the rich expressivity of the choral singing. Music Review: Trinity Choir and Baroque Orchestra?s Bach at One - Review 2012-01-03T23:20:10Z Both men wanted a narrative that would artfully combine choral music and dance. 'Approaching Ecstasy': a dance-choral excursion with Whim W'Him and guests 2012-05-09T21:32:04Z In high school and then for a while at Tufts University, he took private singing lessons, imagining a career in opera or choral music. Bidding Farewell to His Theatrical Flock 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z On Friday, Bartok’s Concerto for Orchestra and the suite from “The Miraculous Mandarin” are put in the context of the composer’s rarely heard choral music, performed by the Cantemus Choir, directed by Denes Szabo. 7 Classical Music Concerts to See in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z The Kiss takes its text from a line in the moving choral performance of Schiller's Ode to Joy in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony: "This kiss is for the whole world!" Tammam Azzam's Kiss: an unromantic commentary on the the Syrian conflict 2013-02-04T16:51:49Z The Spitalfields festival always puts emphasis on discovering new places, but few venues will be as intimate as those chosen by the early-music choral group the Sixteen. The Sixteen 2010-06-15T21:20:00Z The result is a soft-spoken contemporary choral work in the manner of a Bach passion. Music Review: The Crossing in ‘The Little Match Girl Passion,’ at the Met 2012-12-24T22:47:20Z Sondheim not only layers individual vocal lines into dense mille-feuilles of choral noise but also forces contrasting feelings into uncomfortable proximity with words that belie the tunes, and vice versa. Attend the Tale of ‘Anyone Can Whistle,’ Then and Now 2021-02-19T05:00:00Z Veljo Tormis, a prolific Estonian composer whose innovative choral works helped propel his Baltic nation’s drive to restore independence, died Jan. 21 in the Estonian capital city of Tallinn. Veljo Tormis, Estonian composer whose works gave voice to revolution, dies at 86 2017-01-24T05:00:00Z By dedicating a beautiful choral version of See My Friends to Kinks bassist Pete Quaife, who died on Wednesday, he makes the rest of the set crackle with emotion. Glastonbury festival final day 2010-06-28T20:30:00Z But if these shiny new versions of the traditional male-voice choirs are proving so popular, then why are people battling to preserve the old choral customs? Welsh male voice choris: a vocal minority 2011-02-01T21:30:01Z Apart from the clarinet and cello concertos, his best-known works are all vocal, either choral pieces or solo songs and his greatest inspiration came from his deep love and understanding of poetry. Gerald Finzi: the quiet man of British classical music 2011-01-27T23:41:00Z A choral work, “To Music,” won a 1938 contest sponsored by the Federal Music Project of the Works Progress Administration. Elliott Carter, Composer of the Avant-Garde, Dies at 103 2012-11-06T03:06:19Z “Bach didn’t write it for practical performance,” said Karen P. Thomas, artistic director of the choral group Seattle Pro Musica. Mystery Mass: Seattle Pro Musica celebrates Bach’s enigmatic masterpiece in B minor 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z His musings, vacillating between elation and suffering, tie together a motley array of six vocal, choral and orchestral pieces the composer wished to preserve from earlier in his career. Muti and the CSO at Carnegie Hall: Feel the love 2011-04-17T20:27:00Z Everything was done with exceptional finesse, from the finely detailed playing to the superbly moulded choral singing, but it could all have done with more energy and drive. Prom 8: Judas Maccabaeus – review 2012-07-20T11:19:00Z Again with Beethoven in mind and again writing for the Berlin Philharmonic, he made his Ninth a choral symphony — and a drama — telling a story of desperation and hope set during the Nazi epoch. Hans Werner Henze, Romantic Composer, Dies at 86 2012-10-29T02:30:06Z |
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