Music for Palm Sunday and Holy Week this Sunday on Great Sacred Music. The show airs each Sunday at 8 a.m. eastern on 89.7 FM in central North Carolina and online at http://theclassicalstation.org Your host is Rob Kennedy. ——————————————————————————————– 08:00:20 Healey Willan: Tenebrae of Maundy Thursday The Choirs of the Church of St. Mary […]
Composer documents the weather for Hampstead choir’s Jubilee concert
by Harry Kemble HAMPSTEAD, UK — A BBC composer is writing a piece for a Hampstead community choir to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. Benjamin Till, 37, was approached by the Fleet Singers to help with celebrations for June 16 at the old Hampstead Town Hall. The composer, who specialises in a genre called “musical documentary”, […]
Longtime choir director prepares finale
By Ginger Brashinger NEW LENNOX, IL — The name Charles Stark is a symbol for all things musical to many in the Lincoln-Way area. Over the past 43 years, Stark has been not only the Lincoln-Way High School District 210’s choral director and music department chair, but also the conductor of the Lincoln-Way Area […]
Only Kids Aloud: the Welsh kids who took on the Maestro
By Adam Sweeting CARDIFF — According to conductor Valery Gergiev, “Mahler wanted to have the sound of children’s voices in the Eighth Symphony because through this symphony he embraced almost all processes in life. It is very much connected with the triumph of the human spirit. It seems to me that he could not manage […]
Medal of Arts Recipient at World Choir Games
Shining Night on Site Celebrated composer and Medal of Arts recipient Morten Lauridsen will be at the 2012 World Choir Games. Lauridsen will collaborate with German conductor Nicol Matt for choral workshops and a highly anticipated evening Celebration Concert. The Celebration Concert “Music of the World” (July 11, 2012, 7:30 p.m, Aronoff […]
Shining Night: A Portrait of Composer Morten Lauridsen
Shining Night: A Portrait of Composer Morten Lauridsen Film screening — New York Premiere, followed by a Q&A with composer Morten Lauridsen, composer Eric Whitacre, and filmmaker Michael Stillwater About: Shining Night: A Portrait of Composer Morten Lauridsen, a film by Michael Stillwater, celebrates the life and music of the artist named an “American Choral […]