Friends, Is anyone aware of a reduced orchestration or chamber accompaniment for Stravinsky’s Symphony of Psalms? We’d like to perform the work next year, but the 30-piece orchestra would be a bit much for our space. Thanks, Wilbert O. Watkins
Music by Knut Nystedt
The Norwegian composer, Knut Nystedt, has a variety of works in several genres. We have a website: Knut Nystedt | Norwegian composer (1915-2014) where you can find information and a complete list of his works: Works | Knut Nystedt. Here you can listen to many of his works, and there are links to the publishers where you can […]
Long tenure?
Dear Colleagues and Friends, At the end of June I retire after thirty-eight years as founding music director of The Chicago Bar Association Symphony Orchestra (although I will continue in a purely administrative role going forward.) It has been a wonderful ride, growing the orchestra to perform at Chicago’s Orchestra Hall no fewer than three […]
InChoir: Conversations about Choral Music, the Arts, and Life
We invite you to listen to the podcast InChoir: Conversations about Choral Music, the Arts and Life. Produced in the studios of Troy Public Radio, co-hosts Dr. Diane Orlofsky and Dr. Scott Sexton go directly to choral composers to learn how they explore sound and universal texts and features deep dives into their music. Each […]
Any choirs like to sing a new Mahler song?
Hot off the presses — a brand new choral creation is born — an a cappella arrangement of Gustav Mahler’s beautiful song “Ging heut’ morgen über’s Feld” — which Mahler used as the opening theme in his very 1st Symphony. And perhaps a choir somewhere might like to “test drive” this one day in concert. […]
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star – by Chris Sivak
Chris Sivak’s adaptation emphasizes the darkness hidden in the iconic children’s poem – a first meeting with this piece is always surprising for someone who remembers it from the nursery. The original poem also expresses a thankfulness for a guide through the darkness and I was drawn to the idea of a choral setting that […]