Dear ChoralNetters: On March 3 and 4, The Longfellow Chorus, Portland, Maine, gave two rare performances of Elgar’s mammoth ‘Scenes from The Saga of King Olaf’ cantata, as well as the premieres of six new song and choral settings of Longfellow’s poetry. A number of clips from this weekend of concerts known as “The […]
New Recordings
Herbert Howells and Alan Hovhaness – NEW recordings
Gloriae Dei Cantores releases two new SACD Recordings! Herbert Howells This Super Audio CD is an American tribute to one of England’s most renowned 20th century composers, Herbert Howells. It includes some of his most famous works, including the Requiem and Take Him Earth for Cherishing, which was written in memorial of President […]
Northern Lights: Choral works by Ola Gjeilo recorded by Charles Bruffy and the Phoenix Chorale
An album of choral music by Norwegian composer Ola Gjeilo (“yay-lo”) featuring the Grammy-winning Phoenix Chorale, conducted by Charles Bruffy, is being released by Chandos Records (http://www.chandos.net/details06.asp?CNumber=CHSA%205100). The recording is titled “Northern Lights,” and features five premiere recordings of Gjeilo’s music (published by Walton Music, Gunilla Luboff, owner), including three that were commissioned for the […]
YCCM Release: STARS [featuring four world premieres]
New Recording “Stars” Released! The Youth Chorale of Central Minnesota is pleased to announce the release of their second recording: “Stars.” For the first time YCCM has released a recording straight to digital. The entire recording (as well as most individual tracks) are immediately available for download through YCCM’s Recordings page, through the official YCCM facebook page, and […]
Longfellow Chorus presents Piers Maxim’s “Song of the Silent Land” cantata/requiem on YouTube
Dear ChoralNet Subscribers: The Longfellow Chorus has just posted a video presenting British composer Piers Maxim’s winning cantata submission from our 2011 Composers Competition, “Song of the Silent Land.” More like a Longfellow requiem than a canata, this work is remarkable in several ways. Maxim has beautifully interwoven three Longfellow poems about mourning and death, […]
New Concerto Della Donna Album – Music by Allan Bevan
Montreal, Quebec, October 15th, 2011 – Concerto Della Donna, under the music direction of Iwan Edwards, proudly announces the launch of their new album, parlez-moi, a collection of works for women voices, both accompanied and a capella, by Canadian composer Allan Bevan. Concerto Della Donna performs a wide spectrum of traditional, classical, and contemporary […]