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This week on Going Beyond Words and ACDA Radio, host Stan Schmidt echoes a show he created in January 26, 2014. The Composer’s Prodigious Pen will help you recall some marvelous choral works by such composers like Heinrich Schütz, Greg Smith, England’s Cecilia McDowall, Stephen Chatman from Canada, Johann Christoph Bach, Pierre Villette of France […]
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A Classic and Romantic Expression
This week on Going Beyond Words and ACDA Radio, host Stan Schmidt creates a simple Classic and Romantic expression emulating from the talents of Franz Joseph Haydn and Josef Rheinberger. You will enjoy three sacred pieces by Rheinberger: Morgenlied, Hymne, and Abendlied, performed with beauty by the Vancouver Cantata Singers. Then on tap is the […]
A Bundle of Magnificats
Going Beyond Words w/ Stan Schmidt Show 2302: A Bundle of Magnificats This week on Going Beyond Words, host Stan Schmidt deals with one of the most known Biblical texts used by composers. We will explore seven settings of the Magnificat, spanning from the Renaissance to contemporary pieces. Listen now for a “Bundle of Magnificats.” For information about the […]
Postmark France
This week on Going Beyond Words and ACDA Radio, host Stan Schmidt will read you a “letter,” postmarked France. You will discover several choral gems from such composers as Guillaume Bouzignac and Guillaume de Machaut, as well as Franco composer Thomas Crecquillon. There will be music by Henri Dumont and a biblical history by Marc-Antoine […]
Sir Edward Elgar and Friends
This week on Going Beyond Words and ACDA ChoralNet Radio, host Stan Schmidt gives us another look at an English composer who had a great gift of melody and was a super orchestrator. We investigate several of the composer’s choral songs and a recent Naxos CD that features mezzo-soprano Sarah Connolly in a performance of […]
Choral Thoughts of Canadian Composers
Going Beyond Words w/ Stan Schmidt Show 2318 – Choral Thoughts of Canadian Composers This week on Going Beyond Words and ACDA Radio Host Stan Schmidt takes you North of the border for Choral Thoughts of Canadian Composers. As Choral directors we use a large quota of our time looking for the right piece for the […]