Going Beyond Words

The Composer’s Prodigious Pen

August 21, 2019 by ACDA Leave a Comment

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 and Karl Jenkins. Choirs represented are Elmer Iseler and the Festival Singers plus Canadian Brass; the Pro Musica Chamber Choir from Sweden; England Canterbury Chamber Choir; the Elora Festival Singers; a splendid women’s choir from Sweden; Frieder Bernius and the Kammerchor of Stuttgart, the Holst Singers and the National Youth Choir of Great Britain. This is quite a varied program and should be interesting to the ear.

For a look at the CDs used and a complete list of the music heard go to the blog of WWW.GOINGBEYONDWORDS.COM website and click on show 2016.

A Classic and Romantic Expression

August 14, 2019 by ACDA Leave a Comment

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 magnificent Missa Solemnis-like “Creation Mass” in B-flat major by Herr Haydn. Doing the honors are the musicians from the Dresdner Kreuzchor and Philharmonie. Just click, relax, and listen.

For a look at the CDs used and a complete list of the music heard go to the blog of WWW.GOINGBEYONDWORDS.COM website and click on show 2332

A Bundle of Magnificats

August 7, 2019 by ACDA Leave a Comment

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 specific recordings used in this segment, as well as a complete list of music, visit www.goingbeyondwords.com and click on Show 2302 on the blog page.

Postmark France

July 31, 2019 by ACDA Leave a Comment

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 Charpentier. The session will be topped off with several short chansons by Francis Poulenc.

For a look at the CDs used and a complete list of music heard, go to the blog section of www.GoingBeyondWords.com and look for show 2243.

Choral Thoughts of Canadian Composers

June 6, 2018 by ACDA 1 Comment

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 right concert and on this broadcast you will hear some very useful pieces for your ensembles and your audiences as well; I have also included music usable for Advent and Christmas. Some of the composers represented are Leonard Enns, Welford Russell, Barrie Cabena, Larry Nickel, Timothy Corlis and John Beckwith. Music with sensitive texts that will stimulate your singers.

For a look at the CD’s used and a complete list of the music heard go to the blog of WWW.GOINGBEYONDWORDS.COMwebsite and click on show 2318

Oratorium Nativitatis by Damijan Močnik

December 6, 2017 by ACDA Leave a Comment

Host Stan Schmidt invites you to hear the U.S. broadcast premiere of Oratorium Nativitatis by Slovenian composer Damijan Močnik. This Going Beyond Words premiere is heard now on ACDA Radio and ChoralNet. Four years ago this talented composer allowed Going Beyond Words to premiere his Passion according to St. John. There are three important CDs to be heard on this broadcast. All contain the music of Damijan Močnik. The S.t Jacobs Kammerkör, guided by Gary Graden, will perform “Acclamatio” for SSAATTBB and “Geburts Nacht” (sung in German), also for SSAATTBB. Gary Graden returns for the third piece, “Christus est natus,” the most familiar as he conducts the World Youth Choir from a 1999 recordings.

The main feature of this program is Oratorium Nativitatis, an oratorio on the birth of Christ. It is scored for organ, soprano and tenor soloists, chorus and orchestra. The work is about forty minutes in length and features the Slovenian Philharmonic Chorus and Orchestra, conducted by Borut Smrekar. The Oratorium has ten movements sung in Latin and has a structure like many of the cantatas composed by J. S. Bach (i.e., movements one and ten, two and nine, and three and eight reflect each other, and so on. The ten sections are Prseludium for Organ; Fear Not; I Waited Patiently for the Lord; Today Christ is Born; O Admirabile Commericum; Why Do the Heeathen rage?; Sing Praise; Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Arise; and Bring an Offering. Because of the importance of this composition, it is being presented on ACDA Radio so choral directors worldwide can experience this meaningful music. Oratorium Nativitatis will also be repeated on ACDA Radio December 6, 2017, during Advent.

For a look at the CDs used and a complete list of the music heard, go to the blog of www.goingbeyondwords.com website and click on show 2345R, where you can visualize the structure of the piece.