Going Beyond Words

Show 2309 Listen – Hear… Going Beyond Words On ACDA Radio

Theme: Musical Gifts for the Winter Child

This week on Going Beyond Words and ACDA Radio you can hear another program of choral music for the season. Composers represented on this broadcast are James Whitbourn, William Mathias, Bob Chilcott, Virgil Thomson, and two songs for the Virgin Mary from Armenia. Listen for new words to a familiar carol, the first of 8 responsorios from Brazil and the pen of Marcos Portugal and the familiar sounds of Henry Purcell…for behold I bring you glad tidings of great joy.

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 2309 on the blog page.

Show 2308 Listen – Hear… Going Beyond Words On ACDA Radio

Theme: Arise Jerusalem and Shepherds

More music for the holiday season comes to you on ACDA Radio and Going Beyond Words with host Stan Schmidt.  This episode features music such as Carl Heinrich Graun’s Christmas Oratorio, O Magnum Mysterium by Sviridov, selections by Coro Hispaño de San Francisco, and pieces by Alec Roth, Will Todd, Benjamin Britten, and Franz Biebl performed by notable ensembles including The Sixteen, Cantus, and the MDR Radio Choir from Germany.

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 2308 on the blog page.

 

Show 2307 Listen – Hear… Going Beyond Words On ACDA Radio

Theme: A Light is Coming

This week on Going Beyond Words and ACDA Radio host Stan Schmidt invites you to invest some time with two extended works that are part of Advent and holiday listening. One is familiar and the other is perhaps the lesser-known Vespro della Beata Maria Vergine by Johann

Rossenmüller. You can also engage you ears with three compelling seasonal selections from the Augsburg Songbook, sung by singer Pur, A Child’s Prayer by James MacMillan, sung by a choir from Iceland, and a beautiful melody by Canadian composer Mark Sirett, performed by the Elektra Women’s Chorus of B.C., Canada.

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 2307 on the blog page.

 

Show 2306 Listen – Hear… Going Beyond Words On ACDA Radio

Theme: An Old Colony Thanksgiving

Join host Stan Schmidt as he invites you to stop and count your blessings as he explores music of gratefulness and praise, with pieces from the time of the Pilgrims to more modern composers like Britten and Copland, to contemporaries Stephen Paulus and Eric Whitacre.

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 2306 on the blog page.

 

 

Show 1840 Listen – Hear… Going Beyond Words On ACDA Radio

Theme: A Large Bouquet of Folk Songs

Host Stan Schmidt has a special listening treat this week on ACDA Radio and ChoralNet. You might even find it relaxing. All you have to do is whistle, sing, or stomp your foot to a large bouquet of folk songs from fifteen countries pulled from the pages of history.

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 1840 on the blog page.

 

Going Beyond Words w/ Stan Schmidt
Show 3122: Choral Concert Live

Going Beyond Words presents another broadcast in its series called Choral Concert Live. Featured this week are two high school choirs whose programs were presented at the ACDA North Central Division Conference in Sioux Falls, SD, February 2016. Featured on this episode are the Roosevelt High School Concert Choir under the direction of Robyn Starks Holcomb and the Hopkins High School Concert Choir directed by Philip Brown.

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 3122 on the blog page.