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Showing posts with label choral. Show all posts
Showing posts with label choral. Show all posts
Sunday, April 26, 2020

Donizetti and Desperation: Some Tracks From This Week | Pandemic Musings

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Remember that time I whined about being in "day umpteen" of quarantine on, like, day 10? Ha. Haha. HAHAHAHA. Apparently I'...
Monday, March 23, 2020

Album Review: "Songs of Olden Times" by Heinavanker | An Album a Day Keeps the Doctor Away

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WHO: Heinavanker; Margo Kõlar, director WHAT:  Estonian runic songs RELEASED:  September 2013 LABEL: Harmonia Mundi I've mention...
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Monday, March 16, 2020

Review: Ensemble Graindelavoix at The Met Cloisters

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WHO:  Ensemble Graindelavoix; Björn Schmelzer, director WHAT: JOSQUIN Stabat mater ; BROWNE Salve regina ; OBRECHT Salve regina à 6 ...
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Saturday, January 18, 2020

Five Albums to Get You Through the First Week of Classes

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"Who had this crazy idea to invent school all of a sudden? Charlemagne!" I forgot how rough it is to go from doing absolutel...
Monday, December 9, 2019

Some Thoughts on the 2020 Grammys

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The nominees for the 62nd Grammy Awards came out a few weeks ago. I was excited. Like, really excited. But of course, as you guys have pr...
Wednesday, December 4, 2019

Review: Les Arts Florissants at The Met Cloisters

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WHO:  Les Arts Florissants; Paul Agnew, director WHAT: GESUALDO Tribulationem et dolorem ; Responses for Maundy Thursday; Miserere mei ...
Monday, November 25, 2019

Review: Miller Theatre presents Vox Luminis at Church of St. Mary the Virgin

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My hot take: all concert dress that is not concert-black-with-pop-of-color  should be outlawed. WHO:  Vox Luminis; Lionel Meunier, ...
Tuesday, November 12, 2019

Review: Heinavanker at The Cloisters

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I bet their shoulders are really warm. WHO: Heinavanker; Margo Kõlar, artistic director WHAT: "From runic songs to Pärt...
Monday, August 5, 2019

[40] Teatro Nuovo presents Bellini's "La straniera" at Rose Theater @ Jazz at Lincoln Center | #1Summer50Concerts

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PC: Steven Pisano WHO: Soloists, Chorus, and Orchestra of Teatro Nuovo; Will Crutchfield, maestro al cembalo ; Jakob Lehmann, primo vio...
Wednesday, July 10, 2019

[27] Miho Hazama's Jazz Mass at Saint Peter's Church | #1Summer50Concerts #JazzWeek

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Hazama conducting her ensemble, the Danish Radio Big Band WHO: Choir of Saint Peter's; Miho Hazama, piano WHAT:  MIHO HAZA...
Saturday, July 6, 2019

[25] ChamberQUEER Closing Concert at Brooklyn Arts Exchange | #1Summer50Concerts #MyBigGayClassicalWeekend

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Throwback to the short phase where my brother was convinced he wanted to learn hurdy-gurdy -- talk about college application padding ...
Sunday, June 23, 2019

[19] Downtown Voices and NOVUS NY perform Bartók and Orff at St. Paul's Chapel | #1Summer50Concerts

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                                          WHO:  Downtown Voices; NOVUS NY; Stephen Sands, conductor WHAT:  BARTÓK Sonata for Two Pianos a...
Friday, June 14, 2019

[13] Cavalieri's "Rappresentatione di Anima, et di Corpo" at Saint Peter's Church | #1Summer50Concerts

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Very Authentic™ WHO: Choir and Period Orchestra of Saint Peter's WHAT:   Rappresentatione di Anima, et di Corpo  by Emilio de...
Monday, June 10, 2019

[11] NY Philharmonic premieres David Lang's "prisoner of the state" at David Geffen Hall | #1Summer50Concerts

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WHO:   New York Philharmonic ; Jaap van Zweden , conductor; vocal soloists; tenors and basses of the Concert Chorale of New York ( Dona...