by Matt Fey | Apr 22, 2014 | Uncategorized
The 25-voice chamber ensemble brings a program that includes pieces from the 16th century to the present with music by Victoria, Mendelssohn, Rachmaninov, Pärt, Tavener, Gjeilo, and others. The program closes with six instrumentalists joining the choral ensemble for...
by Matt Fey | Apr 17, 2014 | Uncategorized
Haydn’s The Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross is a luminous, compact jewel, a deeply felt, subtly colored contemplation of Christ’s crucifixion that lasts less than an hour. Wednesday night two gifted ensembles—the Florida-based a cappella chorus Seraphic Fire...
by Matt Fey | Feb 19, 2014 | Uncategorized
Rockefeller Chapel welcomes Minnesota gem VocalEssence at the next Quire & Place concert, Sunday, March 2 at 3 pm. The performance will feature a collection of American and Mexican choral music of the kind championed by VocalEssence, including the première...
by Matt Fey | Dec 10, 2011 | Uncategorized
Founded by Phillips in 1973, the Tallis Scholars quickly found acclaim for their pure-toned, historically scrupulous and pioneering performances of a wide array of Renaissance sacred music. The genial Phillips has remained as director and guiding light while the...
by Matt Fey | Jun 5, 2011 | Uncategorized
Alpha and Omega is a concise setting for a cappella choir on a text from Revelations (21:1-6). It begins fortissimo with a high statement by the full choir (“Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth”), followed by a decrescendo as the notes likewise cascade downward....
