As I type I’m listening to an amazing all-Monteverdi concert from Trinity Church in NY. This performance is great and very moving. Of course, I love music of the Renaissance. As a masters candidate that was one of my areas of study; one of the funest semesters of my college career.
You can also listen to and watch this […]
Wouldn’t it be great if you could have all the greatest vocal talent assembled in one place for a Christmas concert? Here are 25 Christmas selections on youtube that I’ve assembled from choral ensembles all over the world (will open a new window). Once the window is open, just click “Play All Videos” on the right to start […]
I went to one of the myriad of Messiah ’sing-ins’ a couple of years back and enjoyed blasting through many of the familiar choruses. If you’d like to listen to / sing along with a good performance, visit NPR’s Handel’s ‘Messiah’ from Philadelphia.
On the other hand, I came away that evening thinking that there could have […]
Listen to NPR’s 2007 Christmas Around the Country (opens a new window). Of especial note: the Pro-Arte Singers present the world premiere of a new Christmas song by Finnish composer Jaakko Mantyjarvi. Also, I’d like to give congrats to the BYU Men’s Chorus (BYU is my alma matter) for being included on the program this year.
Though some pieces […]
Listen to an archive of NPR’s 2005 Christmas Around the Country (opens new window). The program includes choral and instrumental Christmas works. Don’t be fooled by the playlist on the page though, it must have been for a previous year’s program. There are, however, many delights from Cantus, bell choirs, orchestras, children’s choruses and more.
P.S. Don’t […]
Need something to listen to while you’re working? What could be more relaxing or able to take the stress out of your day than choral sacred music? Visit the Choral Treasure on Live365 and click ‘play’ to listen. You will have to sit through an ad, but the music will start soon.
P.S. Don’t forget the […]
NPR Celebrates Thanksgiving with Handel’s “Belshazzar’s Feast”
Listen to the entire oratorio performed in concert by the Church of Saint Igantius Loyola at NPR (will take you to the concert’s homepage). This synopsis of the oratorio comes from the NPR site:
Act One: The story is set in and around the walled city of Babylon in the year 538 […]
Cantus is an all-male choral ensemble in Minnesota. 2006 marks the first year Cantus broadcast their Christmas concert over the public radio waves via American Public Media. The entire concert, on the theme of an American Christmas, can be listened to on demand here: Christmas with Cantus.
The program features:
Eric Whitacre: Lux Aurumque (Light of Gold)
Traditional (Spiritual, arr. Stephen […]
Full-length “Welcome Christmas” concerts from VocalEssence:
Latest Concert
Archives of Concerts since 2002 (you’ll need the Real Player to listen to the older concerts)
VocalEssence is a wonderful champion of creating new music for Christmas, and commissions new works regularly. These concerts are great just to listen to, or to glean repertoire ideas for your own concerts.
P.S. Don’t forget the […]