love & light – iSing Silicon Valley (CD Review)
love & light iSing Silicon Valley, conducted by Jennah Delp Somers Esteli Gomez, soprano; Cheryl Ann Fulton, harp Avie Records On love & light, the girl’s choir iSing Silicon…
love & light iSing Silicon Valley, conducted by Jennah Delp Somers Esteli Gomez, soprano; Cheryl Ann Fulton, harp Avie Records On love & light, the girl’s choir iSing Silicon…
Last week, Pensacola Christian College cancelled the King’s Singers on short notice due to concerns about some of the members’ sexuality. The ensemble has provided an eloquent rejoinder (see…
Pedro de Cristo Magnificat Cupertinos, Luís Toscano, director https://www.cupertinos.pt/en/presentation/ Hyperion Records During the “Golden Age” of Portuguese Polyphony, the late sixteenth and early seventeenth century, composers on the…
Christopher Fox Trostlieder Exaudi, conducted by James Weeks Kairos Music British composer Christopher Fox’s latest portrait CD on Kairos focuses on music for vocal ensemble. Exaudi, conducted by…
Tyondai Braxton Telekinesis Nonesuch/New Amsterdam Telekinesis is Tyondai Braxton’s largest piece to date. It is inspired in part by the Japanese manga classic Akira, the story of a young…
Jeffrey Derus From Wilderness – A Meditation on the Pacific Coast Trail Choral Arts Initiative, Brandon Elliott, conductor; Kevin Mills, cello Navona CD/DL With From Wilderness, Jeffrey Derus has…
The world premiere of Oratorio for the Earth by Pamela Madsen was heard in the Meng Concert Hall at Cal State University, Fullerton on May 14, 2022. If you couldn’t…
Two years ago, I was editing a 2020 interview with the composer David Lang about the new multi-day festival that Bang on a Can planned for that spring, Long Play,…
J.S. Bach: St. Matthäus-Passion Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon Harmonia Mundi 2xCD J.S. Bach: St. John Passion English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner, conductor Deutsche Grammophon 2XCD The…
Hodie Christus Natus Est Boston Camerata, Anne Azéma Harmonia Mundi CD A trio of female singers accompanied by hurdy gurdy, harp, rebec, and bells present a diverse program of…