Tag Archives: choral music

Death of Classical began its new season of concerts in the Green-Wood Cemetery Catacombs with a spectacular piece for chorus and small orchestra.

A new choral setting of the Orthodox Church Vespers is one of the most gorgeous albums of the past year.

Wonderful music and atmospheric, immersive sets make Icons/Idols: In the Purple Room a compelling step toward live theater's return.

Three new albums span more than a millennium of choral music, from the Byzantines to the 21st century.

The latest album from the celebrated English early music vocal ensemble Stile Antico, 'In a Strange Land: Elizabethan Composers in Exile,' is a beautiful sequence with works by John Dowland, William Byrd, and their contemporaries – and a decidedly melancholy affair.

The monks retreated behind stone walls to chant their devotions. Composer Lansing McLoskey stands in the agora with his choral music on writings by Wole Soyinka.

This exquisite vocal group puts on energetic, high-spirited concerts that free the ancient music of the Renaissance from the museum and dance it out into the town square.

The soloists shone both separately and in concert, as if distilling the work of the huge chorus behind them. I didn't want the penultimate piece, "O Sleep," sung by the chorus and then the soloists in counterpoint, to end.

While the English choir applies a constant smooth tonality to its performances, these can still feel fresh, the centuries-old music almost as much as the recent.

Listeners need bring no esoteric knowledge of classical music to enjoy this album, only an appreciation for beauty.