The Crossing, the elite new-music chamber choir led by Donald Nally, routinely pushes the boundaries of what kinds of music a group of human voices can create.
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Exclusive Interview: Violinist Anne Akiko Meyers
The virtuoso talks about her recent and upcoming albums and her premiere of Eric Whitacre's 'The Pacific Has No Memory' honoring victims of the California wildfires.
Read More »Concert Review: Bach’s St. Matthew Passion at St. John the Divine
Where better to experience a work as capacious and religious as the 'St. Matthew Passion' by J.S. Bach than in one of the world's most cavernous churches?
Read More »Concert Review: The Dessoff Choirs – ‘Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight’ by Florence Price, plus Brahms, the Schumanns and More
Price's setting displays chordal majesty worthy of Handel; I felt I could sense the composer pouring all her power into the music.
Read More »Music Review: Benedict Sheehan — ‘Ukrainian War Requiem’ with Axios Men’s Ensemble and Pro Coro Canada
The most striking thing about this death-themed service is the music's continuous excitation of life...the nervous electricity inherent in the fusion of art and the human voice.
Read More »Concert Review: The Marian Consort – Music from Renaissance Scotland
The eight singers of the a cappella ensemble brought out every part in a selection complex contrapuntal music written or compiled in 16th-century Scotland.
Read More »Exclusive Interview: Jessica Gould on New, ‘Seminal’ Recording of Alessandro Stradella’s 17th-Century Oratorio ‘Ester’
The soprano and concert producer talks to us about her new recording of the rarely heard Biblical-themed oratorio by the Roman Baroque composer.
Read More »Interview: Composer Josef Bardanashvili, Winner of 2024 Azrieli Prize for Jewish Music
Bardanashvili's prize-winning 'Light to My Path' is described as evoking 'the different states of belief – supplication, ecstasy, doubt, gratitude – outlined in the Book of Psalms.'
Read More »Interview: Composer Jordan Nobles, Winner of 2024 Azrieli Commission for Canadian Music
"'Kanata' is an important piece in my career – it reflects my love for this country and my evolving understanding of its history and landscapes."
Read More »Interview: Composer Yair Klartag on His Azrieli Prize Commission ‘The Parable of the Palace’
Klartag's new work for choir and four double basses, the winner of the Azrieli Foundation's Commission for Jewish Music for 2024, investigates the limits of logic and reason in explaining reality and the metaphysical.
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