Tuesday , July 28 2026

Choral

Concert Review: The Dessoff Choirs – ‘Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight’ by Florence Price, plus Brahms, the Schumanns and More

Dessoff Choir

Price's setting displays chordal majesty worthy of Handel; I felt I could sense the composer pouring all her power into the music.

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Music Review: Benedict Sheehan — ‘Ukrainian War Requiem’ with Axios Men’s Ensemble and Pro Coro Canada

Benedict Sheehan 'Ukrainian War Requiem' cover art detail

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.

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Exclusive Interview: Jessica Gould on New, ‘Seminal’ Recording of Alessandro Stradella’s 17th-Century Oratorio ‘Ester’

Recording of 'Ester' by Alessandro Stradella

The soprano and concert producer talks to us about her new recording of the rarely heard Biblical-themed oratorio by the Roman Baroque composer.

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Interview: Composer Yair Klartag on His Azrieli Prize Commission ‘The Parable of the Palace’

Yair Klartag (photo by Anne-Laure Lechat)

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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