Dec 05 Holiday Advent, Christmas, and Chanukkah Programs 2016 Below you’ll find a list of special programs for the holiday season: December 23 11am Bourbon Baroque 2016 Messiah (newly added!) 8pm 2016 St. Olaf Christmas Festival December 24 9am 2015 Holiday Choral Festival 10am Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols 1pm Metropolitan Opera: Hansel and Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck December 25 1pm 2016 Holiday […] By Daniel Gilliam Dec 05 Holiday Advent, Christmas, and Chanukkah Programs 2016 By Daniel Gilliam
Dec 10 Blog A Very English Christmas After vocalist Nigel Short left the renowned The King’s Singers, he founded the vocal group Tenebrae. In the fifteen years since his departure, Short and Tenebrae have been very busy. Since 2000, Tenebrae has released 26 albums. The group’s latest recorded effort is appropriately titled A Very English Christmas because it is full of original […] By Alan Brandt Dec 10 Blog A Very English Christmas By Alan Brandt
Dec 03 Artsbreak In-Studio: Louisville Vocal Project Join Classical 90.5 for a special in-studio with Louisville Vocal Project, singing music for Advent and Christmas, from the Renaissance to today. – December 9th at noon. Free and open to the public. Classical 90.5 members can reserve a lunch from City Cafe by calling 502-814-6565 by Tuesday at noon. By Daniel Gilliam Dec 03 Artsbreak In-Studio: Louisville Vocal Project By Daniel Gilliam
Nov 23 Blog New Recordings Welcome the Holidays As we welcome the holiday season we also say hello to a new batch of seasonal recordings. Here are some interesting selections for your consideration. Kochi is a recording of Jewish music using instruments from India. While that may seem odd at the outset, the San Diego Jewish Men’s Choir has a valid reason for […] By Alan Brandt Nov 23 Blog New Recordings Welcome the Holidays By Alan Brandt
Dec 23 Blog Christmas Specials Musical Gifts: Joshua Bell and Friends – December 23rd at 9pm Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols – December 24th at 10am and 8pm Holiday Choral Festival 2013 – December 24th at noon A Chanticleer Christmas – December 24th at 2pm An Anonymous 4 Christmas – December 24th at 4pm Welcome Christmas! – December 25th […] By Daniel Gilliam Dec 23 Blog Christmas Specials By Daniel Gilliam
Dec 22 Blog Bourbon Baroque and Youth Performing Arts School Chamber Choir Bourbon Baroque, together with the Youth Performing Arts School Chamber Choir, perform Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s Messe de minuit pour noël and the Christmas portion of Handel’s Messiah. Soloists include: Emily Albrink Katz, soprano; Audrey Walstrom, mezzo-soprano; Steven Paul Spears, tenor; Jim Rittenhouse, baritone. View the program booklet here. Listen on Tuesday at 1pm. By Daniel Gilliam Dec 22 Blog Bourbon Baroque and Youth Performing Arts School Chamber Choir By Daniel Gilliam
Dec 22 Blog The Canadian Brass: Christmas Time is Here Hosted by WQXR’s Jeff Spurgeon, this program features arrangements of music by Vince Guaraldi and Luther Henderson as well as traditional favorites from “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” “The Grinch Who Stole Christmas,” “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” “Frosty the Snowman” and more – timeless classics infused with jazz and lush harmonies. The selections on this program […] By Daniel Gilliam Dec 22 Blog The Canadian Brass: Christmas Time is Here By Daniel Gilliam