Works by Philip Houghton, Georg Philipp Telemann, Andrew York, Bryan Johanson, Wayne Siegel, Luigi Boccherini, Patrick Francis and the World Premieres of “Bluezilian” by Clarice Assad and “Chasing Light” by Gary EiserThe musical backgrounds of its members range from flamenco training in the South Pacific to a Fulbright Scholarship to Stuttgart, Germany, to a 2005 […]
Continue readingTonights concert represents an important part of Melody of Chinas mission in bringing the beauty and versatility of traditional Chinese instruments into the public spotlight. In addition to staging brilliant renditions of various Chinese folk melodies, the virtuosic ensemble will showcase world premieres of new works by several young up-and-coming Bay Area composers. Albert Chang’s […]
Continue readingEtude Quasi Cadenza; Fantasy; Open and Shut; Eine Kleine Snailmusik; Beast; Trout Surviving; and Api Old First happily presents a concert devoted to the compositions of Elinor Armer, a prodigious creative presence on the local musical scene for thirty-seven years as a composer, performer, and teacher. Throughout a career whose highlights range from chairing the […]
Continue readingWorks by Desprez, Palestrina, Schütz, Hillborg, Lindberg, Couperin, Bruckner, Grieg, and BachCollegium Cantorum, the chamber choir of Sweden’s Uppsala Cathedral, was founded in 1983 as a vocal ensemble for advanced singers wishing to pursue higher levels of choral virtuosity. Renowned in Europe for their exceptional interweaving of multiple voices and independent melodies into contrapuntal harmonies, […]
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