Works 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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Continue readingConcerto for Viola and Piano by George Friedrich Telemann; Elégie for Viola and Piano, Op. 44 by Glazunov; Märchenbilder, Op. 113 by Schumann, and Piano Quartet in G minor by BrahmsFour of the Bay Area classical music scene’s undisputed “heavy hitters,” whose individual concert credits include the Basel Symphony and Mannheim Opera Orchestras, Carnegie Hall, […]
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Continue readingProgram includes Russian sacred, secular and folk music, including works by Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky, Chesnokov, and Borodin.The Konevets Quartet, named for the Konevets Monastery northeast of St. Petersburg, Russia, is a remarkable chamber choir consisting of four individually distinguished choir composers and arrangers who have dedicated themselves to acquainting audiences around the world with Russian sacred […]
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