Early Music Monday
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Discussions and interviews about a wide range of topics within the choral art and how those principles can help conductors, singers, and audience members have a deeper appreciation for historical music.
Early Music Monday
3M ago
Today we get to chat a bit about Renaissance Christmas music and the 2024 Canadian Renaissance Music Summer School, with the director Greg Skidmore. Greg sings in a number of professional chamber choir ensembles throughout the UK and elsewhere.
The CRMSS fundariser, "Buy a Bar" can be found here.
For CRMSS Registration information, please visit their website.
Featuring a performance of Thomas Tallis's 40-voice metet, Spem in Alium, performed by I Fagiolini, found on YouTube.  ..read more
Early Music Monday
5M ago
We get an exclusive sneak peak at some tracks on the upcoming album Penitence & Lamentations by the Byrd Ensemble, conducted by Markdavin Obenza. We sit down with Markdavin and have a conversation about several of the tracks on the upcoming record, which comes out Friday, November 3, 2023, including a new commission by Nico Muhly.
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Early Music Monday
5M ago
Today we get an exclusive look into the upcoming album of Josquin's music with Dr. Jesse Rodin, a professor at Stanford University and Artistic Director/Conductor of Cut Circle. This album is the group's first installment of what will be a series of albums on Josquin's music. Dr. Rodin's research on Josquin has lead to some significant discoveries/conclusions regarding attribution of work and the "Josquin canon".
You can follow Cut Circle on social media:
Facebook
Instagram
Youtube
Purchase their new album here on November 3, 2023:
Musique en Wallonie
Stream album on Apple Music and Sp ..read more
Early Music Monday
6M ago
On today's episode, we walk through the concert program for Sound of Ages upcoming Evensong concert. As part of their Evensong concert series, the Autumnal Equinox Evensong theme is opposites and gratitude. There are only a few tickets left so don't miss out, get your tickets here.
Dr. Andrew Huberman podcast episode about gratitude.
Tenebrae performing Part I of Ne Irascaris, Domine by William Byrd.
Tenebrae's website. Check out all their recordings here.
Sansara's live recording of Hubert Parry's I Know My Soul Hath Power.
The Tallis Scholars performing Part II of Ne Irascaris, Domine.
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Early Music Monday
7M ago
Today we get to have a fantastic 'Improversation' if you will, with Dr. Peter Schubert.
Peter Schubert came to Montreal from New York City, where he founded and directed Opera Uptown and The New Calliope Singers, a group renowned for its commitment to modern music during its fifteen-year career. The group presented over fifty premieres and released a critically acclaimed CD entitled "New Cantatas and Madrigals."
Since 1991, he has conducted the highly respected Montreal-based group, The Orpheus Singers. Under his direction, the group has placed as a finalist several times the CBC ..read more
Early Music Monday
7M ago
Today we get to have a fantastic conversation with Professor Megan Long of Oberlin College & Conservatory.
Megan Kaes Long studies European song traditions of the 16th and 17th centuries and the theoretical discourses that describe them. Her book, Hearing Homophony: Tonal Expectation at the Turn of the Seventeenth Century, was published by Oxford University Press in 2020 and won the Society for Music Theory's Wallace Berry Award in 2021.
Long’s articles have appeared in Music Theory Spectrum, the Journal of Music Theory, Music Theory Online, and Open Access Musicology and her research has ..read more
Early Music Monday
7M ago
Today we get a follow up conversation with Nigel Short where he walks us through Joby Talbot's Path of Miracles. The conversation is interspersed with audio clips from each movement.
Watch Tenebrae perform Path of Miracles live from La Basilique de Saint-Denis in France.
Tenebrae's album of Path of Miracles can be found on their website, Apple Music, Spotify, and wherever music is streamed.  ..read more
Early Music Monday
8M ago
Today we get to chat with Nigel Short, Conductor and Artistic Director of Tenebrae Choir. We get to hear his journey as a singer, the genesis of Tenebrae choir, Nigel's approach to choral singing, his thoughts about renaissance music and more!
Nigel's Bio:
Award-winning conductor Nigel Short has earned widespread acclaim for his recording and live performance work with leading orchestras and ensembles across the world.
Tenebrae are special. Directed by Nigel Short, these were exemplary performances, lucid, and so commanding it seemed as if singing perfectly in tune was the most natural ..read more
Early Music Monday
8M ago
Today we talk through Andrew's newest piece commissioned by Sound of Ages for their Sing Actually narrative concert: Poor Richard's Madrigal. This piece pays homage to Thomas Morley's Now Is the Month of Maying. We discuss comedy, madrigals, and much more. Check out the live performance ofPoor Richard's Madrigal on YouTube.
You can find the King's Singers performance of Now Is the Month of Maying video on YouTube as well.  ..read more
Early Music Monday
8M ago
Frequent guest and newly appointed Composer in Residence for Sound of Ages, Andrew Maxfield shares his insights and perspectives on Sound of Ages' newest narrative concert "Sing Actually: The Ultimate Choral RomCom." They also discuss entrepreneurial practices that can be applied to the choral art and classical music more broadly.
Visit Andrew's website for information on upcoming projects and compositions.
Sound of Ages website is currently under construction, but will be up soon. Hear their work on YouTube.  ..read more