Voices of Connection: 05/31 A Trip to Amsterdam

Jan Sweelinck was the most famous Dutch organist-composer in the early 1600s…

Voices of AscensionMay 31, 2020

Voices of Connection: 05/30 Berlioz Spectacular!

This is one of Berlioz’s greatest masterpieces, and it is one of the ultimate ceremonial pieces of all time…

Voices of AscensionMay 30, 2020

Voices of Connection: 05/29 Nikolai Tolstiakov: Blagoslovi, dushe moya, Ghospoda

This wonderful Russian Orthodox piece is one of our signature pieces…

Voices of AscensionMay 29, 2020

Voices of Connection: 05/28 Palestrina: Super Flumina Babylonis

Listening to this very poignant lament, it immediately resonated with me since we are all in exile right now…

Voices of AscensionMay 28, 2020

Voices of Connection: 05/27 Purcell: Sound the Trumpet

Something different today! Instead of a choral piece, I thought it would be great fun to play the terrific duet…

Voices of AscensionMay 27, 2020

Voices of Connection: 05/26 Howells: Like As the Hart Desireth

Herbert Howells was one of a long line of 19th and 20th century English composers who wrote anthems and service music for the Church of England…

Voices of AscensionMay 26, 2020

Voices of Connection: 05/25 Monteverdi: Beatus Vir

This is another piece from our Baroque concert last January…

Voices of AscensionMay 25, 2020

Voices of Connection: 05/24 A Tribute to Duruflé

As many of you may know, the music of Maurice Duruflé is a great passion of mine…

Voices of AscensionMay 24, 2020

Voices of Connection: 05/23 Vivaldi: Magnificat

This came from our last “pre-COVID” live concert back in January…

Voices of AscensionMay 23, 2020

Voices of Connection: 05/22 Cécile Chaminade: Ronde du Crépuscule

Born in Paris in 1857, Cécile Chaminade was a composer and concert pianist…

Voices of AscensionMay 22, 2020Women Composers

Voices of Connection: 05/21 Mendelssohn: Psalm 43

Contralto and Board Member Phyllis Kubey was one of my 5 core altos in all of the Delos recordings from the 1990s…

Voices of AscensionMay 21, 2020

Voices of Connection: 05/20 Duruflé: Requiem - Domine Jesu Christe

Peter Batchelder, our great friend, is the organ technician of the magnificent Manton Memorial Organ at Church of the Ascension…

Voices of AscensionMay 20, 2020

Voices of Connection: 05/19 Palestrina: Exaltabo Te

This is one of my absolutely favorite Palestrina motets…

Voices of AscensionMay 19, 2020

Voices of Connection: 05/18 Honegger: Final Scene from King David

Two years ago, Voices did its first-ever performance of Honegger’s dramatic oratorio King David…

Voices of AscensionMay 18, 2020

Voices of Connection: 05/17 Victoria: O Quam Gloriosum

The great Spanish Renaissance composer Victoria may be best known for…

Voices of AscensionMay 17, 2020

Voices of Connection: 05/16 Vaughan Williams: Lord, Thou Hast Been Our Refuge

This motet is, I believe, Vaughan Williams’ finest composition. The work uses as its text one of the greatest of all psalms, Psalm 90…

Voices of AscensionMay 15, 2020

Voices of Connection: 05/15 Fauré Requiem: “Libera me” and “In Paradisum”

The beloved Requiem of Gabriel Fauré has been a signature work of Voices since our very first concert…

Voices of AscensionMay 15, 2020

Voices of Connection: 05/14 Jerome Kern: I Won't Dance

We have a lot of very gifted musicians in our ensemble, but none more so than James Bassi.

Voices of AscensionMay 14, 2020

Voices of Connection: 05/13 Poulenc: Gloria - Final Movement

The great final movement of Poulenc’s Gloria begins with a fascinating dialogue between chorus a cappella…

Voices of AscensionMay 13, 2020

Voices of Connection: 05/12 Elgar: “The Angel’s Farewell” from Dream of Gerontius

The music is incredibly lush and the poetry had a powerful effect on me…

Voices of AscensionMay 12, 2020