One can certainly understand why this piece is one of the most famous…
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Hassler may have been German, but he studied in Venice…
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One of my favorites I have heard live at Ascension is Ives’ Psalm 90…
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Two and a half years ago we gave a concert in conjunction with an exhibition of Zurbaran paintings…
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Today we have one of the greatest masterpieces of English choral music…
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After so much time in seclusion, and after so much stress…
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Here is one of my favorite songs from Show Boat…
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Purcell’s Sound the Trumpet is famous and captivating. But its success depends on who sings it…
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Maurice Duruflé was more influenced by Gregorian Chant than anything else…
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Through the never-ending use of dissonances – one after the other…
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Here is another exceedingly beautiful chant by the German Abbess Hildegard of Bingen…
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There is debate about who composed this wild piece…
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These movements are quintessential examples of Palestrina’s…
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This recording you hear today was the World Premiere…
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Today we feature two very simple, calm, and pure pieces…
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Today we bring you some beautiful folk music from the country of Georgia…
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One of the most famous of all Renaissance motets, O Magnum Mysterium displays…
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This motet is, I believe, Vaughan Williams’ finest composition…
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I was not introduced to this piece until 2002 when I heard a performance by the New York Philharmonic…
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“O for the wings of a dove!” is certainly one of Mendelssohn’s most famous vocal works…
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