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Started at the beginning of the pandemic in an effort to stay connected with choral fans and share the healing beauty of choral music, Voices of Ascension continues to share choral moments with a new global audience. Many of these moments come from our own archive of professional and live recordings and some also come from guest choirs from distant lands as we celebrate the vast diversity of worldwide choral traditions.


The Voices of Connection blog of choral moments has embarked on an expansion. We have invited guest curators to join us in this special project so that we may all benefit from their unique tastes and perspectives with respect to choral music. Recent curators include Bob Lee, Malcolm J. Merriweather, Cecilia Rydinger, Bora Yoon, Jennifer Jolley, Gilda Lyons, Renée Favand-See, Sebastián Zubieta, James Bassi, Francisco J. Núñez and Melissa Bybee.

Voices of Connection: 06/17 A Duruflé Rarity
Voices of Connection: 06/17 A Duruflé Rarity

What a beautiful piece this is! But it is hardly ever done…

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Voices of AscensionJune 17, 2021
Voices of Connection: 06/16 Around the World Wednesdays: Nicaragua
Voices of Connection: 06/16 Around the World Wednesdays: Nicaragua

In his “Canto de Despedida” (“Song of Farewell”) Carlos Mejía Godoy…

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Voices of AscensionJune 16, 2021Gilda Lyons, Around the World
Voices of Connection: 06/15 Joyous Gibbons
Voices of Connection: 06/15 Joyous Gibbons

At the end of the 16th and beginning of the 17th centuries many composers of choral music…

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Voices of AscensionJune 15, 2021
Voices of Connection: 06/14 Nikolai Tolstiakov: Blagoslovi, dushe moya, Ghospoda
Voices of Connection: 06/14 Nikolai Tolstiakov: Blagoslovi, dushe moya, Ghospoda

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

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Voices of AscensionJune 14, 2021
Voices of Connection: 06/13 Baroque Weekend Part 2
Voices of Connection: 06/13 Baroque Weekend Part 2

While I haven’t had the pleasure of performing for VOA in person yet…

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Voices of AscensionJune 13, 2021
Voices of Connection: 06/12 Baroque Weekend Part 1
Voices of Connection: 06/12 Baroque Weekend Part 1

I’ve always loved singing the gorgeous Domine Deus from Vivaldi’s Gloria…

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Voices of AscensionJune 12, 2021
Voices of Connection: 06/11 Mendelssohn: Hear my Prayer
Voices of Connection: 06/11 Mendelssohn: Hear my Prayer

Composed in 1844 and first performed the next year in England, this work is much like a miniature cantata…

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Voices of AscensionJune 11, 2021
Voices of Connection: 06/10 Victoria: O Magnum Mysterium
Voices of Connection: 06/10 Victoria: O Magnum Mysterium

One of the most famous of all Renaissance motets, O Magnum Mysterium displays…

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Voices of AscensionJune 10, 2021
Voices of Connection: 06/09 Around the World Wednesdays: Argentina
Voices of Connection: 06/09 Around the World Wednesdays: Argentina

Today we share the hauntingly beautiful "Agnus Dei" from…

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Voices of AscensionJune 9, 2021Around the World
Voices of Connection: 06/08 Beautiful Elgar
Voices of Connection: 06/08 Beautiful Elgar

I was not introduced to this piece until 2002 when I heard a performance by the New York Philharmonic…

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Voices of AscensionJune 8, 2021
Voices of Connection: 06/07 Holst and Parry
Voices of Connection: 06/07 Holst and Parry

I hope these two English favorites will brighten your day!

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Voices of AscensionJune 7, 2021
Voices of Connection: 06/06 Ives Psalm 90
Voices of Connection: 06/06 Ives Psalm 90

I personally feel this may well be the single greatest masterpiece ever composed by an American…

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Voices of AscensionJune 6, 2021
Voices of Connection: 06/05 Berlioz Te Deum: Final Movement
Voices of Connection: 06/05 Berlioz Te Deum: Final Movement

This is one of Berlioz’s greatest masterpieces…

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Voices of AscensionJune 5, 2021
Voices of Connection: 06/04 13th Century Conductus: O Maria Virgo Pia and Tallis: If Ye Love Me
Voices of Connection: 06/04 13th Century Conductus: O Maria Virgo Pia and Tallis: If Ye Love Me

Today we feature two very simple, calm, and pure pieces…

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Voices of AscensionJune 4, 2021
Voices of Connection: 06/03 Gabriel Fauré: Cantique de Jean Racine
Voices of Connection: 06/03 Gabriel Fauré: Cantique de Jean Racine

Oh, what a beautiful piece this is! How can something be so simple and discrete and yet evoke so many nuanced feelings?

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Voices of AscensionJune 3, 2021
Voices of Connection: 06/02 Sweelinck: Hodie Christus Natus Est
Voices of Connection: 06/02 Sweelinck: Hodie Christus Natus Est

Today we have another request, this time from Toronto, Canada!

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Voices of AscensionJune 2, 2021
Voices of Connection: 06/01 Libby Larsen: The Womanly Song of God
Voices of Connection: 06/01 Libby Larsen: The Womanly Song of God

Here is the incredible conductor Susan McMane with The Young Women's Chorus of San Francisco…

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Voices of AscensionJune 1, 2021Francisco J. Núñez, Women Composers
Voices of Connection: 05/31 Memorial Day
Voices of Connection: 05/31 Memorial Day

In honor of those who died in service…

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Voices of AscensionMay 31, 2021
Voices of Connection: 05/30 Josquin Desprez: Tu Pauperum Refugium
Voices of Connection: 05/30 Josquin Desprez: Tu Pauperum Refugium

One of the greatest masterpieces of the Early Renaissance, this “Refuge of the Poor” motet is a prayer in a time of great distress.

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Voices of AscensionMay 30, 2021
Voices of Connection: 05/28 Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music
Voices of Connection: 05/28 Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music

Vaughan Williams’s Serenade to Music is one of his most beautiful and beloved works.

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Voices of AscensionMay 29, 2021
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