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George Frideric Handel ‘O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion’: Fast News

George Frideric Handel: O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion Messiah Part I Context George Frideric Handel’s Messiah has remained one of the composer’s most beloved works. Incredibly, Handel completed this 260-page oratorio in just 24 days during the summer of 1741. The scriptural text was compiled by Charles Read more…

By Alex Burns, 5 months ago
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George Frideric Handel ‘Behold, A Virgin Shall Conceive’: A Short Interlude

George Frideric Handel: Behold, A Virgin Shall Conceive Messiah Part I Context George Frideric Handel’s Messiah has remained one of the composer’s most beloved works. Incredibly, Handel completed this 260-page oratorio in just 24 days during the summer of 1741. The scriptural text was compiled by Charles Jennens, with the Read more…

By Alex Burns, 6 months ago
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George Frideric Handel ‘But Who May Abide’: The People’s Answer

George Frideric Handel: But Who May Abide Messiah Part I Context George Frideric Handel’s Messiah has remained one of the composer’s most beloved works. Incredibly, Handel completed this 260-page oratorio in just 24 days during the summer of 1741. The scriptural text was compiled by Charles Jennens, with the source Read more…

By Alex Burns, 6 months ago
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George Frideric Handel ‘Thus Saith the Lord’: Scene Two

George Frideric Handel: Thus Saith the Lord Messiah Part I Context George Frideric Handel’s Messiah has remained one of the composer’s most beloved works. Incredibly, Handel completed this 260-page oratorio in just 24 days during the summer of 1741. The scriptural text was compiled by Charles Jennens, with the source Read more…

By Alex Burns, 6 months6 months ago
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George Frideric Handel ‘Ev’ry Valley Shall Be Exalted’: Make Way! Make Way!

George Frideric Handel: Ev’ry Valley Shall Be Exalted Messiah Part I Context George Frideric Handel’s Messiah has remained one of the composer’s most beloved works. Incredibly, Handel completed this 260-page oratorio in just 24 days during the summer of 1741. The scriptural text was compiled by Charles Jennens, with the Read more…

By Alex Burns, 7 months6 months ago
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George Frideric Handel ‘Comfort Ye, My People’: The Voice of God

George Frideric Handel: Comfort Ye, My People Messiah Part I Context George Frideric Handel’s Messiah has remained one of the composer’s most beloved works. Incredibly, Handel completed this 260-page oratorio in just 24 days during the summer of 1741. The scriptural text was compiled by Charles Jennens, with the source Read more…

By Alex Burns, 7 months6 months ago
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Ralph Vaughan Williams ‘The Vagabond’: A Song of Travel

Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Vagabond Context Ralph Vaughan Williams’ The Vagabond was originally set for voice and piano and is part of a larger song cycle entitled Songs of Travel. Composed between 1901-1904, this was Vaughan Williams’ first major offering in the world of vocal music. Songs of Travel is Read more…

By Alex Burns, 7 months7 months ago
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Henry Purcell ‘Come All Ye Songsters’: Joyous Fairies

Henry Purcell: Come All Ye Songsters Context Henry Purcell’s semi-opera The Fairy Queen is based on an anonymous adaptation of William Shakespeare’s comedy A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The show premiered in 1682 – just three years before the composer’s death. After his passing, the scores for The Fairy Queen were Read more…

By Alex Burns, 8 months7 months ago
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Morton Lauridsen ‘O Magnum Mysterium’: Ethereal Voices

Morton Lauridsen: O Magnum Mysterium Context Morton Lauridsen is known today as one of the leading choral composers, due to his extensive collection of works, recordings and awards he’s picked up along the way. By far the most popular piece to come from Lauridsen’s pen is his setting of O Magnum Mysterium.  Morton Read more…

By Alex Burns, 10 months7 months ago
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Florence Price ‘Moon Bridge’: Creative Art Song

Florence Price: Moon Bridge Context Born in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1887, Florence Beatrice Smith Price received early musical training from her mother. Price went to study at the prestigious New England Conservatory of Music, graduating in 1906 with a Soloist’s Diploma in Organ Performance, and a Teacher’s Diploma in Read more…

By Alex Burns, 10 months3 months ago

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