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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, 3 months3 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, 3 months3 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, 4 months4 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, 5 months4 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, 7 months4 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, 7 months4 months ago
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Jessica Curry ‘All the Earth’: Pure Beginnings

Jessica Curry: All the Earth Context British composer Jessica Curry is a well-known voice on classical radio stations such as Classic FM. She is also known for her stand-out video game soundtracks, such as her music for the 2015 game Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture, which won her a BAFTA. Read more…

By Alex Burns, 7 months4 months ago
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Karl Jenkins ‘Adiemus’: A United Front

Karl Jenkins: Adiemus Context Karl Jenkins composed his “new age” song Adiemus as part of the Adiemus project, which was officially released on Adiemus: Songs of Sanctuary in 1995. Jenkins collaborated with vocalists Miriam Stockley and Mary Carewe for the original recording. The work also features a group of vocalists Read more…

By Alex Burns, 8 months4 months ago
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Henry Purcell ‘O Solitude, My Sweetest Choice’: Lamenting Vocals

Henry Purcell: O Solitude, My Sweetest Choice Context O Solitude, My Sweetest Choice is an English song composed by Henry Purcell around the year 1685. The work is set for either a soprano or countertenor voice, and by a bass ostinato and continuo. The text was taken from English poet Read more…

By Alex Burns, 9 months4 months ago
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Libby Larsen ‘A Lover’s Journey’: All You Need Is Love

Libby Larsen: A Lover’s Journey Context Commissioned by The King’s Singers, Libby Larsen’s six-part male vocal suite A Lover’s Journey tells the story of love. A Lover’s Journey is set into four separate songs, with Larsen using text from William Shakespeare and James Joyce. The work was premiered on Valentine’s Read more…

By Alex Burns, 1 year4 months ago

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