The Fourth Choir is announcing an international choral composition competition to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the Death of William Shakespeare, which will fall on 23 April 2016. The winner of the competition will receive a prize of £1000 an...

Inkosi Jesu is a beautiful piece composed in reembrace of Christ's suffering, Death and resurrection. It takes us through a series of emotions as we remember these historic moments when Christ died for our sins.

Come and Sing Handel - Saturday 9th March 2019 in Settle, North Yorkshire   Book a date to Come and sing some great Handellian music in the 260th year since his Death, which will include the favourite 'Zadock the Priest', but also the lar...

As part of the Royal School of Church Music's events to mark the centenary of the Death of Charles Villiers Stanford, the noted Stanford expert, Jeremy Dibble (University of Durham), will give an illustrated lecture on Stanford's music at Queens' College,...

Trio by Robert Schumann lamenting the Death of a songbird, performed by the dwsChorale (D W Solomons multi-tracking) (transposed) I've used images of meadow saffron since those are the flowers mentioned in the poem, although they are not strictly speakin...  moreTrio by Robert Schumann lamenting the Death of a songbird, performed by the dwsChorale (D W Solomons multi-tracking) (transposed) I've used images of meadow saffron since those are the flowers mentioned in the poem, although they are not strictly speaking red... The sources of the images are as follows Canaries in cage (in Treviso) taken by me Wikimedia single meadow saffron Luc Viatour (Lviatour) group of meadow saffron Chris Dixon (Stemonitis) Canary - (Magnus Colossus) Rosebud - (Amada44)  

Motet by Thomas Tomkins - one of the greatest emotional expressions of the late Renaissance. Absalom, son of King David, was a handsome prince and considered by some to be worthy of the throne of Israel, even before David's Death. One day, as Absalom w...  moreMotet by Thomas Tomkins - one of the greatest emotional expressions of the late Renaissance. Absalom, son of King David, was a handsome prince and considered by some to be worthy of the throne of Israel, even before David's Death. One day, as Absalom went riding, a tree's branches caught his luxuriant hair and he hung there helpless. He was slain by his enemies. King David was inconsolable. Performed by the dwsChorale, a multitracking one-man choir  

http://www.facebook.com/stellenbosch.acapella Arranged by: Antoni Schonken The Stellenbosch based acapella group, Acastella, performing their version of Coldplay, including Lost!, Death and all of His friends, Fix You, Paradise, Viva La Vida and Every T...  morehttp://www.facebook.com/stellenbosch.acapella Arranged by: Antoni Schonken The Stellenbosch based acapella group, Acastella, performing their version of Coldplay, including Lost!, Death and all of His friends, Fix You, Paradise, Viva La Vida and Every Teardrop is a Waterfall. Performed at The Maties Talent Final, Endler Hall, Stellenbosch, South Africa acastella.stellies@gmail.com  

Regarded as one of the finest masterpieces of all Western Music, this passion setting brings to music the text of Matthew 26 and 27 concerning the suffering and Death of Jesus Christ. The evangelist tells the story, arias convey the inner feelings of us h...  moreRegarded as one of the finest masterpieces of all Western Music, this passion setting brings to music the text of Matthew 26 and 27 concerning the suffering and Death of Jesus Christ. The evangelist tells the story, arias convey the inner feelings of us humans as we gaze upon the Golgotha scene and choruses and chorales reflect on our own place in the drama. Bach's incredible work of art stands alone in its complete telling of the crucifixion story in a manner which stirs and moves the soul of the performer and listener. This is a mountaintop experience not to be missed.  less

Commemorating the 70th anniversary of Hugo Distler's Death, two successful vocal ensembles from Leipzig perform together on a single CD for the first time. The three- and four-voice motets recorded by the young ladies of the Sjaella sextet and the five yo...  moreCommemorating the 70th anniversary of Hugo Distler's Death, two successful vocal ensembles from Leipzig perform together on a single CD for the first time. The three- and four-voice motets recorded by the young ladies of the Sjaella sextet and the five young gentlemen of the Ensemble Nobiles represent some of the highlights from Distler's choral oeuvre: the Jahrkreis op. 5, and the Geistliche Chormusik op. 12. One of the composer's best-known works, the Totentanz op. 12 no. 2, stands at the heart of this disc. The fourteen motets for Eternity Sunday contained in the Totentanz op. 12 no. 2 were set to music by Hugo Distler and form the work's musical part. Distler accompanies the motets with non-musical verses that narrate a dialogue between Death and his numerous victims.While on the present recording some of the victims' roles are spoken by the singers themselves, Heinz-Martin Benecke lends Death his charismatic voice. The Totentanztopos is known especially through its pictorial representations of Death'...    less

12-14 July 2024 Come and sing choral music by Charles Villiers Stanford in the magnificent setting of Queens’ College, Cambridge, in an exclusive weekend course hosted by the Royal School of Music to mark the centenary of the composer’s Death...