Christmas concert - Festive tales 2023. Vocal Ensemble Quadrivia and friends

Ottawa choir, The Stairwell Carollers, perform "Iesous Ahatonnia" - the first Canadian Christmas carol - arranged by Pierre Massie. The carollers, an a cappella group, formed in 1977 by director Pierre Massie, is ranked amongst the best of Ottawa choirs ...  moreOttawa choir, The Stairwell Carollers, perform "Iesous Ahatonnia" - the first Canadian Christmas carol - arranged by Pierre Massie. The carollers, an a cappella group, formed in 1977 by director Pierre Massie, is ranked amongst the best of Ottawa choirs by Choral critics. We are a non-profit organization, and raise funds for local charities through concert, CD and cookbook sales. This version of "Iesous Ahatonnia" will be included in our next Xmas CD. Expected release date will be October 2015. All our CDs are available on our website in both CD form and as MP3 downloads. Buy our CDs and help other charities reach their goals!!! http://www.stairwellcarollers.com/Purchases.html Visit our blog http://www.stairwellcarollers.blogspot.com/ or our website http://www.stairwellcarollers.com/ for updates. Audio: Tom Barnes. Recorded at St. Columba Church, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Dec 17th, 2011. Videographer: Andrew Mason. Editing: Pierre Massie  less

Magnificat was formed in 1991 by its conductor, Philip Cave, to explore the rich diversity of Choral music from the last five centuries. The ensemble specialises in the restoration and performance of neglected Choral masterpieces of the 16th and 17th cent...  moreMagnificat was formed in 1991 by its conductor, Philip Cave, to explore the rich diversity of Choral music from the last five centuries. The ensemble specialises in the restoration and performance of neglected Choral masterpieces of the 16th and 17th centuries. Magnificat ranges in size from four to forty voices and performs a wide range of music, both a capella and with ensembles of period instruments. In association with Linn Records, http://www.linnrecords.com/artist-magnificat.aspx Magnificat has undertaken many recording projects of music from ‘The Golden Age'. The first of these comprises motets by Gesualdo, Guerrero, Josquin, Rebelo and Victoria together with Allegri's Miserere and Palestrina's Stabat mater. A highly acclaimed recording of Victoria's Officium Defunctorum of 1605, named a 1997 Critics' Choice by Gramophone Magazine and chosen by The Rough Guide as one of its ‘100 Essential Classical CDs', was...    less

Mentre il silenzio for mixed choir (SABar) music by Roberto Brisotto lyrics by David Maria Turoldo Performed by Ensemble In Contrà conducted by Roberto Brisotto Live recording - 19.5.2018 52° National Choral Competition "Città di Vittorio Veneto" ...  moreMentre il silenzio for mixed choir (SABar) music by Roberto Brisotto lyrics by David Maria Turoldo Performed by Ensemble In Contrà conducted by Roberto Brisotto Live recording - 19.5.2018 52° National Choral Competition "Città di Vittorio Veneto" Pieve di Sant'Andrea (Vittorio Veneto) "Mentre il silenzio fasciava la terra e la notte era a metà del suo corso Tu sei disceso, o Verbo di Dio, in solitudine e più alto silenzio..." "While Silence embracing the earth and the night was half-way through, You descended, Word of God, in solitude and in the highest silence..."  less

Brethren wishes all of you a blessed Christmas Eve! In times like these, with so much uncertainty in the world, isn't it good to know that God sent His son as a tiny baby, so that we may rest in His love and peace. In that assurance, Brethren offers Ron H...  moreBrethren wishes all of you a blessed Christmas Eve! In times like these, with so much uncertainty in the world, isn't it good to know that God sent His son as a tiny baby, so that we may rest in His love and peace. In that assurance, Brethren offers Ron Huff's setting of "All Is Well"..."Born is our Lord and Savior! Sing Alleluia!"  

As part of our mission, the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir presents opportunities for singers from across the Greater Toronto Area to sing great Choral works together under the direction of some of Toronto’s talented conductors It has been well-report...

Erik Satie's Sarabande No. 1 is one of my favourite piano pieces. For a long time, I felt there was an a cappella Choral piece hiding within it, in plain sight. One day I got inspired and gave it a try. Creating a Choral adaptation of a piano piece ha...  moreErik Satie's Sarabande No. 1 is one of my favourite piano pieces. For a long time, I felt there was an a cappella Choral piece hiding within it, in plain sight. One day I got inspired and gave it a try. Creating a Choral adaptation of a piano piece has its challenges. I tried to keep faithful to Satie's original musical inspiration and created lyrics to go with my arrangement that evoke an early summer morning, one of my favourite times of the year. Several months later, I applied to be a participant at one of the Vancouver Chamber Choir's Interplay workshops funded by the SOCAN Foundation and to my delight I was accepted. "As dawn breaks" was one of the pieces that this amazing choir sight read for me on the spot. VCC director Jon Washburn and choir members then provided me with valuable feedback, for which I am very grateful. NB: One day I woke up to the realization that I had independently written four Choral works, each of which had evoked a different season, and so it seemed natural to group ...    less

Dr. Barlow Bradford conducts the University of Utah Choirs in his own rendition of O Come, All Ye Faithful at the Libby Gardner Concert hall for the 2012 Christmas Showcase.

  What is better than to celebrate with others? Singers and Choirs from all over the World, this event is for YOU! meeting music likes to offer the opportunity to discover a new dimension of celebrating Choral music, come to BUDAPEST fro...

Choral music is experiencing one of its most prosperous moments in history, thanks to the connections and new music being created. What happened at the ACDA convention is a faithful reflection of how exciting this world can be, and the energetic and artis...