This one is VERY complex, and highly evocative. Would love to sing it sometime.

Signs of the Judgement - arr. Mark Butler
Oakwood University Aeolians
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5upB6Htsnbs

#cosomusic
#cosoclassical
#cosochoral

Way Over in Beulah Land - arr. Stacey V. Gibbs
Winston-Salem University Signing Rams
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cifK5i9S3HA

#cosomusic
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Another one of Moses Hogan's best:

Joshua Fit De Battle of Jericho - arr. Moses Hogan
The Moses Hogan Singers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04CNNyr95Xs

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#cosoclassical
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Recording quality isn't the best here, but the interpretation is authoritative.

Elijah Rock - art. Moses Hogan
Moses Hogan Chorale
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLR31UyuFP0

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I've loved this one since I first sang it in high school. This performance gets it so right, and WOW that soloist!

Ain't Got Time To Die - arr. Hall Johnson
Rev. Ernest Davis, Jr. & the Wilmington Chester Mass Choir
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7DUFXzIaeI

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#cosoclassical
#cosochoral

Your introduction to Spirituals should begin with this entire album, by the incredible St. Olaf Choir.

The Spirituals of William L. Dawson
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5YmHgPI2pAUcGIGzmEL_0BKYjr98_lJ6

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#cosoclassical (because I absolutely consider this genre American art music)
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This is an important read, #cosomusic.

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Why Is American Classical Music So White?

Antonin Dvorak predicted that American classical music would draw from African American traditions. A new article wonders why American classical music has remained so white.

https://www.npr.org/sections/deceptivecadence/2019/09/20/762514169/why-is-american-classical-music-so-white

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Close your eyes and let this one wash over you.

Robert Pearsall - Lay a Garland
VOCES8

https://youtu.be/NXhAkYHeIPY

#cosomusic
#cosoclassical
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'A' game is required for choir practice tonight.
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#cosoclassical
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Chopin: Ballade No.1 In G Minor, Op.23
Maurizio Pollini
https://youtu.be/06-puNWFuMQ

#cosomusic
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Have some delicious dissonance with your Renaissance polyphony.

Henry Purcell - Hear My Prayer, O Lord
The Sixteen - Harry Christophers, cnd.
https://youtu.be/o8E0dt0soWc

#cosomusic
#cosoclassical
#cosochoral

@knort
Hey there, fellow #cosoclassical musician! There are a few of us here. Welcome!

A friend and coworker lost her husband yesterday.

This is for both of them. Hold and cherish those you love close. Life is precious.

Tavener: Song for Athene
King's College Choir, Cambridge
Stephen Cleobury, cnd.
https://youtu.be/2ma_Ouv74_8

#cosomusic
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#cosochoral

Time for some beautifully-performed Renaissance polyphony up in this joint.

Francisco Guerrero - Trahe me post the
Stile Antico

https://youtu.be/8Bm8tqiKnD0

#cosomusic
#cosoclassical