I posted some of these before, but there are now more organizations doing this.
Coronavirus quarantine: the best live-streamed classical music concerts available... - Classic FM
https://www.classicfm.com/music-news/live-streamed-classical-music-concerts-coronavirus/
Henry Purcell - Hear My Prayer, O Lord
VOCES8
William Harris - Bring Us, O Lord God
VOCES8
Besides the Metropolitan Opera, a few other #cosoclassical organizations are making their online streaming available for free!
Berlin Philharmonic
https://www.digitalconcerthall.com/en/home
Vienna State Opera
https://www.staatsoperlive.com/
(Click on Free, then create an account)
https://www.culturall.com/ticket/ists/performance_schedule.mc?language=2
Netherlands Bach Society - All of Bach
https://www.bachvereniging.nl/en/allofbach
It's not often something people forward me makes me _literally_ LOL, but this did it.
My choir is performing this in a few days on a concert that will benefit the homeless living in the inner city.
It was first written for the victims of the 2004 Tsunami in Indonesia, originally a vocal duet and now a popular choral arrangement.
Its beauty is in its simplicity and pure emotion.
Requiem - Eliza Gilkyson, arr. Craig Hella Johnson
Conspirare
https://youtu.be/EnuHRUUEhhA
Thinking about all of our friends in Italy right now. I know of no better piece of music to pay tribute; their "unofficial" national anthem.
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Verdi - Nabucco - Và Pensiero (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves)
https://invidio.us/watch?v=6982BsQS_6Q&iv_load_policy=1
If you are not familiar with the choral music of Elaine Hagenburg, you owe it to yourself to listen. I just helped out at a choral festival where this absolutely stunning work was performed.
"Music of Stillness" by Elaine Hagenberg
Poem by Sara Teasdale
Performed by Oxford Singers
Conducted by Bob Chilcott
Enjoy this moment of pure beauty from Handel's first oratorio.
George Friedrich Handel - "Tu del Ciel ministro eletto" (You, elected minister of Heaven)
from Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno (The Triumph of Time and of Dissolution)
Julia Lezhneva, Dmitry Sinkovsky
Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini
Another concert today. This is a beautiful acoustic for a chamber choir, a pleasure to sing in.
#cosomusic
#cosoclassical
I don't know how I missed this. Peter Serkin passed a few days ago.
#cosomusic
#cosoclassical
From NPR News
Remembering Peter Serkin, The Searching Pianist https://www.npr.org/sections/deceptivecadence/2020/02/03/802265527/remembering-peter-serkin-the-searching-pianist?sc=18&f=1001
Concert night. Come to me, my pretty.
I may just be accompanying student orchestras for this one, but any opportunity to play this magnificent instrument is worth it.
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Here is something very unique for both Jazz and Opera fans. If you every studied from the 24 Italian Art Songs book, you will know these songs.
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"When opera star Joyce DiDonato told us she wanted to sing centuries-old Italian love songs at the Tiny Desk we weren't surprised. But when she said she was bringing a jazz band to back her up, we did a double take."
https://www.npr.org/2020/01/15/795977663/joyce-didonato-tiny-desk-concert
More of Prokofiev's epic depictions of war. Please read the video description for an excellent outline.
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Sergei Prokofiev - Piano Sonata No. 6
Sviatoslav Richter (who originally premiered the piece in 1940)
Prokofiev really understood how to capture the essence of conflict and war in music. Exhibit A:
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Sergei Prokofiev - Romeo and Juliet Suite: Montagues and Capulets
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Riccardo Muti
I Wonder as I Wander - arr. S. Pilkington
Williamson Voices of Westminster Choir College
James Jordan, conductor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aw_bNM2InDw
Pilkington is a former WCC faculty member. His arrangement is less well-known than John Rutter's, but equally beautiful.
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