• All Is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914 (concert, December 23rd, 6:00 p.m.)

    Added December 20, 2014 by Met Museum Presents - 772 views - 0 comments

    Hailed by Fanfare as "the premier men's vocal ensemble in the United States," Cantus presents the heartwarming true story of a truce held during World War I on Christmas night in 1914, exactly one hundred years ago. Using actual quotes and letters from soldiers, Cantus shares one of the greates... read more

  • Chris Rowbury

    Singing is for life, not just for Christmas

    Added December 17, 2014 by Chris Rowbury - 1562 views - 0 comments

    [A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   “Hark the herald angels sing”. A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols from King’s College, Cambridge. Slade’s “Merry Christmas everybody”. “White Christmas” on TV. Midnight... read more

  • Simone Dinnerstein for the Holidays (concert, December 20th, 7:00 p.m.)

    Added December 17, 2014 by Met Museum Presents - 807 views - 0 comments

    The acclaimed pianist returns to the Met for a festive holiday performance with a program including Poulenc's Suite française, Debussy's Suite bergamasque, Crumb's A Little Suite for Christmas, and Schubert's Sonata in B-flat major, D. 960.   Tickets to this event i... read more

  • Jeffrey Biegel

    The Twelve Days of Christmas arr. Biegel

    Added December 15, 2014 by Jeffrey Biegel - 918 views - 0 comments

    As a young chorister, I was entranced by Robert Shaw's arrangement of "The Twelve Days of Christmas". Twenty years later, I decided to take the plunge and compose my own arrangement for SATB divisi a cappella choir. I hope you enjoy this, and may consider it for your choral performances in 2015! This is available throu... read more

  • Jeffrey Biegel

    Christmas In a Minute Chopin/Biegel

    Added December 15, 2014 by Jeffrey Biegel - 823 views - 0 comments

    Piano music for choir? Why not! Written originally for solo vocalist, I turned this into an SATB choral tongue-twister--a cappella--and then added a piano part, which was further orchestrated for choirs performing with orchestra during the holiday season. If you know Chopin's "Minute Waltz", this is the very same set f... read more

  • Jeffrey Biegel

    Jeffrey Biegel's "The Elegy of Anne Boleyn" for SATB a cappella

    Added December 14, 2014 by Jeffrey Biegel - 1180 views - 0 comments

    One of my earliest a cappella compositions composed when I was 22, the haunting and melancholic "Elegy of Anne Boleyn" based on an anonymous poem I found in my local library in 1983, is now available at my website. I remember being very inspired by Debussy's 'Chansons' and music by Healey Wilan and Randall Thompson. I ... read more

  • Jeffrey Biegel

    Hanukah Fantasy by Jeffrey Biegel in Alaska!

    Added December 14, 2014 by Jeffrey Biegel - 948 views - 0 comments

    Thanks to Maestro Eduard Zilberkant, conducting the Fairbanks Symphony and Fairbanks Symphony Chorus, [directed by Emerson Eads] for this heartfelt performance of the "Hanukah Fantasy" from their holiday concert 2014! Thank you for embracing my music with sensitivity, energy and holiday spirit!... read more

  • Songs of the Season (concert, December 19th, 7:00 p.m.)

    Added December 11, 2014 by Met Museum Presents - 750 views - 0 comments

    The Choristers of the Cathedral Church of Saint John the DivineMalcolm Merriweather, Conductor   The renowned Choristers make their Met debut with a lively and seasonal program by Benjamin Britten, John Rutter, and Robert Sirota. With soloists Mellissa Hughes and Nadia Sirota.   Tickets to this event... read more

  • Vivaldi's Four Seasons (concert, December 18th, 7:00 p.m.)

    Added December 11, 2014 by Met Museum Presents - 724 views - 0 comments

    Bringing together talented musicians from all over the world, this conductor-less string orchestra performs Vivaldi's Four Seasons with renowned violinist Cho-Liang Lin joining as soloist. Tickets to this event include Museum admission.   Met Museum Presents The Metropolitan Museum of Art 1000 Fif... read more

  • Quartet for the Festive Time (concert December 17, 7:00 p.m.)

    Added December 10, 2014 by Met Museum Presents - 685 views - 0 comments

    Attacca celebrates the holidays with a program that features Christmas carols by Francis Poulenc (arranged by Attacca) and quartets by Mozart and Dvořák.    Poulenc: Christmas Carol Selections (arranged by Attacca) Dvořák: String Quartet No. 12 in F major, Op. 96, "American"Mozart: S... read more