Irish schoolgirl Kaylee Rogers’ powerful rendition of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” has become a sensation worldwide. The performance from 2016 was a huge accomplishment for Kaylee, who at the time was ...
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Choirs from the U.S. and abroad joined series presenting sacred masterworks by Palestrina in their intended setting — the Holy Mass. The series commemorates the 500th anniversary of the birth of ...
There was a specific energy to Jeff Buckley‘s shows, almost like stumbling upon a lively pub in the middle of the night’s events, beckoned by a livelihood that sweeps you up in a cacophony of warmth ...
Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” gets a luminous, Pentatonix-style arrangement from the U.S. Air Force Band’s Singing Sergeants, a crowd favorite from summer tours to the White House. Their layered ...
COMMENTARY: On tour in the U.S., the Vatican choir revives Palestrina’s legacy with sacred music praised by popes and saints. Cardinal Domenico Bartolucci and Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, with a ...
Palestrina’s epoch-defining Mass has been the stuff of legends over the past five centuries. Fabrice Fitch assesses a range of approaches to its recorded performance How fitting that work on this ...
Leonard Cohen was a famous Canadian singer, songwriter, and poet born in 1934 in Montreal. He loved writing from a young age and started with poetry before becoming a musician. His songs are known for ...
Donald Macleod investigates the life of a Renaissance genius, Giovanni da Palestrina Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c.1525-1594) was one of the most influential composers in European classical ...
Plus, Leanna Crawford's "Still Waters (Psalm 23)" becomes her first No. 1 on Christian Airplay. By Jim Asker Brandon Lake dominates Billboard’s Hot Christian Songs chart for a 20th week, on the list ...
To mark Palestrina’s half-millennium, Edward Breen chats with members of Stile Antico, an ensemble championing his works which itself is celebrating its 20th anniversary Palestrina was a carpet seller ...