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Free Bach@Noon Concerts to Return to Point Loma This Fall
by BWW News Desk - Oct 18, 2017

Bach Collegium San Diego, the city's acclaimed early music and Baroque performance ensemble, has announced the return of its popular free Bach@Noon concerts for the 15th anniversary season.

Announcing Lincoln Center's White Light Festival 2017
by BWW News Desk - Oct 18, 2017

Ehrenkranz Artistic Director Jane Moss today announced Lincoln Center's 2017 White Light Festival, which runs from October 18 through November 15. With more than 35 events presented in 13 venues throughout the city, including U.S. and New York premieres and nine commissions, the eighth annual international festival will explore transcendence, interior illumination, and faith in the human spirit, as exhibited through artistic expression across continents and centuries. The multidisciplinary festival takes its name from a quotation by Estonian composer Arvo Part: "Icouldcomparemymusic to white light, which contains all colors. Only a prism can divide the colors and make them appear; this prism could be the spirit of the listener."

Great Music Returns to St. Bart's for the 2017-18 Season
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 17, 2017

Great Music at St. Bart's, the concert series produced by the Mid-Manhattan Performing Arts Foundation (MMPAF), for the past seven years has presented music in St. Bartholomew's Church, a parish of the Episcopal Diocese of New York located in the heart of midtown Manhattan. The magnificent 1918 Romanesque-style church features a portal designed by Stanford White and a grand Byzantine-style interior and two of New York's unlikely but outstanding concert spaces: the 150-seat chapel, an intimate and acoustically brilliant space that is perfectly suited for contemporary chamber music, and the majestic 1,000-seat sanctuary outfitted with comfortable chairs enabling flexible seating whose Aeolian-Skinner pipe organ is the largest in New York City and one of the finest examples of the American Classic Organ in the U.S.

Free Bach@Noon Concerts to Return to Point Loma This Fall
by BWW News Desk - Sep 25, 2017

Bach Collegium San Diego, the city's acclaimed early music and Baroque performance ensemble, has announced the return of its popular free Bach@Noon concerts for the 15th anniversary season.

Announcing Lincoln Center's White Light Festival 2017
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 20, 2017

Ehrenkranz Artistic Director Jane Moss today announced Lincoln Center's 2017 White Light Festival, which runs from October 18 through November 15. With more than 35 events presented in 13 venues throughout the city, including U.S. and New York premieres and nine commissions, the eighth annual international festival will explore transcendence, interior illumination, and faith in the human spirit, as exhibited through artistic expression across continents and centuries. The multidisciplinary festival takes its name from a quotation by Estonian composer Arvo Part: "Icouldcomparemymusic to white light, which contains all colors. Only a prism can divide the colors and make them appear; this prism could be the spirit of the listener."

Birmingham Bach Choir Present Good Friday Performance of Handel's MESSIAH at Wolverhampton Grand Theatre
by BWW News Desk - Apr 7, 2017

Birmingham Bach Choir is one of the UK's leading large chamber choirs and together with their orchestra and soloists, Paul Spicer conducts a full Good Friday performance of Handel's beautiful masterpiece MESSIAH at Wolverhampton Grand Theatre on Friday 14 April.

UKARIA Cultural Centre Presents SOME FAVOURITE THINGS
by Robert Diamond - Nov 10, 2016

In Some Favourite Things at Ukaria (formerly Ngeringi) distinguished mezzo soprano Elizabeth Campbell, accompanied by celebrated pianist David Barnard, will give the first in a series of  recitals.

John Zorn on St. Bart's Organ and More Set for Great Music at St. Bart's 2016-17 Season
by BWW News Desk - Oct 21, 2016

?Great Music at St. Bart's, the concert series produced by the Mid-Manhattan Performing Arts Foundation (MMPAF), for the past six years has presented music in St. Bartholomew's Church, a parish of the Episcopal Diocese of New York located in the heart of midtown Manhattan. 

Dessoff Choir Kicks Off 92nd Season With Malcolm J. Merriweather As New Musical Director
by Molly Tracy - Oct 11, 2016

Hailed as 'one of the great amateur choruses of our time (New York Today) for its 'full-bodied sound and suppleness (The New York Times),' The Dessoff Choirs, with soloists and orchestra, opens its 92nd season at Alice Tully Hall. For one night only, Dessoff presents We Remember including Mozart's Requiem and contemporary choral works reflecting on the lives of President John F. Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and paying tribute to composer Steven Stucky, a champion of new music.

Dessoff Choirs Opens 92nd Season at Alice Tully Hall
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 10, 2016

Hailed as "one of the great amateur choruses of our time (New York Today) for its "full-bodied sound and suppleness (The New York Times)," The Dessoff Choirs, with soloists and orchestra, opens its 92nd season at Alice Tully Hall. For one night only, Dessoff presents We Remember including Mozart's Requiem and contemporary choral works reflecting on the lives of President John F. Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and paying tribute to composer Steven Stucky, a champion of new music.

Christ Church North Adelaide Presents Shirley Gale 15/10
by Ashlee Latimer - Oct 10, 2016

A great treat for lovers of pipe organ music will be the recital given by renowned organist and teacher, Shirley Gale, at Christ Church, North Adelaide at 5pm on Saturday 15 October when Shirley will play a selection of some of her favourite works.

Shirley Gale Gives Concert at Christ Church, North Adelaide
by Liz Cearns - Sep 27, 2016

A great treat for lovers of pipe organ music will be the recital given by renowned organist and teacher, Shirley Gale, at Christ Church, North Adelaide at 5pm on Saturday 15 October when Shirley will play a selection of some of her favourite works.

John Zorn on St. Bart's Organ and More Set for Great Music at St. Bart's 2016-17 Season
by BWW News Desk - Sep 16, 2016

?Great Music at St. Bart's, the concert series produced by the Mid-Manhattan Performing Arts Foundation (MMPAF), for the past six years has presented music in St. Bartholomew's Church, a parish of the Episcopal Diocese of New York located in the heart of midtown Manhattan. 

GREAT MUSIC AT ST. BART'S 2016-17 Season Premieres
by Liz Cearns - Sep 16, 2016

Great Music at St. Bart's, the concert series produced by the Mid-Manhattan Performing Arts Foundation (MMPAF), for the past six years has presented music in St. Bartholomew's Church, a parish of the Episcopal Diocese of New York located in the heart of midtown Manhattan.  The magnificent 1918 Romanesque-style church features a portal designed by Stanford White and a grand Byzantine-style interior - and two of New York's unlikely but outstanding concert spaces:  the 150-seat chapel, an intimate and acoustically brilliant space that is perfectly suited for contemporary chamber music, and the majestic 1,000-seat sanctuary - outfitted with comfortable chairs enabling flexible seating - whose Aeolian-Skinner pipe organ is the largest in New York City and one of the finest examples of the American Classic Organ in the U.S.

2016 Season of Popular Concerts at Kent Town Continues 8/17
by Ashlee Latimer - Aug 14, 2016

On 17 August the Concert at Kent Town 2016  series presents two musicians who play very different instruments. Hannah Lewis, Flautist, performs a program of lilting, wafting, silvery sounds that reminds us that Spring isn't far away. University of Adelaide Associate Professor Gregory Crawford, Senior Consultant in Palliative Medicine and Director of Research and Education, reveals his other passion - playing pipe organ music.

The Finborough Theatre to Present VALLEY OF SONG Starting January 12
by Robert Diamond - Jan 12, 2014

The Finborough Theatre's acclaimed Celebrating British Music Theatre series returns with Ivor Novello's very last musical, Valley of Song, playing a a two week run from Sunday, 12 January 2014. (Press Night: Tuesday, 14 January 2014 at 7.30pm).

Cast Announced for Finborough's VALLEY OF SONG, Running Jan 5-25
by BWW News Desk - Dec 17, 2013

The Finborough Theatre's acclaimed Celebrating British Music Theatre series returns with Ivor Novello's very last musical, Valley of Song, playing a week of Sunday and Monday evening and Tuesday matinee performances from Sunday, 5 January 2014 (Press Night: Monday, 6 January 2014 at 7.30pm), followed by a two week run from Sunday, 12 January 2014.

Riverside Church to Celebrate All Saints, 11/3
by Tyler Peterson - Oct 24, 2013

Sacred music and text will fill the soaring halls of The Riverside Church as it celebrates and honors all Saints, known and unknown, during its All Saints' service on Sunday, November 3 at 5:00 p.m. in the Church's Nave, 91 Claremont Ave. (bet. 120th & 122nd Sts.), Morningside Heights.

Sidney Outlaw to Sing at Riverside Church, 10/27; All Saints Service Set for 11/3
by BWW News Desk - Oct 22, 2013

Kicking off the start of its acclaimed Christ Chapel Chamber Series for the 2013-2014 music calendar, The Riverside Church will showcase the talents of Sidney Outlaw (baritone) for a concert of music on Sunday, October 27, at 3:00 p.m. in the Church's Christ Chapel, 490 Riverside Drive (bet. 120 & 122nd Sts.), Morningside Heights.

Graham Bell and Adelaide Harmony Choir Continue 'Concerts at Kent Town' Series Today
by BWW News Desk - Aug 21, 2013

Concerts at Kent Town's Winter and Spring Series 2013 continues at 2pm today 21 August 2013, with Graham Bell, Organist Wesley Church Kent Town and the Adelaide Harmony Choir conducted by Rosemary Nairn, OAM at Wesley Church Kent Town, Cnr. Fullarton Road and Grenfell Street, Kent Town. Tickets at Door $8 includes Afternoon Tea.