#contemporary choral

[ritmodj-com]

(Ritmodj.com)This song is a Christmas duet full of energy, joy and a touch of spirituality, blending classic Christmas rhythms with vibrant group harmonies. It begins with a soft and melodious a cappella solo voice that evokes the calm and miracle of the birth in Bethlehem. The atmosphere transforms with a choral burst of “Merry Christmas” shouts, giving way to a lively rhythm that celebrates togetherness and the Christmas spirit.The lyrics tell the story of Jesus' birth in the Bethlehem portal, highlighting the arrival of shepherds, kings and families to worship him. The choir, with high and festive voices, invites everyone to join in a night of hope and love. A dynamic bridge links the voices of the singers, as the song culminates in a burst of joy that reflects the universality of the message of peace and happiness.Ideal for holiday celebrations, “Merry Christmas at the Manger” combines tradition and modernity, creating an unforgettable musical experience for all ages. 🎶✨

[queerprayers]

Johanna's essential holy week albums <3

The Prince of Egypt soundtrack (obviously)

Lent / Liturgical Folk

The Gregorian Lent and Easter / Pro Cantione Antiqua

Golgotha / Poor Bishop Hooper

Dear Wormwood / The Oh Hellos (especially "Caesar")

Music Inspired By The Story / compilation

Lent at Ephesus & Tenebrae at Ephesus / Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles

Music of the Passion of Jesus Christ / The London Fox Players

St. Matthew Passion / J.S. Bach (lyrics & translation here)

Jesus Christ Superstar soundtrack (flawed but beloved; all the casts have their pros and cons so I'll leave it up to you.)

This isn't an album but my favorite hymn is "Beneath the Cross of Jesus" and I had to mention it

addition: Good Friday Eastern Sacred Songs / Fairuz (thank you marymagdalenestan my favorite instagram user)

edit: forgot to add! put yours in the tags/reblogs/replies! no judgement just more music in the world!

[mikrokosmos]

Eric Whitacre

( 2 January - )

Happy Birthday, Eric!

[lesbianboyfriend]

would love to start vocal lessons again. think that might heal something in me. but the money.

[rmichaelwahlquist]

Tomorrow (Monday) July 10th. Livestream at this link: https://www.byui.edu/music/events/watch-live

[icepixie]

I'm not ugly crying about some animated birds, you are. (Seriously, watch this, it's fantastic. And sad. But beautiful.)

"The Lost Birds is a soaring elegy for the loss of bird species due to human activity. Composed and conducted by Christopher Tin and featuring Voces8 and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Tin’s new requiem is a celebration of birds—as symbols of beauty, hope, peace, and renewal—but it also mourns their absence."

Playlist for the entire album More info

[shoesofthefishermanswife]

i would've done the fach system so much better actually (<- has never seriously studied classical/operatic voice)

[kareenvorbarra]

there has got to be SOMEONE in this town who wants to sing early music with me and isn’t completely out of my league

[mrbacf]

Duruflé, Maurice (1960): 4 motets sur des thèmes grégoriens, op. 10 — sc...

[nonesuchrecords]

John Adams' opera Girls of the Golden West will be released April 26 on Nonesuch. The composer leads the LA Phil in this recording made in Disney Hall, with the Los Angeles Master Chorale led by Grant Gershon. You can hear an aria featuring Davóne Tines and Julia Bullock now and pre-order the album here.

For the opera, which tells the story of the California Gold Rush, longtime Adams collaborator Peter Sellars drew from original sources from the era—letters, journals, newspaper articles, and familiar song lyrics—to create the libretto. The cast also includes Paul Appleby, Hye Jung Lee, Elliot Madore, Daniela Mack, and Ryan McKinny.

[adriannamateo]

Friends, I'm making my West Coast solo debut tonight! I've been practicing 42 virtuosic pages for tonight's staged choral opera premiere. I didn't know the San Francisco Girls Chorus previously, but I'm so glad they reached out. Not only did they win 5 (!!) GRAMMY awards, but they also have an incredible record of premiering works with artists like the Kronos Quartet and the Philip Glass Ensemble. I'm spending this weekend - including my birthday on Sunday! - - as the solo violinist in Matthew Welch's beautiful Filipino-American work featuring a young female writer protagonist in a 1920's strike camp. It's a thrilling West Coast solo debut on several levels!!

🎻 We have 4 shows between June 16 (tonight) and Sunday June 18. If you have Bay Area friends, please feel free to share the event! (Rumor is I might be whipping out another instrument mid-show.) Scroll for details.

🔊 I was featured by SFGC for their Postcard series, which you can read here.

Sidebar: Hank Dutt from the Kronos Quartet shared some of his thoughts on music from the past few years, career longevity, and more over coffee at Peet's between his and my rehearsals. There were lots of sage head nods and puckish giggles.

Details below. OMG I totally need to steam my concert dress now lol 😂 Wish me luck, friends! 💜

Yours always, Adrianna

EVENT DETAILS: San Francisco Girls Chorus Valérie Sainte-Agathe, Artistic Director & Conductor

WITH SPECIAL GUESTS: Sean San José, stage director Florante Aguilar, guitar Haruka Fujii, percussion Adrianna Mateo, solo violin

PROGRAM Matthew Welch: Tomorrow’s Memories: A Little Manila Diary (world premiere SFGC commission) A collaborative project three years in the making, this semi-staged work, featuring SFGC's award-winning Premier Ensemble, is based on the 1924-1928 diary writings of Filipina immigrant Angeles Monrayo and highlights the importance of the Filipino diaspora’s cultural impact throughout the United States, particularly in the Bay Area.

DATES June 16, 7:30pm June 17th, 3:00pm and 7:30pm June 18th, 3:00 pm *Birthday Show!*

LOCATION The Magic Theatre, Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture Landmark Building D, 2 Marina Blvd San Francisco, CA

[thedreadvampy]

Music recs please!!!

Due to the Apple Music Apocalypse earlier this year I lost all my playlists, and my festive playlist was due a refresh anyway, so I'm reaching out to you, beautiful friends, to suggest Seasonal Music.

Guidelines:

Overall vibe

I'm looking for a contemporary (ie largely post-70s unless it's a really good one) festive playlist that does not feel like being trapped on a retail floor. Ideally it would include varied takes on the season, whether that's atheist Christmases, non-holiday winter vibes, non-anglo takes, cynical exhaustion with Christmas, New Year/Hogmanay, etc.

The vibe is mellow, perhaps melancholy in places, and with a focus on winter and what it means/feels like rather than Christmas specifically.

Themes (any or several of...)

Wintery imagery (not necessarily holiday-themed - could be a cold clear night, snow/ice, sharp wind, darkness, bare trees, stars, all that good stuff)

Hope/warmth/togetherness type festive feeling

Looking for warmth/light in the dark/cold (successfully or unsuccessfully)

Historic events from December/January

Oh god Christmas is happening batten down the hatches

It can be Christian but the Christianity it should evoke is old world churches, chorales, incense and the creeping shadow of myrrh-scented death, not like. YAY IT'S OUR BOY JESUS WHAT A LAD. I'm a Quaker but to count as a Seasonal Vibe this shit needs to get High Church.

And yeah ok like general holiday type themes are also good

Genres

Basically anything, although in the interests of not sounding too Retail Water Torture and being an alternative playlist I would steer away from jazz, country and choral music. I generally am into:

New wave and dance pop

Electronic, trance and industrial

Punk (including but not limited to pop punk)

Rap (particularly prog/experimental hiphop, and grime)

Metal (primarily numetal and tech metal)

The heavier end of Weird Alternative Bands

Things that have a driving beat or strong momentum

Not...

Alternative covers of Christmas standards by pop punk/metal/pop/whatever acts. There are a billion of them, I do not want them for this playlist.

Heavy/updated versions of Christmas carols or hymns (the exception is that I wouldn't mind finding a good punk cover of Auld Lang Syne, and I don't mind the more obscure/church-only carols like Angels From the Realms of Glory or the Coventry Carol. Also I have already put Christopher Lee's entire Christmas discography on there.)

'I got dumped on Christmas' pop punk songs. I have recently realised how many of these there are and buddy you're not the Ramones.

Anything mawkishly American (and I swear to Christ if it makes me have even a passing thought of Christmas Shoes I will fling myself off a building what is WRONG with American Christmas it's so gross)

Focused specifically on the trappings of Christmas itself (trees, presents, food, stockings, Santa) unless it has something else to say

Super chipper/upbeat or, on the flip side, pointlessly cynical

For the most part, airy/folksy acoustic stuff does very little for me, but it's not a hard line

Any suggestions gratefully received ❤️

[artemlegere]

Corinne at Cape Misene

Artist: Francois Gerard (French, 1770–1837)

Date: c. 1819-1821

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon, France

Corinna

Corinna or Korinna was an ancient Greek lyric poet from Tanagra in Boeotia. Although ancient sources portray her as a contemporary of Pindar (born c. 518 BC), not all modern scholars accept the accuracy of this tradition. When she lived has been the subject of much debate since the early twentieth century, proposed dates ranging from the beginning of the fifth century to the late third century BC.

Corinna was from Tanagra in Boeotia. The Suda, a tenth-century encyclopedia, records that she was the daughter of Acheloodorus and Procratia, and was nicknamed Myia (Μυῖα, "the fly"). According to ancient tradition, she lived during the fifth century BC. She was supposed to have been a contemporary of Pindar, either having taught him, or been a fellow-pupil of Myrtis of Anthedon with him. Corinna was said to have competed with Pindar, defeating him in at least one poetry competition, though some sources claim five.

Corinna, like Pindar, wrote choral lyric poetry – as demonstrated by her invocation of Terpsichore, the Muse of dance and chorus, in one of her fragments. According to the Suda, she wrote five books of poetry. Her works were collected in a Boeotian edition in the late third or early second century BC, and later Hellenistic and Roman texts of Corinna derived from this.This Boeotian edition was produced in a scholarly format, with titles for the poems; it may have also included accent marks and hypotheses, but is unlikely to have included line numbers.

[sapphosremains]

about

hi! i’m grace. i’m anglocatholic, progressive, side a, and i love theology. choral scholar, flautist, organist. wannabe priest and/or academic! autistic. she/her

messages, prayer requests, and questions in my asks are very welcome!

research interests and areas: biblical rape narratives, women and gender in the bible, christology, marian theology, trauma theology, female bodies in the bible, material culture and religion

published work (contact me for access, anonymised pdfs not links will be sent for privacy except where necessary for citation):

Caution in Reformation: Re-examining Article XXII through its Contemporaries (2024)

private work: full titles cannot be given publicly as work in this category will be plagiarism checked and submitted for qualifications, but if you’re interested in the summarised work here, contact for more information and access.

Use of women as narrative tools and scapegoats of the Girardian mechanism in Num. 25 (2024)

currently reading: The Absence of God in Biblical Rape Narratives, Leah Schulte

goodreads here but be aware i only started it today so um its empty i promise i read but yk

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