I’m really glad we’re recording A Dream of Time.  Composed specifically for The Choir, this piece was the result of a commission to honor Greg Funfgeld on his twenty-fifth anniversary as Artistic Director and Conductor.  We’ve sung it three times now:  the first and second for the 2009 Bach Festival, and once at Bach at… Continue Reading »

Some music earns its place in the hearts and minds of listeners by calm, gentle persuasion;  some by fidelity to the text set within.  Some music haunts us by creating a sonic world that evokes places beyond our imagination.  Some music simply grabs us by the lapels and doesn’t let go until the last sound… Continue Reading »

About two-thirds of the way through Benjamin Britten’s setting of Christopher Smart’s poem Jubilate Agno, in his cantata, Rejoice in the Lamb, the suspicions of an attentive listener are confirmed.  Smart writes, “For I am under the same accusation with my Savior– For they said, he is besides himself.”  The Anglican priest who commissioned the… Continue Reading »

[slideshow] Thanks to everyone who attended today’s Bach at Noon.  We had another full audience, and were treated to an exceptionally wonderful performance of the Beethoven Cello Sonata by Greg Funfgeld and Loretta O’Sullivan.  Everyone I spoke with on the way out was very impressed with the sonata, and with the playing of our Principal… Continue Reading »

When Greg Funfgeld shared his ambitions for the 2011 Spring Concert with the Board of Managers late last spring, my ears perked up.  Each of the pieces on the program is, in and of itself, a musical occasion, and, combined, should make for a stunning afternoon of sonic delights.  The executives at our recording label,… Continue Reading »