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(IE) Cork International Choral Festival (1-5 May 2013)
Location: Cork IE
“Whether you're a choir in San Francisco, a choir in Stockholm, in St Petersburg, Singapore or somewhere else... celebrate a year of connections by joining the Festival Gathering.
Cork International Choral Festival is one of Europe's premier choral festivals and annually attracts some 20,000 visitors and 5,000 singers. From 1 - 5 May 2013 Cork will once again welcome choirs from across the world for a programme of gala and fringe concerts, national and international competition, and world-class performances. …
(UK) Cambridge University Press New Release: "The Cambridge Companion to Choral Music" (Edited by André de Quadros)
(From a recent Cambridge University Press news release)
“The volume sets out a historical survey of the genre and follows with a kaleidoscopic bird's eye view of choral music from all over the world. Chapters vividly portray the emergence and growth of choral music from its Quranic antecedents in West and Central Asia to the baroque churches of Latin America, representing its global diversity. …
(UK) Wigmore Hall Concert:: The Brook Street Band; Nicki Kennedy soprano; Louis De Bernières reader (7 Dec 2012)
Louis De Bernières' Mr Handel
Location: Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore Street, London UK W1U 2BP
Programme
“Highlights of The Brook Street Band’s programme include Handel’s sparkling motet Coelestis dum spirat aura HWV231, his Sinfonia in Bb HWV339 and the trio sonata from Bach’s Musical Offering BVW1079. …
(CA) Spiritus Ensemble (Kenneth Hull, conductor) Concert: Bach Vespers for Advent (25 Nov 2012)
Location: St John the Evangelist Anglican Church, Duke and Water Streets, Kitchener Ontario, CA
“This year’s Advent Bach Vespers features two masterworks by JS Bach. Cantata 147, ‘Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben’ concludes with the famous and well-loved chorale setting that we know in English as ‘Jesu, joy of man’s desiring’. The motet is Bach’s double choir work, ‘Komm, Jesu, komm.’”
(BE) AMUZ Concert Listings (Nov-Dec 2012)
(From a recent AMUZ newsletter)
Location: Kammenstraat 81 - 2000 Antwerpen BE
The most recent AMUZ newsletter informs us of the busy schedule ahead for the rest of the months of November and December. Below you will find the dates of performances. …
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