William Fritz’s enthusiasm is infectious. His eyes light up when he talks about, well, everything really, but especially sacred music and his time at the Composition Institute with renowned composer ...
A program of Renaissance sacred music is featured this week on Continuum. A few of the composers that you will hear from are Josquin des Prez, Clement Janequin, Thomas Tallis, Gesualdo, and Cipriano ...
Jeffrey Tucker thought he had heard it all in the world of music. Then he attended a chanted Mass. Unlike the secular music he was used to, the simple chant he heard raised his mind and heart to God.
Once upon a time, you could only hear choirs singing angelic music with no instruments in churches. It was only relatively recently that groups like The Tallis Scholars started bringing this music ...
Some may find sacred music composer Giovanni Pierluigi de Palestrina’s work challenging to sing but the Midwest Motet Society is up to the challenge. The Flossmoor-based chamber choir presents “Rome ...