Conductor Nicholas McGegan has been programming evenings of Baroque music for years at the Aspen Music Festival, usually with an idea toward juxtaposing various composers from the era. This year’s ...

Christians have to look beyond the typical Christmas carol lineup for music that captures the deeper themes of the Magnificat. Without question, the most popular contemporary Christian song about the ...

Completing 19 years of presenting early music concerts to the Calgary public, Early Music Voices’ season-ending concert featured J.S. Bach’s Magnificat. On hand for the event at Christ Church in Elbow ...

For the 17th century music lover visiting or living in Italy, courts and cathedrals were all very well. But the most famously resplendent music-making of the era took place within the convent. Behind ...

Every artist needs a portfolio - especially one who's hoping to move into the job market - and it was just 400 years ago that the composer Claudio Monteverdi came out with one for the record books.

Perhaps a psychologist could help here: I find I (almost) dislike this music for (almost) liking it too much. It is melodious, rhythmical, colourful, responsive; above all, it is expert in the ...

Magnificat The Musical is bound for a new staging with TV-film director Laurice Guillen taking the directors chair. Presented by Lyric Opera of the Philippines (LyrOpera), Magnificat features the ...

Magnificat, a British a cappella vocal group founded in 1991, gave a splendid noontime performance at the Church of the Epiphany downtown Tuesday, the pews and rafters vibrating sympathetically to the ...

The human impulse to skip to good stuff helps explain why composers through the centuries have been drawn to Song of Songs, that portion of the Bible which lingers on pomegranates and lips. Also known ...