November 18, 2007
Posted by Li Robbins on November 18, 2007 at 07:00 AM
Today on Choral Concert, the Saint Cecelia celebration with the Bavarian Radio Chorus, and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra performing Gounod's Messe Solenelle de Sainte Cecile.
St. Cecilia Triva Note: Technically St. Cecilia's day is November 22nd (that's Thursday, but a weekly radio show must do what a weekly radio show must do). And of course, being the Patron Saint of Music, she inspired any number of other compositions too -- including Purcell's Hail, Bright Cecilia and Handel's Ode on St. Cecilia Day.
November 04, 2007
Posted by on November 4, 2007 at 07:00 AM
Choral Concert Note: In honour of Holocaust Memorial week:
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October 21, 2007
Posted by on October 21, 2007 at 07:00 AM
The Choral Concert team went into raptures over today's performance -- The Elora Festival Singers performing the work of Estonian composer Arvo Part. This is what they say: "It's very close to Paradise."
Paradise! One needs say no more.
October 14, 2007
Posted by on October 14, 2007 at 07:00 AM
Choral Music News Flash: Choral Concert broadcasts highlights from the top choral competition Let The Peoples Sing this morning -- and on Sunday Afternoon In Concert (1-5pm today) you can hear the finals -- including two Canadian choirs live in competition.
October 07, 2007
Posted by on October 7, 2007 at 07:00 AM
Happy Thanksgiving Sunday! Whether or not you celebrate it in any sort of traditional manner, involving feasts and/or family, you can celebrate it this morning musically, if you like, as Choral Concert marks the day with a special program of Hymns and Anthems for Thanksgiving, plus Mendelssohn's Cantata Symphony No. 2 (Song of Praise), performed by Chorus Musicus and Da Neue Orchester under the direction of Christoph Spering.
September 30, 2007
Posted by on September 30, 2007 at 07:00 AM
Have the urge to belt out Land Of Hope And Glory? No? Well, bet it'd be pretty hard to resist if you were at the Proms, as it serves as an unofficial closing anthem. And today Choral Concert wraps up its summer-long series of concerts from festivals with highlights from this year’s BBC Proms, including the wildly popular (and often just wild!) Last Night Of The Proms.
All those who answered "yes," here's your warm up:
Land of hope and glory,
Mother of the free,
How shall we extol thee,
Who are born of thee?
Louder! Louder!
September 23, 2007
Posted by on September 23, 2007 at 08:00 AM
Christmas came a little early in Elora, Ontario this year, when the famous Nine Lessons And Carols For Christmas from King’s College Chapel, Cambridge, was performed at the Elora Festival. The adaptation included two newly-commissioned works by Tim Corlis and John Burge.
You can hear it this Sunday on Choral Concert, with Narrators Christopher Newton and Jennifer Phipps, organist Michael Bloss and the Elora Festival Singers, under the direction of Noel Edison.
September 16, 2007
Posted by on September 16, 2007 at 06:55 AM
Choral Concert presents highlights from this year’s Festival Vancouver this morning.
The broadcast includes performances by the Vancouver Chamber Choir, the Seattle Men's Chorus, Philomela Women's Choir and the popular six-voice Finnish a cappella ensemble, Rajaton.
September 09, 2007
Posted by on September 9, 2007 at 07:00 AM
CBC was at the Festival 500 -- Sharing The Voices (a celebrated international non-competitive festival of choral music held in St. John’s, Newfoundland) in a big way this year, and today you can hear highlights on Choral Concert. I've heard bits and pieces from this year's festival on various R2 programmes -- but here's an opportunity to hear a solid two hours worth!
September 02, 2007
Posted by on September 2, 2007 at 07:00 AM
"Imagine that the Universe bursts into song.
We hear no longer human voices,
but those of planets and suns which revolve. "
--Mahler
This morning the universe may or may not burst into song, but certainly singers on your radio will, as Choral concert presents a performance of Mahler’s epic (I think it takes almost an hour and a half to perform) Symphony Of A Thousand.
Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts the Swedish Radio Choir, the Latvian Radio Chorus and Stockholm’s Mikaeli Chamber Choir, with the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra.
August 26, 2007
Posted by on August 26, 2007 at 07:00 AM
Just a quick note about the highlight today on Choral Concert --and what a highlight it is -- Myung-Whun Chung leads the Radio France Orchestra and Chorus in a performance of Verdi’s Requiem.
August 19, 2007
Posted by on August 19, 2007 at 07:00 AM
Much great listening this morning on Choral Concert, including the following music from a range of Russians, (sort of the musical equivalent of a gaggle of geese I guess).
Tchaikovsky's Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, sung by the St Petersburg Cappella under the direction of Vladislav Tchernuschenko. The Maxim Film Suite by Shostakovich, performed by the Czech Philharmonic Chorus and the Brno Philharmonia, conducted by Petr Fiala. And finally, a performance of Prokofiev's Ivan The Terrible by the Radio France Orchestra and Chorus under the direction of Vladimir Fedoseyev.
August 12, 2007
Posted by on August 12, 2007 at 07:00 AM
Sunday morning R2 listeners, take note, much to listen to this a.m.
On Choral Concert Sir Simon Rattle leads the Berlin Radio Choir and the Berlin Philharmonic in Brahms' German Requiem, plus Four Sacred Pieces by Verdi, performed by the Berlin Radio Chorus and the Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra, under the direction of Marek Janowski.
Then on Symphony Hall: A feast for Mozart-lovers as bass-baritone Gerald Finley joins the National Arts Centre Orchestra in an all-Mozart program. Finley sings arias from several of the composer's great operas. And Mario Bernardi conducts the CBC Radio Orchestra in a concert of music by Mozart and his contemporaries - C.P.E. Bach, Salieri, Michael Haydn and Joseph Haydn.
August 05, 2007
Posted by on August 5, 2007 at 06:45 AM
Don't miss this special, extended edition of Choral Concert this morning. Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Chamber Choir, under the direction of Ivars Taurins, will perform a masterpiece by Handel, the oratorio Solomon.
July 29, 2007
Posted by on July 29, 2007 at 07:00 AM
Two works by great Czech composers on this morning's Choral Concert. First, it's Dvorak's Mass in D Minor, performed in Nantes, France by the Cologne Chamber Chorus and Collegium Cartusianum under the direction of Peter Neumann. And Janacek's Glagolitic Mass, performed by the San Francisco Chorus and orchestra under the direction of Michael Tilson Thomas.
Speaking of "MTT," here's a little insight from the music director about a very early music-related memory, taken from the San Francisco Symphony website. (And providing all of us with a reason to avoid housecleaning...)
"One of my very, very first memories is of my parents' house in Los Angeles," writes Tilson Thomas. "In the late afternoon, the light would come through windows at one end of the house. There were venetian blinds and the blinds would be open so the light would come into the room in bands of light, because there was a lot of dust in the air in the San Fernando Valley in the summertime especially, and in these bands of light there were motes of dust, dancing in the light; and my first musical memory, I think, is watching those particles of dust moving, and reaching way up over my head to the keyboard of this big old upright rosewood Steinway grand that my parents had, and trying to play notes that would accompany this dance of the dust."
July 22, 2007
Posted by on July 22, 2007 at 06:30 AM
Good morning, early blog readers. You must be here because you're wondering what the highlight on Choral Concert is this morning.
Here goes: Gloria by Francis Poulenc, performed by the Lausanne Sinfonietta and the Lausanne Vocal Ensemble, with Michel Corboz conducting.
Happy listening!
June 10, 2007
Posted by Jowi Taylor on June 10, 2007 at 06:11 AM
See, those other shows with their one or two hour tributes are mere punters compared to Choral Concert with Howard Dyck, which continues its month-long celebration of the 150th anniversary of the birth of Edward Elgar.
This week, "The Dream of Gerontius", starring mezzo-soprano Jane Irwin and bass Anthony Dean Griffey with the City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, the BBC National Chorus of Wales and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Sakari Oramo.
June 03, 2007
Posted by Jowi Taylor on June 3, 2007 at 06:00 AM
Were we up to "mania" yet?
Lots of recognition of the Elgar sesquicentennial at the end of the week. It continues here on the day AFTER his birth on Choral Concert with Howard Dyck. In fact, Choral Concert really is making it an Elgar-a-thon by featuring his music for the whole month of June.
This week, renowned Elgar biographer Michael Kenned offers a retrospective on Elgar and his music.
May 27, 2007
Posted by Jowi Taylor on May 27, 2007 at 05:26 AM
Howard Dyck is no longer hosting Saturday Afternoon at the Opera but the remainder of his conducting, writing and hosting schedule seems largely intact - including hosting Choral Concert - which means there's probably some extra resonance in this week's edition, which is subtitled: "To Everything There is a Season"
It's a farewell celebration for Toronto Children's Chorus Founder and Artistic Director Jean Ashworth Bartle.
Bartle's talent and energy have contributed to her 29 years of success with the renowned Toronto Children's Chorus and you'll hear the results on today's show.
May 20, 2007
Posted by Jowi Taylor on May 20, 2007 at 05:37 AM
Appropriate for the weekend on which we (of all the people on the earth) celebrate the birthday of Queen Victoria, this morning Choral Concert with Howard Dyckpresents a choral foray into the lives of the great women rulers of history: from Eleanor of Aquitaine to Queen Elizabeth the Second.
There's one story I would add to playlist: the story of Queen Kap'iolani of Hawai'i. She wasn't the great ruler but she wrote a beautiful piece of music that has been done in some beautiful choral renditions.
Her husband, King Kalakaua, was on a diplomatic mission trying to secure the best deal for his people - who were about to be colonized by either the U.S., France or Britain. In his absence, she composed Ipo Lei Manu as a welcome home gift but the final verse describes him as hele loa (gone forever). He died on January 20, 1891 in San Francisco, and never heard the song.
May 13, 2007
Posted by Jowi Taylor on May 13, 2007 at 05:44 AM
Either this is a really fast turnaround time for a concert recorded last month or the folks at Choral Concert are working from the calendar for another planet because this sounds an awful lot like an "Earth Day" show:
Join host Howard Dyck as Jon Washbrun leads the Vancouver Chamber Choir in a concert titled "To Mother Earth". The featured work is Paco Pena's Requiem Flamenco, In Praise of Mother Earth. Also, Paul Winter's "Missa Gaia".
May 06, 2007
Posted by Jowi Taylor on May 6, 2007 at 05:36 AM
Take it easy today and let your radio do all the work.
Start with Choral Concert with Howard Dyck, celebrating the Elektra Women's Choir 20th Anniversary Concert - a festive celebration of 20 years of choral excellence, featuring works by Hasse, Orban and Elgar, plus world premieres by Canadian composers Ramona Luengen and Jeff Ryan. Diane Loomer and Ramona Edmundson share the conducting duties.
Then, on Symphony Hall with Katherine Duncan, pianist Michelle Gregoire joins the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra under conductor/ trombonist Alain Trudel. The concert features the world premiere of a work commissioned from her by CBC, along with works by Michael Daugherty, George Gershwin, John Adams and more.
Then drift into mid-day with Catherine Belyea and The Singer and the Song. Today, Catherine welcomes English soprano Susan Bullock as her special guest. Susan is currently singing the title role in 'Elektra' with the Canadian Opera Company, following her triumph as Brunnhilde in the Ring Cycle last fall. You'll hear some of Susan's favourite singers: Ella Fitzgerald, Tony Bennett and Frank Sinatra, as well as Astrid Varnay and Bryn Terfel. Of course, you'll also hear Susan herself, singing songs by Prokofiev and Ned Rorem.
April 29, 2007
Posted by Jowi Taylor on April 29, 2007 at 06:01 AM
Not the Fellini version.
This Amarcord is an internationally-acclaimed male vocal sextet from Leipzig. This morning on Choral Concert with Howard Dyck, they'll perform a potpourri of musical delights from Dowland, Bach and Poulenc to Shearing, Burl Ives and Newfoundland folk songs.
April 22, 2007
Posted by Jowi Taylor on April 22, 2007 at 06:00 AM
Here's your classical music Sunday line-up - it should get you through all 8 pounds of the Sunday New York Times on this Earth Day!
Starting at 8, (8:30 in Newfoundland), check out the latest choral music CDs on Choral Concert with Howard Dyck.
Then, at 10 (10:30NT) on Symphony Hall with Katherine Duncan, soprano Measha Brueggergosman and harpist Rita Costanzi join the CBC Radio Orchestra in a concert titled "Tour de France". The program features works by Milhaud, Ravel, Henri Duparc, Debussy and Chausson.
At noon (12:30NT), Catherine Belyea gives in to Spring Fever on The Singer and The Song. with new releases of music by Mozart and Soler, sung by sopranos Sally Matthews and Maria Bayo, a zarzuela aria from the debut CD featuring Elina Garanca, and from the same disc, the trio from Der Rosenkavalier with Diana Damrau and Canada's own Adrianne Pieczonka. Also, selections from a long-awaited disc titled "Tales of Opera" featuring dashing baritone Simon Keenlyside. All this and Anna Netrebko, too.
And On Stage with Shelley Solmes at 1:00 (1:30NT) hear the heart-stopping voice of Canadian soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian in her return to the Glenn Gould Studio following a series of successes at the Royal Opera, Covent Garden, in London, England, and at the prestigious Salzburg Festival in Austria. This concert features Bayrakdarian joined by a handful of outstanding instrumental soloists, in a program that ranges from 17th-century French love songs and Lieder by Schubert to folk songs from Armenia and Catalonia.
April 15, 2007
Posted by Jowi Taylor on April 15, 2007 at 06:00 AM
You've got the paper, the crossword, some coffee, the dog has been out. Now, here's the rest of your morning:
Choral Concert with Howard Dyck presents Handel's "Israel in Egypt", performed by La Chapelle de Québec and Les Violons du Roy, under the direction of Bernard Labadie.
Then, on Symphony Hall with Katherine Duncan, Kent Nagano leads the Montreal Symphony Orchestra in a programme that includes music by Berlioz, Strauss and more.
April 07, 2007
Posted by Jowi Taylor on April 7, 2007 at 11:15 AM
I gave a longer heads up to this live radio event a few days ago but promised that I'd post it again today:
For the past dozen years, producer Robert Cooper and the gang at Choral Concerts HQ have been hosting a special public musical event on Easter Sunday in Toronto. It's called the Easter Sunrise Pascha Celebration. This is lucky year 13 and the event will take place in the Barbara Frum Atrium at the Toronto Broadcast Centre with a stellar line up - including host Howard Dyck. It broadcasts live to Newfoundland and goes out to the rest of the country in its regular 8:00am time slot. If you're in the Toronto area on Easter Sunday and would like to attend, or if you just want to see who's in that line-up, read on...
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April 04, 2007
Posted by Jowi Taylor on April 4, 2007 at 09:23 AM
Now, normally I just try to write about stuff coming up on a day-to-day basis - there's lots there to mine so it's not a problem. And I hate to think that if I write about something coming up a couple of days hence, it will only be a matter of hours before it's been displaced off the front page and lost to most readers.
But in this case, I'm going to give a heads-up a few days out in the event that you're able to participate in this. I'll post it again the day before.
For the past dozen years, producer Robert Cooper and the gang at Choral Concerts HQ have been hosting a special public musical event on Easter Sunday in Toronto. It's called the Easter Sunrise Pascha Celebration. This is lucky year 13 and the event will take place in the Barbara Frum Atrium at the Toronto Broadcast Centre with a stellar line up - including host Howard Dyck. It broadcasts live to Newfoundland and goes out to the rest of the country in its regular 8:00am time slot. If you're in the Toronto area on Easter Sunday and would like to attend, or if you just want to see who's in that line-up, read on...
Continue reading "The Early Bunny Gets the Egg" »
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