In an environment of little food, no medical care, disease, infestation, and fear for their lives, professional conductor Rafael Schachter and other Jews formed a chorus, memorized Giuseppe Verdi’s ...

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One of the joys of Washington life is our regular exposure to the greatest works of the choral repertory. Two weeks ago, the Washington Bach Consort presented the "St. Matthew Passion"; last week, the ...

If a requiem looms large among a composer's works, especially one written near the end of his or her life or in a morbid frame of mind, it inevitably becomes an unofficial, autobiographical epitaph.

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. (NEWS10) – The Schenectady-Saratoga Symphony Orchestra (SSSO) and the Octavo Singers of Schenectady are preparing for a performance of Verdi’s Requiem on Sunday, April 13 at Proctors ...

The Dessoff Choirs, under conductor Malcolm J. Merriweather, will perform Verdi's Requiem in collaboration with the Trinity Choir, Downtown Voices, and NOVUS at Trinity Church on May 1-2, 2025. This ...

When the Tucson Symphony Orchestra performed Verdi’s Requiem in 2013, it felt like one of those once in a lifetime experiences. “You could see lightbulbs going off in everyone’s heads. It was a big ah ...

On the evidence of the 83-year-old maestro’s performance with the same orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall last night, the answer would have to be a resonant affirmative. The Philharmonia Chorus ...

SUNY Cortland’s Performing Arts Department, The Arts at Grace and the McNeil Development Company present the "Verdi Requiem," one of the great works for chorus and orchestra, on Friday, May 3 and ...

Like a baseball game rescheduled after a rainout, there was one more concert on the San Francisco Symphony’s season calendar after last week’s grand finale with outgoing Music Director Esa-Pekka ...

Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha and Elina Garanča with Antonio Pappno and the Accademia playersAll images from Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia/MUSA Indeed, both choir and orchestra gave volcanic ...