Star In The East
The Rose Ensemble
James MacMillan: In Splendoribus Sanctorum
The Singers; Matthew Culloton, Conductor; David Baldwin, Trumpet.
In splendoribus sanctorum is a communion motet for Nativity Midnight Mass.”In the brightness of the saints: from the womb before the day star I begot you.”
Frank La Rocca: O Magnum Mysterium
SDSM&T Concert Choir
Praetorius: Es ist ein Ros entsprungen
Peter Paumgarten, Christian Paumgarten, Michael Paumgarten, Ulfried Staber
Kurt Masur, the music director emeritus of the New York Philharmonic, who was credited with transforming the orchestra from a sullen, lackluster ensemble into one of luminous renown, died on Saturday in Greenwich, Conn. He was 88.
The death was announced by the Philharmonic.
Mr. Masur (pronounced mah-ZOOR) was the Philharmonic’s music director from 1991 to 2002. When he took its helm, the orchestra was roundly considered to be a world-class ensemble in name only, its playing grown slipshod, its players fractious and discontented, its recording contracts unrenewed.
His immediate predecessors — Pierre Boulez, with his cool, cerebral approach and focus on contemporary works, and Zubin Mehta, seen as purveying flash and dazzle at the expense of deep musical meaning — were held more than partly responsible for the artistic decline that had followed the epochal reign of Leonard Bernstein, the Philharmonic’s music director from 1958 to 1969.
The selection of Mr. Masur to lead the Philharmonic astounded nearly everyone in classical music circles. A specialist in the music of Central European composers — notably Beethoven, Brahms, Mendelssohn, Mahler and Bruckner — he had built a respectable if not scintillating career amid the musical and political repressions of East Germany.
Dietrich Buxtehude: Das neugeborne Kindelein BuxWV 13
Bienen Contemporary/Early Vocal Ensemble; Dr. Donald Nally, Conductor
Tallis: O Nata Lux
Helsinki Chamber Choir; Tim Brown, Conductor
Yo-Yo Ma and Alison Krauss performing The Wexford Carol
and laugh just a wee bit.
I’ve been playing oboe for … um … over forty years (closer to fifty, really), and I’ve yet to “max out my skills”. 😉
Ah, innocence! (I prefer to think it’s that, in any case.)
Should I play the Cello, Bassoon, Oboe or Euphonium? Or should I learn conducting? Or both?
I have recently ‘maxed out’ my skills with the clarinet and piano. There are no more grades for me to take for them (besides diploma) so now I’m wondering what instrument I should play next!? I’d like to be able to play a range of instruments which would help me with my composition and (maybe if I start learning) conducting skills.
There Is No Rose
Hastings College Choir
