If you haven’t checked out the mask article under COVID-19 lately I’ve added material. Right now I’m working with the final report from the Task Force for a Resilient Recovery which seems to be driving Canadian government policy. I’ll have that by the weekend. *** I have some new music Read more…
In my last music post, Music for you – settings of the Ave Maria, I overlooked my favourite ‘Ave Maria’, the one by Franz Biebl. It has become a mainstay of the choral repertoire. I first heard it years ago performed by Chanticleer. Like most professional choirs the membership changes, Read more…
The text ‘Ave Maria’, has inspired composers throughout the ages. The two most well known classical settings were by Franz Schubert and the Bach/Gounod arrangement. Here is the Schubert setting sung by Maria Callas: And here is the Bach/Gounod ‘Ave Maria’ sung by Luciano Pavarotti and the Wandsworth School Boys Read more…