Posts Tagged ‘Requiem’
Glorious Dance and Music in ‘Requiem’ Triple-Bill Marks City Ballet’s 26th Season
Movement and music were unified, and it was difficult to choose where to look. Three dynamic dances set to soft piano, bold snare drum, and a sacred mass reminded us that life is good, and…
Read MoreBach Collegium San Diego’s Comforting ‘Requiem’ by Herbert Howells
In a week that began on the Christian calendar with All Saints’ Day and included All Souls’ Day, Bach Collegium SanDiego performed Herbert Howells’ a cappella “Requiem” in a noontime concert on Wednesday, November 4 . . .
Read More‘Defiant Requiem’ a Moving Holocaust Remembrance at the Jacobs Music Center
Guest conductor Murry Sidlin presented “Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezín,” a concert of Guiseppe Verdi’s great Requiem surrounded by commentary about performances of this work given by Jews imprisoned by the Nazis in the notorious Theresienstadt Concentration Camp during World War II . . .
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