Word: choraler
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...dilettantism implies inconsistency, though, I Dilettanti have some claim to the title. The six vocalists, all graduates of one or another of F. John Adams's schools of choral singing, presented a mixed program of sacred and secular music, not all of which was entirely suited to their voices. A set of madrigals early in the program came off particularly well, with good diction and full, robust tone, and a remarkable set composed by Carlo Gesualdo, a madman, was nearly as successful. The bizarre chromaticism of Gesualdo's music may reflect the turbulence of his even more unconventional private life...
Musica Sacra, Marian Ruhl, conducting. Choral works of Bach, Lassus, Josquin, Heiller. Free. Sunday, March...
...sense of ensemble displayed throughout the work was extraordinary to hear. Complex rhythmic changes were handled to hear. Complex rhythmic changes were handled with a sureness that evades most choral groups. The choir's conductor, John Ferris, produced a fine sweep of phrase. Entrances were always sure, from the very first Amen of the Deus in adjutorium...
...Choral music of Bach, Xenakis, Peyton. Free. Thursday, March...
...about as likely as Henry Kissinger's warbling On Top of Old Smoky with choral accompaniment by Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians. Nonetheless, for the fourth week in a row, Walter Scheel, West Germany's Foreign Minister and the leading contender for the presidency in May's elections, was on top of Europe's hit parade, with a song so old and square it sounded refreshingly different to a generation weaned on rock 'n' roll. Within little more than a month, a single of Scheel singing a square folk song called Hoch...