Easter Concerts, Masses and Requiems

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  • Bach: The St. John Passion

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    Type: Choral
    Soloists: Juliane Banse, Michael Chance, Ian Bostridge
    Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle
    Choir: Rias Chamber Choral
    Orchestra: Philharmonie Berlin, Germany
    Location: Phiharmonie de Paris, France
    Year: 2002

    This choral work was first performed in 1724; Bach transforms the Passion story fro...

  • J.S. Bach's Magnificat and the Magnificat of Johann Kuhnau

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    Type: Choral Music
    Location: St. Thomas Church
    Director: Ton Koopman
    Choir: The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir
    Soloist Deborah York
    Year: 2003

    In the historic St. Thomas Church, this concert features Bach's Magnificat and Kuhnau’s Magnificat, showcasing the evolution of Baroque choral m...

  • Easter Echoes with Yo-Yo Ma and Manfred Honeck

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    Type: Classical Music
    Orchestra: Berline Philharmonic
    Location: Berlin State Opera
    Soloist: Yo-Yo Ma
    Conductor: Manfred Honeck
    Composer: Schumann, Tchaikovsky
    Year: 2016

    This concert with icons Yo-Yo Ma and Manfred Honeck sustains and shapes tension across the entire program. Instead of ...

  • Bach: Mass in B minor

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    Type: Choir
    Location: St. Thomas Church, Germany
    Choir: The Thomanerchor Leipzig
    Conductor: Gotthold Schwarz
    Director: Andreas Reize
    Year: 2022

    The Thomanerchor Leipzig, one of the world’s oldest and most prestigious boys’ choirs, dates back to 1212. Known for its exceptional vocal training, th...

  • The Collegium Singers present Bach's Mass in B Minor

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    Type: Chamber Ensemble
    Choir: Collegium Vocale Gent,
    Director: Philippe Herreweghe
    Location: Palais de Beaux Arts, France
    Year: 2023

    Collegium Vocale Gent, a renowned Belgian choir and early music ensemble, excels in Baroque and Classical repertoire. Known for its expertise in both a cappella ...

  • Rossini's Little Solemn Mass

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    Type: Classical Orchestral
    Orchestra: The Leipzig Orchestra
    Conductor: Riccardo Chailly
    Location: Gewandhaus Concert Hall
    Year: 2008

    “Rossini: Messe Solennelle” translates to “Rossini: Solemn Mass” and is sacred music from Gioachino Rossini. Celebrated for its melodic inventiveness, lively rhyt...

  • The Easter Concert – Entirely Beethoven

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    Type: Classical Music
    Composer; Ludwig van Beethoven
    Program: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61; Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 (“Pastoral”)
    Location: Baden-Baden Festival, Germany
    Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor: Bernard Haitink
    Soloist: Isabelle Faust
    Year: 2015

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  • Beethoven: Missa Solemnis with the Dresden State Opera

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    Type: Mass
    Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
    Program: Missa solemnis in D major, Op. 123
    Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden
    Choir: The Chorus of the Semperoper Dresden
    Soloists: Rene Pape, Emily Magee, Petra Lang
    Conductor: Fabio Luisi
    Location: Frauenkirche, Dresden, Germany
    Year: 2005

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  • Berlioz's Requiem from The Paris Orchestra

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    Type: Orchestra and Choir
    Orchestra: Paris Orchestre, Paris Philharmonic
    Choir: Choeur Orfeon Donostiarra, Choeur de l"Orchestre Paris
    Conductor: Pablo Heras-Casado
    Location: Notre-Dame Cathedral, Paris
    Year: 2019

    Hector Berlioz's Requiem is a monumental work. Commissioned to commemorate the sol...

  • Verdi's Requiem at the Royal Festival Hall

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    Type: Requiem
    Company: Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus
    Conductor: Carlo Maria Giulini
    Venue: Royal Festival Hall, London
    Soloists: Ilva Ligabue, Grace Bumbry, Sandor Konya, Raffaele Arie
    Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
    Year: 2013

    A beautiful remastering. You’re hearing how audiences in 1964...

  • Dvoraks Requiem: The Royal Flemish Philharmonic Orchestra

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    Type: Choral
    Choir: Collegium Vocale Gent
    Soloists: Ilse Eerens, Bernarda Fink, Maximilian Schmitt, Nathan‚ÄØBerg
    Location: deSingel International Arts Campus, Belgium
    Year of Production: 2004
    This performance under Philippe Herreweghe, with Collegium Vocale Gent and soloists Ilse Eerens, Bernar...

  • Verdi's Requiem: In Memory of Dmitri Hvorostovsky

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    Type: Requiem
    Location: Felsenreitschule open-air cliffs, Salzburg Festival, Austria
    Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
    Program: Messa da Requiem
    Conductor: Teodor Currentzis
    Orchestra and choir: musicAeterna
    Soloists: Asmik Grigorian, Saimir Pirgu
    Year: 2019

    Currentzis brings a strikingly dramat...

  • J. S. Bach: Mass in B minor

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    Title: Mass in B minor
    Composer: Johannes Sebastian Bach
    Performed by: The Gewandhaus Orchestra and Choir
    Soloists: Anna Larsson, Dietrich Henschel
    Conductor: Herbert Blomstedt
    Venue: St. Thomas Church, Germany
    Year: 2005

    Bach’s Mass in B minor was written in 1749, a year before he died, pulling...

  • The Creation: Haydn's Masterpiece

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    Type: Opera
    Performed by: Danish National Chamber Orchestra, Danish National Concert Choir
    Soloists: Annette Dasch, Kurt Streit, Dietrich Henschel
    Conductor: Adam Fischer
    Location: Konzerthuset Copenhagen, Denmark
    Composer: Joseph Haydn: The Creation
    Year: 2009

    Although dramatic and vivi...

  • Honeck conducts the Israel Philharmonic: Brahms's A German Requiem

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    Type: Requiem
    Composer: Johannes Brahms
    Program: A German Requiem, Op. 45
    Location: Charles Bronfman Auditorium, Tel Aviv, Israel
    Conductor: Manfred Honeck
    Performed by: The Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra
    Soloists: Chen Reiss, Matthias Goerne
    Year 2019

    A German Requiem was composed after a perio...

  • Arvo Pärt Solos: Live at the Charleston Music Festival

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    Type: Orchestra
    Conductor: Robert Cohen
    Location: Charleston Music Festival, London
    Year: 2012

    Arvo Pärt’s solo music is a meditative exploration of sound and silence, defined by his tintinnabuli style, where one voice moves melodically while another outlines a triad, creating a bell-like resona...

  • Faure's Requiem with Les Siecles and Ensemble Aedes

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    Type: Requiem
    Company: Ensemble Aedes, Les Siecles
    Conductor: Mathieu Romano
    Venue: Chapelle Corneille Auditorium, Rouen, France
    Soloists: Roxane Chalard, L-N Bestion de Camboulas - organist
    Composer: Gabriel Faure
    Year: 2015

    Enjoy the original 1893 instrumentation of Faure's Requiem, with a mor...

  • Verdi's Messa da Requiem

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    Type: Orchestra and Choir
    Orchestra: Symphonic Toscanini
    Conductor: Vladimir Lande
    Location: Basilica of St. Mark's, Italy
    Year: 2019

    Requiems explore themes of death, mourning, and the afterlife, rooted in the Catholic Mass for the Dead. Verdi's Requiem, composed in memory of Alessandro Manzoni...

  • Verdi’s Requiem

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    Type: Opera
    Year: 1964
    Conductor: Carlo Maria Giulini
    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus
    Soprano: Grace Bumbry
    Venue: Royal Festival Hall, London

    Classic Archive: Verdi: Messa da Requiem presents a remarkable performance of Giuseppe Verdi’s deeply moving choral masterpiece. This monume...

  • From the Monastery: Sounds Like Christmas

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    Type: Christmas Music
    Performed by: Frieburg Baroque Orchestra
    Soprano: Angelika Kirchschlager
    Trumpet: Tomasz Stanko
    Conductor: Gottfried von der Goltz
    Location: The Cistercian Monastery of Schulpforte, Germany
    Year: 2002

    Experience a Christmas concert in a magnificent medieval monaste...

  • The King's Singers

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    Type: A Capella Christmas Classics
    Performed by: The King's Singers
    Location: LSO St. Lukes, London, England
    Conductor: Simon Broughton
    Year: 2011

    Celebrate Christmas with The King’s Singers, whose acclaimed appearances with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir have introduced their unmistakable s...

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  • Vienna Boys Choir - Live from St Stephen’s Cathedral

    Celebrate the season with the world-famous Vienna Boys’ Choir in the magnificent surroundings of St. Stephen’s Cathedral, Vienna. Joined by the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, soprano Sandrine Piau and conductor Bertrand de Billy, the choir fills the cathedral with Mozart’s radiant music, youthf...