In commissioning it, the BSO requested that Vrebalov set Psalms to music — the intention was to link “Love Canticles” with ...

A reunion of instruments and voices will fill an auditorium where the two hadn’t meshed in two years as the grand finale to ...

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Preceding it were two choral works, both BSO commissions: Stravinsky’s “Symphony of Psalms” (1930), a piece to which Shostakovich was deeply devoted; and “Love Canticles,” a new work by ...

Its requirements mean that performances are few and far between. "It is not a symphony in which I have included Psalms to be sung," wrote Stravinsky about his Symphony of Psalms. "On the contrary ...

Its requirements mean that performances are few and far between. "It is not a symphony in which I have included Psalms to be sung," wrote Stravinsky about his Symphony of Psalms. "On the contrary ...

A new guiding voice will lead nearly 80 voices of the Springfield Symphony Chorale as it participates in the Springfield Symphony Orchestra’s 2024-25 season finale concert on Saturday evening at the ...

I was amazed at how few pieces exist with that configuration, but I came up with two stellar works: Sir John Rutter’s ‘Gloria’ and Igor Stravinsky’s ‘Symphony of Psalms.’ Peter ...