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Category Archives: Choral Music
Eargasm Alerts: Charleston Music Fest and Bach Festival this Weekend
February 27, 2009 – 11:56 am
Charleston’s music lovers – including me – will be hard-pressed to keep up with all of the wonderful, world-class music that’ll be happening around town over the next three days.
The College’s vaunted Charleston Music Fest chamber music series resumes this weekend with “Extravaganza,” a set of two tempting concerts performed by internationally acclaimed faculty and [...]
CSO and Chorus Tackle Vaughan Williams
February 27, 2009 – 12:13 am
The Charleston Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, led by Dr. Robert Taylor, packed the business end of Citadel Square Baptist Church last Sunday evening. The occasion was a festive and thrilling concert of choral-orchestral gems by 20th-Century English master Ralph Vaughan Williams – the 50th anniversary of whose death we observe this season.
The rest of [...]
Belated review: A Packed Holiday Pops
January 10, 2009 – 3:25 pm
Somehow, amid the general holiday hubbub, a ball got dropped — and the following review didn’t make it into print. So, here it is — better late than never:
CSO and friends spread Christmas cheer
Despite pervasive economic gloom, the Charleston Symphony drew its biggest Holiday Pops crowd ever at Saturday’s (Dec. 20) annual yuletide [...]
Messiah Sing-Along a Blast!
December 23, 2008 – 10:35 pm
Well, it’s not often that a critic gets to review himself – but I was definitely one of the “performers” Sunday evening at the Charleston Symphony’s “Sing-along Messiah” event at Citadel Square Baptist Church.
CSO Chorus director Rob Taylor was the conductor – but, unlike the two previous performances of Handel’s masterpiece (scroll down two [...]
Going for Baroque: “Messiah-Lite” from the CSO
December 19, 2008 – 11:45 am
Pardon the tardy post – but the holidays are upon us, and blogging time is scarce. But I’ve just GOT to tell you about the CSO’s jaunty, very different performance of Handel’s Messiah: the world’s most popular large-scale choral work. It happened Thursday before last at the Citadel’s well-filled Summerall Chapel.
Compared to what [...]
Chucktown Trippintones: a Sweet ‘n Saucy Treat
November 26, 2008 – 11:00 pm
Saturday before last, I had the pleasure of hearing a different kind of choral music live for the first time, courtesy of the Chucktown Trippintones: the College of Charleston’s resident new group of 16 (non-classical) a cappella singers. Word has apparently gotten out about them, ‘cause they drew a happy, near-capacity crowd at the [...]
A Fabulous New Season
November 1, 2008 – 5:01 pm
Having begun this year’s blogging belatedly, I’d like to devote this post to catching you up on a big chunk of Chucktown’s busy and exciting new performing arts season. Also provided below are links to the websites of all of the organizations I discuss.
Let me begin with Chucktown’s most visible and important performing [...]
Spoleto’s Special Sparklers: Lindsay’s Classical Picks
June 11, 2008 – 6:47 pm
People keep asking me what my favorite edition of the festival is (out of the seventeen I’ve experienced) … a question I can’t answer. There’s no way to meaningfully distill or quantify any festival’s cumulative greatness. I can name for you many memorable moments from past festivals: exciting, life-changing events Like Maestro Villaume’s explosive chemistry [...]
Robert’s Festival Wrap: Whirlwind Of Delight
June 8, 2008 – 12:26 pm
Once again, the festival season has come and gone for this humble scribe; but before taking my leave from this venue, I wanted to drop one more blog, offering what I hope amounts to a bit of perspective, and a giving of thanks.
First off, from the deepest wells of gratitude in my heart, THANK YOU! [...]
Early Music Rocks at the College
Two recent events at the College of Charleston’s Simons Center Recital Hall offered delightful reminders that ancient music is alive and well in Chucktown.
You’d think that a solid hour spent listening mostly to an assortment of simple frame drums would try most concertgoers’ patience. But that’s hardly the case when percussionist extraordinaire Danny Mallon is [...]