New Releases Nov. 18: With Voices Raised

Configurations that shine a spotlight on the human voice: from Mahler's "Symphony of a Thousand", to new arragements of spirituals.

Recreating Music of the American Revolution

“Music is central to filmmaking,” Burns told WFMT. Rather than squeezing the music in after the film has been edited and reached a near-final form, they incorporate the soundtrack early on in the editing process.

New Releases Aug. 12: Birds and Waves

Mandolin music of Italy, Iberia, and the Black Sea in Song of the Birds, and orchestral music by women composers in Breaking Waves. And albums focusing on works by Florence Price, Valentin Silvestrov, and Georg Philipp Telemann.

Grant Park Chorus Director Christopher Bell on the Epic, Sweeping ‘Carmina Burana’

It’s not very hard to sing, but it is hard to sing well. So getting the singers to engage with it can be part of the challenge.

Eddie Palmieri, pioneering Latin jazz musician and Grammy winner, dies at 88

Palmieri was the first Latino to win a Grammy and earned seven more over his career.
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