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We Three Kings – Davidson, Randall / Welcome, Christmas! (1985-1986)
Ringeltanze: Christmas Carol-Dances – Larsen, Libby / Welcome, Christmas! (1984-1985)
Tehillah (A Song of Praise) – Schoenfield, Paul / An Evening With Dave Brubeck (1983-1984)
Song of the Chattahoochee – Olsen, David John / The Importance of Being Nostalgic (1983-1984)
In a Winter Garden – Larsen, Libby / Welcome, Christmas! (1982-1983)
Songs of St. Columba – Barnes, Edward / A Double Celebration (1981-1982)
The Burning Babe – Titus, Hirman / Welcome, Christmas! (1980-1981)
Rejoice, Give Thanks, And Sing – Baldwin, David / Music for Brass and Voices (1980-1981)
A Thanksgiving to God, For His House – Argento, Dominick / A Tenth Anniversary Finale (1978-1979)
Jonah and the Whale – Argento, Dominick / Jonah and the Whale (1973-1974)
MinnPost: There Was a Child, Glorious and deeply, almost unbearably moving.
If you were at Central Lutheran Church in Minneapolis Sunday afternoon for the opening of VocalEssence’s 45th season, we don’t need to tell you how glorious it was, how deeply, almost unbearably moving. Originally scheduled for Orchestra Hall, the concert was relocated to the church because of the ongoing contract dispute between Minnesota Orchestra management… Read More →
VocalEssence gathers 300 voices for Dove oratorio
REVIEW: For its 45th-season opener, Sunday afternoon at Central Lutheran in Minneapolis. VocalEssence went big with composer Jonathan Dove’s “There Was A Child.” For its 45th-season opener, Sunday afternoon at Central Lutheran in Minneapolis. VocalEssence went big. There was soprano Maria Jette, tenor Dan Dressen, the St. Olaf Choir and Northfield Youth Choirs, more than… Read More →
VocalEssence review: Musicians give story of tragic loss a powerful, immense, treatment
By Rob Hubbard Anyone who has lost a child knows that the pain and grief are too overwhelming for words or music. So English composer Jonathan Dove took on an immense challenge in accepting a commission to write an elegiac oratorio for a 19-year-old drowning victim. He could have gone small with it, staying away… Read More →
MinnPost: There Was a Child, Glorious and deeply, almost unbearably moving.
If you were at Central Lutheran Church in Minneapolis Sunday afternoon for the opening of VocalEssence’s 45th season, we don’t need to tell you how glorious it was, how deeply, almost unbearably moving. Originally scheduled for Orchestra Hall, the concert was relocated to the church because of the ongoing contract dispute between Minnesota Orchestra management… Read More →