deGraffenried Chorale Celebrates 47 Years with Rutter's 'Requiem'

deGraffenried Chorale Celebrates 47 Years with Rutter's 'Requiem'

Russellville’s deGraffenried Chorale, which has brought choral music to Russellville and the surrounding area for 47 years, performed John Rutter’s “Requiem” on March 23.

Local church choirs perform concert at Donald W. Nixon Centre for Performing Arts

Singers from Central Baptist Church, Newnan First United Methodist Church, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, and East Coweta High School Chamber Choir performed Duruflé’s Requiem at the Donald W. Nixon Centre for Performing Arts on Thursday, March 27.

A weekend of classical music in south KC

Choral Spectrum performs Mozart’s Requiem By Jeanne Beechwood Holmeswood Baptist Church will host Choral Spectrum’s upcoming performances of Mozart’s Requiem, on Saturday, April 5th at 7:30 pm, and Sunday, April 6th, at 3 pm. Requiem in D Minor was Mozart’s final masterpiece, written as he wrestled with life and death and left unfinished before he died in 1791. (The 1984 movie “Amadeus” depicts the final days.) Mozart’s Requiem, often performed …

As Beethoven said, music, sometimes, can be “a greater revelation than all philosophy and wisdom” in the world. Indeed, when we hear certain works by Monteverdi, Bach, Händel, Mozart or Fauré, we feel that our soul rises to the point of approaching spirituality. From April to June, the Palau de la Música Catalana will offer us a selection of concerts in which internationally renowned musicians will review a series of scores of composers who, eac…