Ars Nova Singers
by Alex
I’ve been listening recently to the “Ars Nova Singers”:http://www.arsnovasingers.org/ who are one of the few groups who exactly the music I like: Renaissance and 20-21st century. I seem to remember having sung with someone who had previously sung with them but I’m not sure now of his affiliation. At any rate their CDs are well-programmed and “All Sky: New American Choral Works”:http://www.arsnovasingers.org/nar-004.htm is particularly tasty. The other thing I like about them is that they’re currently planning a performance of Carmina Burana with “Colorado’s pre-eminent low-flying trapeze and aerial dance-theatre company”:http://www.frequentflyers.org/ (I wonder how much competition there is?). I have other recordings of the stuff on After Sky, some of which I prefer over the Ars Nova version. But there’s no taking away from the group’s performance, or how well the CDs flows as a single program of music. So check them out.
WE, where we = the Emory Early Music Ensemble, perform exactly the music you like: we do the Renaissance vocal thing, the Renaissance band, the Baroque Orchestra, and once a year (this week!) we do our Modern Music for Ancient Instruments concert.
I’m sitting this one out cause of voice issues, but it should be great. I prayed to make it through the Faure with the other ensemble, which I did, as a soprano no less–clearly I should have been more specific and prayed to make it through both concerts, but I really didn’t think I’d be sick for the second one.