Mårten JanssonEvery time we listen to Swedish composer Mårten Jansson we can't help but get swept up in the whirlwind of emotions he creates. His music is full of all of the compositional elements that choristers love to sing: sweeping melodic lines, open chords and expressive dissonance. Ultimately, though, performers and audiences alike fall in... Continue Reading →
Dark Is the New Bright
Guest post by Mark Cabaniss Just 30 or 40 years ago, the Tenebrae service was foreign to many a church, despite the service's ancient roots. The Roman Catholic Church embraced it early, but it has only become popular and more regularly practiced in Mainline Protestant churches (and even some traditional evangelical churches) in recent decades.... Continue Reading →
Top 5 New Cantatas for Lent and Easter
1. The Easter Story by Thomas Fettke & Thomas Grassi SATB Performance Time: 35 minutes The Easter Story combines a profound narrative by Ken Bible with musical selections from Tom Fettke and Thomas Grassi. Fettke and Grassi have drawn upon several folk music sources, including hymns from The Sacred Harp and The Columbian Harmony, and... Continue Reading →
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