"Because the music's quality is very ambient and the music is kind of objective, it allows the listener to project whatever they need onto it. So, I won't say it's a blank canvas, but it does give ...

Featuring guest performances by LeStrange Viols, the expansive recording encompasses selections from Renaissance composers William Byrd and Orlando Gibbons through 20th and 21st century works by Ivan ...

We have all heard it, yet most of us would not be able to name it. The term polyphony (from the Greek for “many sounds”) is used to describe music that employs simultaneous yet independent melodies.

The repertoire of the excellent vocal quartet New York Polyphony extends through the present day, but this first-rate new release is a reminder that the music of the Renaissance remains central to the ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. GRAMMY-nominated vocal quartet New York Polyphony today announced the release of ...

Little heard Lusitano features at St Martin-in-the-Fields. One small plea, though, for next time: please provide texts and translations; some of them (Regina Coeli) are well known, but others less so.

Having come together for a one-off project in 2014, singing Carlo Gesualdo’s Tenebrae Responsories for Maundy Thursday, this young, all-male ensemble found their vocal chemistry worked so well they ...

Les Arts Florissants and Amala Dianor Company present the Passion story through a challenging fusion of music and dance. An empty stage with just a raised platform at the back conjured not only the ...

Layton (pictured below), however, rung unexpected changes by giving us Parts 1, 2 and 3 of the Oratorio intercut with another festive favourite: Corelli’s Christmas Concerto, performed after the first ...