In 1934, German composer Carl Orff set 24 poems found in a Benedictine monastery in 1803 to music.
The first half of the program featured John Rutter’s Magnificat, the choral setting for the Song of Mary from the Gospel of Luke.
Music fans will revel in the sounds of the ’70s when Foreigner hits the stage Saturday at The Venue at Hammond’s Horseshoe Casino.
Dream a Little Dream is quite the eclectic collection of music.
The Tower Chorale will give perform the choral piece on March 5 in Western Springs and March 12 in River Forest. About 80-plus members of the chorale will be conducted by Patrick Godon, music director since 2011.
Annelies offers the listener actual selections from The Diary of Anne Frank, set to music in 2005 by British composer James Whitbourn.
In addition to well-known English carols, we are presenting several French carols, including the 17th century "What Is This Lovely Fragrance?"
This will be an elegant program of familiar music for all!
Not only is Felix Mendelssohn's esteemed St. Paul oratorio a coming-of-age work, it is also a masterpiece that secured Mendelssohn's place in the front line of German composers.
This program features music about children, not children's music, but as you can imagine there is a wealth of music out there about children around the holiday season.