With lockdown restrictions, a gloom has descended on the holiday season with all in person concerts and performances canceled. But despite a make or break year for most arts groups, many Bay Area ...

It’s looking a lot like a choral Christmas. Minnesota’s choirs (and a Grammy-winning group from Texas) are poised to make it a harmonious holiday in the Twin Cities, capped by a visit from Buddy the ...

Christmas at the Cathedral The 13th annual Christmas at the Cathedral program features the Archdiocesan Adult Choir, Children’s Choir, Handbell Choir and Orchestra, with music including John Rutter’s ...

This year's Classic Choir Christmas Song is Christmas in the Sun, a joyful new Christmas song co-commissioned by ABC Classic and the Sydney Philharmonia Choirs, composed by the brilliant Joe ...

Calling Christmas these days a secular holiday can be a good way to start a fight, but it is true that not everyone who celebrates is doing so with the birth of Jesus Christ in mind. For nonreligious ...

What a wonderful and completely affecting piece. Written in 1933, Die Weihnachtsgeschichte (the nativity story) for a capella choir and four soloists performing six roles by Hugo Distler (1908-1942), ...

It is astonishing how many different approaches there can be to the basic template of a filmed chamber vocal ensemble concert, which made each episode a treat in its own right, and the festival as a ...

THE BASICS: JOANN’S CLASSICAL CHRISTMAS featuring the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra with BP Chorus welcoming hand-picked “Aspiring Voices” from area high schools, with two soloists – mezzo-soprano ...

The flow of good classical Christmas albums seems to have slowed to a trickle. And that's got one holiday listener longing for holiday albums from... Whatever Happened To The Classical Christmas Album ...