Week 3: The performing tradition of Messiah
There are probably as many opinions as to how Messiah should be performed as there are conductors, singers, instrumentalists, organists, music critics, and devoted concertgoers, and there are a couple of reasons for this: first, Handel himself made many changes to the score of Messiah for various performances; [...]
Week 2: Handel’s life and the background of Messiah
Georg Friedrich Händel was born in 1685 in the town of Halle, in what is now northeastern Germany. His father was the town barber, and wanted Handel to study Civil Law at the local
university. Handel, however, had a different [...]
Janelle Gelfand, the Cincinnati Enquirer’s senior music critic, sat down several weeks ago with Boychoir Artistic Director Christopher Eanes to chat about what’s new at CBC, and what we can look forward to in the future. The article ran today (Friday, April 30). Click here to read.
Concerts this weekend will take [...]
On Sunday, March 28, the Cincinnati Boychoir will appear in a short performance in the Music Room of the Taft Museum of Art. The program, entitled Art | Song will pair music with the works of art in the museum; listeners are invited to sit and enjoy the concert, or wander and look at the [...]
