Music and life intertwined
Choral music / Music appreciation
by Lori Archer Sutherland · Published October 4, 2015 · Last modified October 22, 2021
We’re turning toward autumn and the stores are filling with pumpkin-flavored everything and Halloween costumes. This either makes you squee with joy or groan with annoyance. The change in season, however, does give me...
Chamber music / Choral music / Music appreciation
by Lori Archer Sutherland · Published June 21, 2015 · Last modified September 30, 2021
We’re traveling to the Renaissance choral world for a bit for “O Filii et Filiae” by Volckmar Leisring. I’ve spent a fair amount of time with this piece, so it seems fitting to talk...
Choral music / Music appreciation
by Lori Archer Sutherland · Published March 11, 2015 · Last modified August 6, 2019
Ah, spring! Finally! The Chicago area had a brutal February, so we’re chomping at the bit for some nice, sunny days. Today it reached 50°, and it felt fabulous! Heck, we were beaten down...
Choral music / Music appreciation
by Lori Archer Sutherland · Published September 22, 2014 · Last modified September 30, 2021
Learn music appreciation through a gorgeous choral setting of Lord Byron’s poem “She Walks In Beauty” by David Foltz.
Choral music / Music appreciation / Wind band music
by Lori Archer Sutherland · Published March 5, 2013 · Last modified April 27, 2022
It’s possible that composer Pavel Tschesnokoff never heard his glorious choral piece, “Salvation Is Created (Spaseniye Sodelal),” get publicly performed. Tschesnokoff composed the piece in 1912, but the Russian Revolution of 1917 lead to...