Tag: Requiem mass

Hannah Lash: re-imagining traditional material in highly personal and also non-specific ways

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Hannah Lash was born in Alfred, New York, USA on November 22, 1981. She began her studies in music during early childhood, and continued to pursue music throughout her education. She obtained a bachelor's degree in composition from the Eastman School of Music in 2004, a performance degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music in … Continue reading Hannah Lash: re-imagining traditional material in highly personal and also non-specific ways

The hidden Baroque : Björn Schmelzer, Peter Paul Rubens and Orazio Vecchi

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“I have never felt this “other” Baroque with quite the sense of anachronistic shock which I experienced when first encountering the cover photgraph for this CD.  At first glance, it almost looks as though it represents the lamenting Mediterrean culture of pleureuses (professional mourners), but it is in fact a funeral procession on the little … Continue reading The hidden Baroque : Björn Schmelzer, Peter Paul Rubens and Orazio Vecchi