The Boston Choral Ensemble’s next program, BEG|BORROW|STEAL (BBS), is coming in only two and a half months and it’s time to begin exploring the unusual works on this program. To learn about BBS, Nota Bene sat down with BCE’s music director, Miguel Felipe, to learn more. Nota Bene: Hello again! Can you tell us about [...]
Audiences have started to add their reviews to TENEBRÆ at ArtsBoston’s web page. Here’s what they’re saying: “Janet” from Boxborough, Mass: We sat enthralled during BCE’s performance of Tenebrae. It was a gorgeous meditation, soul-satisfying, the voices beautifully bringing out the richness of the music. Thank you for a truly wonderful experience! “Connoisseur Tom” from [...]
Last weekend, the Boston Choral Ensemble presented our winter program, TENEBRAE: music of darkness, in Cambridge and Boston to some of our largest audiences ever. Thanks to those of you who joined us for the performances! If you missed the concerts, or want to enjoy some of the music again, click on the links below for [...]
Today’s post is the conclusion of a short series of 3 posts. They began on Tuesday and present all of the poetry read at our recent Tenebræ program. The actual script used by Aaron Gould, the reader in concert, is also posted along-side the program on this page. Many, many thanks to BCE member Jeremy Innis for [...]
Today’s post is a continuation of yesterday’s in which we’re sharing all of the poetry read at our recent Tenebræ program. The actual script used by Aaron Gould, the reader in concert, is also posted along-side the program on this page. Positively 4th Street, abridged Bob Dylan © 1965 by Warner Bros. Inc., renewed 1993 by Special [...]
At BCE’s most recent concert—Tenebræ—a series of musical works were performed with readings interspersed. The concert was loosely modeled on the Catholic Tenebræ tradition and followed some of the same traditions. In BCE’s case, however, the readings ranged far and wide, from Rumi to O’Hara and from Blake to Bob Dylan! Because so many asked [...]
We’d love to know what you thought of TENEBRÆ. Please consider writing a review on ArtsBoston’s website. Or, if you want, you can comment here. The Boston Choral Ensemble is a member of ArtsBoston, an organization whose mission is to promote the arts in Greater Boston by making the arts accessible, integral to our lives, [...]
Earlier this winter, on January 14, NB posted a series of audio clips from a 2009 interview with BCE’s Miguel Felipe and composer Paul Crabtree. In that interview, Paul discussed his personal story. Today, with the concert only days away, we present the second half of the interview when Paul describes the genesis of his [...]
In 2007 Crabtree’s Tenebræ Responsories received their first concert performance. The concert was presented by Conspirare, under Craig Hella Johnson, in Texas. In preparation for that program, a short written interview was prepared and we thought it might be nice to reprint this for BCE audiences. Thanks to Paul Crabtree for sharing this… and see [...]
“If this were a film, this would be the slow panning-back.” This is how composer Paul Crabtree describes the final movement of his set of nine Tenebræ responsories for Maundy Thursday. Listen below as he chats with BCE’s music director, Miguel Felipe, about how he approached this final movement. The clip ends with a bit [...]
