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This edition of Brass, Reeds, and Percussion, features Christmas wind band music, both secular and religious. One of the featured tunes is \“Greensleeves,\” probably the oldest song that musicologists have been able to identify. You will also hear a Christmas song that holds the record for taking the longest for a recording to make it to the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. But since it is still Advent, Brass, Reeds, and Percussion opens with two Advent hymns. The words for the first hymn, \“Lo, He Comes in Clouds Descending,\” were written by John Wesley, the founder of Methodism; the music was written by Martin Madan, a lawyer converted to Methodism upon hearing one of Wesley’s sermons. ....
It’s indeed that joyous time of year, as the Island Community Chorus’s annual holiday concert delights us at the Old Whaling Church on Saturday, Dec. 2, at 7:30 pm, and 3 pm on Sunday, Dec. 3. Given the vast array of pieces, I wasn’t surprised to hear from director William Peek that the group of […] ....
OXFORD ⢠This past year of uncertainty and stress has caused many to seek answers and inspiration in the familiar. For internationally renowned pianist Bruce Levingston, these difficult times drew him closer than ever to his music. Amid the pandemic, Levingston, the Chancellor s Artist-in-Residence of the University of Mississippi s Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College and holder of the Lester Glenn Fant Chair, recorded an album that he hopes will reflect on these times and bring comfort to listeners. On his latest recording, Prelude to Dawn, Levingston addresses the isolation felt by many while heralding the beginning of the end of one of the most difficult periods most people have ever faced. ....
OXFORD ⢠This past year of uncertainty and stress has caused many to seek answers and inspiration in the familiar. For internationally renowned pianist Bruce Levingston, these difficult times drew him closer than ever to his music. Amid the pandemic, Levingston, the Chancellor s Artist-in-Residence of the University of Mississippi s Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College and holder of the Lester Glenn Fant Chair, recorded an album that he hopes will reflect on these times and bring comfort to listeners. On his latest recording, Prelude to Dawn, Levingston addresses the isolation felt by many while heralding the beginning of the end of one of the most difficult periods most people have ever faced. ....