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Conspirare misses out on Grammy
Austin choral group Conspirare missed out on a Grammy Award today, the second time around that the group has been nominated.
Conspriare’s CD “Threshold of Night: Music of Tarik O’Regan” was nominated for Best Choral Performance and Best Classical Album.
Winning for Best Choral Performance was “Symphony Of Psalms,” with Sir Simon Rattle, conductor and Simon Halsey, chorus master (Berliner Philharmoniker; Rundfunkchor Berlin
Winning Best Classical Album was “Weill: Rise And Fall Of The City Of Mahagonny (Los Angeles Opera Chorus and Los Angeles Opera Orchestra).
Conspirare’s next round of concerts in Austin comes Feb. 28 and March 1.
Rachmaninov Vespers, 8 p.m. Feb. 28 Regarded as the crowning achievement of the “Golden Age” of Russian Orthodox sacred music, as well as one of the greatest works of choral music ever written.
‘American Songs & Spirituals,’ 2:30 p.m. March 1 Back by popular demand, this concerts includes such favorites as “Shenandoah,” “Deep River” and Moses Hogan’s glorious arrangements of African-American spirituals.
Both concerts are at St. Martin’s Lutheran Church 606 W. 15th St. Tickets $26, $36 and $46 (Half-price tickets for youth, ages 6-17).
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