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Manhattan Joy: Voices of Ascension

June 11, 2021 By Guy St. Clair

Sometimes we “big-city” types can go a little overboard, but there’s no question that being part of the so-called “critical mass” in New York City has its advantages. And for those who take special pleasure in beautiful choral music (as most readers know, I’m one of them), wandering about pre-pandemic New York provided many splendid …

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Filed Under: Music Tagged With: Church of the Ascension (NYC), Keene (Dennis), Music (Choral), New York - Music, Untermyer Gardens (Yonkers NY), Voices of Connection

Back in New York – The Verdi Requiem – Many Musical Memories

July 2, 2010 By Guy St. Clair

Of course one of the pleasures of far away duty stations is the return home, and those pleasures have been probably doubled for me, since my return home was interrupted almost immediately with more travel. But now I have been in my beloved Manhattan for a little over a week, and enjoying it mightily. Especially …

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Filed Under: Music, Personal History Tagged With: Leopold Stokowski, New York - Churches, New York - Music, St. Bartholomew's Choir, St. Bartholomew's Church, Waldorf Astoria Hotel

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