DON’T BELIEVE the august Encyclopaedia Britannica when it tags Henry Purcell’s “Dido and Aeneas” as the earliest production of an English opera. Westminster Abbey organist and Purcell tutor John Blow ...

God's attributes are acknowledged by both women: In Luke 1:49-50, Mary attributes her pregnancy to "the Mighty One". She ...

Bach’s Magnificat is the most concise of his major choral works but contains some of the composer’s most profound religious expression, from the intimate to the fervent.Conducting from a seated ...

Magnificat, a British a cappella vocal group founded in 1991, gave a splendid noontime performance at the Church of the Epiphany downtown Tuesday, the pews and rafters vibrating sympathetically to the ...