Saturday, December 5, 2009

2010 Grammy nominees

Best Choral Performance
The Sixteen (Handel Coronation Anthems)
San Francisco Symphony Chorus, Pacific Boychoir, SF Girls Chorus (Mahler's 8th)
Warsaw Philharmonic Choir, Warsaw Boys' Choir (Penderecki, Utrenja)
Voices of Ascension (Song of the Stars)
Gabrieli Consort (A Spotless Rose)

All of the Best Classical Album nominees contain chorus, though sometimes in a minor role:
Morgan State University Choir, Peabody Children's Chorus (Bernstein's Mass)
SF Symphony Chorus, Pacific Boychoir, SF Girls Chorus (Mahler's 8th)
Tanglewood Festival Chorus (Ravel, Daphnis & Chloe)
Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chattanooga Boys Choir (Ravel, L'Enfant et les Sortilèges)
Chorus of the Mariinsky Theatre (Shostakovich, The Nose)

Two of the five Best Small Ensemble Performance nominees are choirs:
Tallis Scholars (Josquin, Missa Malheur Me Bat)
Theatre of Voices (David Lang's Little Match Girl Passion)

There are a sprinkling of choirs in other categories:
Conspirare (Best Classical Crossover Album)
Atlanta Symphony Chorus (Best Surround Sound Album)
London Symphony Chorus (Best Engineered Album)
Tanglewood Festival Chorus (Best Engineered Album)

And a couple of choral works were nominated for Best Classical Contemporary Composition:
Arvo Pärt, In Principio (Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir)
Roberto SIerra, Missa Latina 'Pro pace' (Milwaukee Symphony Chorus)


More: http://www.grammy.com/grammy_awards/52nd_show/list...

1 comment:

Elisa Gauthreaux said...

So one day SCNO with the LPO...