Poster Cantus
Cantus
Vaughn Ormseth
Performance Today®

A conversation with cantus

The male vocal ensemble from Minneapolis stops by the town where they first formed - Northfield, Minnesota - to chat and sing music of Bobby McFerrin and Thomas Tallis, as well as a traditional gospel tune.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Astor Piazzolla: "Milonga en re"
Violinist Gidon Kremer, pianist Vadim Sakharov and bassist Alois Posch

Ludwig van Beethoven: "Egmont" Overture, Op. 84
The Chamber Orchestra of Europe with conductor Bernard Haitink
Culture and Congress Center, Lucerne, Switzerland

Ludwig van Beethoven: 32 Variations on an Original Theme in C Minor, WoO 80
Pianist Ingrid Fliter
Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado

Tomaso Antonio Vitali: Chaconne in G Minor
Violinist Helena Baillie and pianist Julian Riem
Higginson Room, Symphony Hall, Boston

Astor Piazzolla: "Autumn" and "Spring" from "The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires"
Violinist Andres Cardenes and the Strings Chamber Orchestra
Strings in the Mountains Festival, Steamboat Springs, CO

Hour 2

Hector Berlioz: "Rakoczy March"
The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra with conductor David Zinman

Felix Mendelssohn: Third and fourth movements from Piano Trio No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 66
Violinist Julia Fischer, cellist Daniel Muller-Schott and pianist Jonathan Gilad
Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado

Bobby McFerrin: "Dedicated to My Mother"
Cantus
Boe Memorial Chapel, Northfield, Minnesota

Thomas Tallis: "Lamentations of Jeremiah"
Cantus
Boe Memorial Chapel, Northfield, Minnesota

Traditional: "I Can't Tarry"
Cantus
Boe Memorial Chapel, Northfield, Minnesota

Hector Berlioz: "Roman Carnival" Overture, Op. 9
The Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Jukka Pekka Saraste
Oslo Concert Hall, Oslo, Norway

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