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'Defiant Requiem: Voices of Resistance' Recieves Two Emmy Nominations, Netflix Stream Verdi's "Requiem"
REVIEW: Christopher Theofanidis’ ‘The Legend of the Northern Lights’ Is a Wild Ride Through Space and Time
Conductor Carlos Kalmar and the Grant Park Orchestra expertly navigated 'The Legend of the Northern Lights' on Saturday night, bringing a crystal clarity to even the most demanding passages. This outstanding new work by Christopher Theofanidis was also performed at Millennium Park on August 8. Make Her Lovely: Laura Mvula's New 'Sing to the Moon' Album Gets the Orchestral Treatment She Deserves
It must be tragic to feel shorted by recording software in this day and age. At least for Laura Mvula, whose debut album Sing to the Moon took the 2013 British awards season by surprise and reached the Top 10 charts in the U.K. After a live performance with the Dutch Metropole Orchestra, the album that didn't deliver has now been revised and re-recorded--giving the space needed for Mvula's voice to soar over a cinematic orchestra.