… The crushing greatness of Bach’s two extant Passion settings, which invariably make multiple appearances in the weeks before Easter, has often discouraged latter-day composers from treading the same ground. […]
NY Times: New Amsterdam Singers Perform a Text-Inspired Concert
Concert programmers often try to create thematic links between seemingly disparate works. But the New Amsterdam Singers event on Thursday at St. Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church on the Upper […]
Dark Lullabies and Twisted Witches: New Amsterdam Singers Bring Shakespeare to Upper West Side
Putting together a concert of works linked by an overall theme may seem a surefire way to lend coherence to a program. The risk is that in searching for pieces […]
New Tunes, Old Friends and Poems Set to Song: New Amsterdam Singers at St. Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church
Among ensembles that champion new music, many trumpet the wide diversity of the composers they perform. Yet there is much to be said for a group that builds long-term associations […]
Lifting Off to Copland and Stucky: New Amsterdam Singers, Led by Clara Longstreth
Clara Longstreth, the music director of the estimable New Amsterdam Singers, has a knack for putting together engaging programs with a thematic hook. But as she notes on the chorus’s […]
Romanticism, Tone Paintings and Modern Takes on Folk Tunes
The New Amsterdam Singers have explored music ranging from 15th-century sacred works to modern secular pieces in the 40 years since Clara Longstreth founded the group, and the choir’s performances […]