When the subject was Bach's Mass in B minor, which had been heard in countless interpretations for choirs large and small, it was natural to be curious about how many singers and players Bach might have had on hand and how his music — any of it — must have sounded in its day.
The program opened with an elegantly shaped interpretation of Palestrina's "Magnificat" for double choir.
He had listened to the demo of "Like a Prayer" in his car, and directed his choir according to his own interpretations of the music.
Since their epoch-making recording of the piece nearly 20 years ago, Gardiner's interpretation has deepened, and the singing of the Monteverdi Choir as well the playing of the English Baroque Soloists has become still more accomplished and assured.
Conversely, many think Kelly Clarkson's version at the Super Bowl — speedy, percussive and with a children's choir — was second only to Whitney Houston's epic interpretation at the 1991 Super Bowl.
The three choirs united for the final work: a spirited interpretation of the melodic and upbeat "Give Us Hope," composed by Jim Papoulis, Leo Schaff and Regine Urbach.
Wednesday through Saturday, catch the choreographer Mark Morris in a less-familiar guise: conducting the Trinity Choir and the MMDG Music Ensemble in his renowned dance interpretation of Purcell's opera "Dido and Aeneas," with the heaven-shaking mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe.
HOLIDAY MUSIC THE TALLIS SCHOLARS The British early-music choir, renowned for its purity of sound and elegant interpretations, is a favorite on the Miller Theatre schedule.
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The 60 members of the Brythoniad Male Voice Choir, formed in 1964 in Blaenau Ffestiniog, squeezed in to the studio to record their interpretation of the disco classic, then filmed a stunning video in Portmeirion.
