Sentence examples for vocal sextet from inspiring English sources
In 1968, Stockhausen composed the vocal sextet Stimmung, for the Collegium Vocale Köln, an hour-long work based entirely on the overtones of a low B-flat (Toop 2005, 39).
(Woolfe) Western Wind (Friday) This versatile vocal sextet celebrates the holidays with "Singing Angels, Silver Bells," a program of medieval, Renaissance, early American and contemporary Christmas songs.
WILLIAM ZUKOF, countertenor, the Western Wind, a vocal sextet from New York that performs a large repertory of sacred and secular music.
Lionheart, a finely honed male vocal sextet that specializes in medieval music (but is occasionally heard in contemporary works as well), has reconsidered that approach.
The early-music vocal sextet Lionheart has always known how to transform the sober work of researching antique texts into vibrant, rich-hued programs.
Lionheart, the early-music vocal sextet, has assembled several medieval Christmas programs over the years, each focusing on the hymns, motets and carols of a particular country.
The quartet, with Mr. Stewart and Rob Schwimmer, a singer, opened the program with excerpts from Joshua Fried's "Headset Sextet," a vocal work in which the musicians wear headphones, each carrying a distinct audio track.
(Chinen) Buster Williams Sextet (Friday and Saturday) The authoritative bassist Buster Williams and the volatile drummer Lenny White, longtime rhythm-section partners, anchor a sextet with Mark Gross on saxophones, Jean Baylor on vocals, George Colligan on piano and Paul Bollenback on guitar.
Wagner's intimate mumble has taken on a croonerish authority, while the once 20-strong line-up is now a trim sextet, featuring Cortney Tidwell on haunting, siren-like vocals and latest recruit, pedal steel-guitar player Luke Schneider, who at one point bursts into Panic by the Smiths.
The sextet is supplemented on several songs by additional female voices, creating a light, effervescent vocal experience.
In vocal and instrumental chamber ensemble performance, the performing groups are divided into duets, trios, quartets, quintets, sextets, septets, and octets, which exist for every medium and combination.
