Hark! The Stories Behind Our Favourite Christmas Carols, is an American podcast which does as its title helpfully suggests. A ...
Peter Paul Rubens’s “The Massacre of the Innocents” (c. 1638), at the Alte Pinakothek in Munich. Wikimedia Commons. Credit: José Luiz Bernardes Ribeiro, via Wikimedia Commons. Most Christmas carols ...
This is part four of the “Twelve Posts of Christmas,” a series exploring twelve traditions of the Christmas season. Lully, lullah, thou little tiny child, Bye bye, lully, lullay. All young children to ...
Of all the beautiful, soul-stirring music associated with the Christmas season, perhaps the most haunting melody, and easily the most unsettling lyrics, belong to the “Coventry Carol.” Far from a ...
The classical crossover duo of Frances Drost and Kirstin Myers were in our studio last month ahead of their fundraising concert, and today we got a little holiday spirit from the pair! Double ...