By Daniel Pinkham
Christmas Cantata (Sinfonia Sacra) is a modern classic with jubilant echoes of the great polychoral works of Giovanni Gabrielli and Heinrich Schütz. Dan Pinkham helped Boston and the New England Conservatory become the center of early music in the United States, as illustrated by this fantastic work. The Christmas Cantata, composed for the New England Conservatory Chorus and Lorna C. DeVaron, is Pinkham’s most widely performed work. It is scored for chorus and a double instrumental “choir” performed by brass ensemble and organ.
By Daniel Pinkham
Christmas Cantata (Sinfonia Sacra) is a modern classic with jubilant echoes of the great polychoral works of Giovanni Gabrielli and Heinrich Schütz. Dan Pinkham helped Boston and the New England Conservatory become the center of early music in the United States, as illustrated by this fantastic work. The Christmas Cantata, composed for the New England Conservatory Chorus and Lorna C. DeVaron, is Pinkham’s most widely performed work. It is scored for chorus and a double instrumental “choir” performed by brass ensemble and organ.
