Random Thoughts On Performing The Bach Passions From An Old Evangelist

From time to time, the Indianapolis Symphonic Choir invites a guest to this blog. We are honored and pleased to welcome Dr. Michael Sells, former president of the Symphonic Choir’s Board of Directors, retired Dean of Butler University Jordan College of Arts, and Professor Emeritus at Butler University. In a 30-year solo career, I was… Read More

Guest Blog | Dr. Michael Sells

Reflections on a Friendship Although this posting is not directly about War Requiem, it is about one of the significant participants in that first performance, Peter Pears, for whom Britten wrote such lovely and loving music throughout his career, and who became a kind and generous friend over the last 12 years of his life…. Read More