Cantus
The “intellectually, emotionally and musically rich” (Star Tribune) eight-member low voice ensemble Cantus is known worldwide for its trademark warmth and blend and its engaging performances of music ranging from the Renaissance to the 21st century. Working without a conductor, the members of Cantus rehearse and perform as chamber musicians, each contributing to the entirety of the artistic process. The Washington Post hails the ensemble’s sound as having both “exalting finesse” and “expressive power” and refers to their music-making as “spontaneous grace.” Cantus performs more than 60 concerts each year both in national and international touring, as well as in its home of Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota. Past performances have brought Cantus to the stages of the Kennedy Center, UCLA, San Francisco Performances, Atlanta’s Spivey Hall, Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival, Lincoln Center, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
CANTUS: Ave Maria by Franz Biebl
CANTUS: That Lonesome Road by James Taylor; arr. Simon Carrington
CANTUS: O Christmas Tree аранж. Паркер/Шоу
CANTUS: The Road Home by Stephen Paulus
КАНТУС: III. Биг-Сур, Маргарет Бондс
CANTUS: VI. New Moon by Margaret Bonds
CANTUS: II. Snail by Margaret Bonds
CANTUS: IV: Moonlight Night: Carmel by Margaret Bonds
CANTUS: V. Snake by Margaret Bonds
CANTUS: VII. Birth by Margaret Bonds
CANTUS: I. Heaven by Margaret Bonds
CANTUS: “My Way” by Frank Sinatra
CANTUS: “Dance to the Music” by Sly & The Family Stone
CANTUS: Figure Humaine, mvmt. VI: "Le jour m'étonne et la nuit me fait peur" by Francis Poulenc
CANTUS: Light Years to Lebanon by Saunder Choi
CANTUS: Bésame Mucho by Consuelito Velázquez; arr. José Galván
CANTUS: Chôros No. 3, "Pica-pau" (Woodpecker) by Heitor Villa-Lobos
CANTUS: "A Change is Gonna Come" by Sam Cooke
CANTUS & CANADIAN BRASS: "Dirge for Two Veterans" by Gustav Holst
CANTUS & CANADIAN BRASS: "Litaniae Beatae Mariae Virginis" by Giovanni Gabrieli
CANTUS & THE SWINGLES: "New York State of Mind" by Billy Joel
CANTUS & THE SWINGLES: "Weather to Fly" by Elbow
CANTUS & THE SWINGLES: "Both Sides Now" by Joni Mitchell
CANTUS: "when I was just a boy" by Isaac Lovdahl
‘She’ by Laura Mvula
CANTUS: I'll Be Home For Christmas by Gannon & Kent, arr. Joanna Goldsmith-Eteson
CANTUS: Go Tell It on the Mountain, arr. Reginald Bowens
CANTUS: Es ist ein Ros entsprungen, arr. Alexander Nishibun
CANTUS: Love Is Christmas by Sara Bareilles
CANTUS: Angels We Have Heard On High, arr. Saunder Choi