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  The Music of This Love Between Us Pictured: Last night's rehearsal for Reena Esmail's This Love Between Us Orchestra rehearsals are underway for This Love Between Us , and last night we had the incredible experience of bringing together our chorus, vocal soloists, and tabla and sitar guest artists with our Resonance Chamber Orchestra for the first time, which was electrifying. We are falling more in love with this program every day, and can’t wait to share it with you in just two days!  Do you have your tickets yet?  J.S. Bach ’s ebullient Magnificat is a landmark in the composer’s impressive output, foreshadowing the scope and grandeur of his largest works despite its comparatively concise nature. Soloists, chorus, and orchestra all have opportunities to shine in dazzling melismatic textures and triumphant fanfares, with a text that offers a message of hope for the future of humanity.  Reena Esmail ’s This Love Between Us: Prayers for Unity was designed to be performed alo

  Chatham Baroque's Through the Wood, Laddie a Smashing Success Thank you to several hundred audience members who attended the Jan 26-28 performances of  Through the Wood, Laddie . What an amazing weekend of joyous music making and connecting together through the songs of Baroque Scotland and the Canadian Maritime Provinces. And thank you to the weekend's incredible venues including  Teutonia Männerchor ,  Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall , and  Hicks Memorial Chapel  at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. They were the perfect halls in which to experience the music. We also thank our exceptionally talented guest artists,  Pascale Beaudin , soprano and  Chris Norman , for helping to make this music of the past present and lively! Coming Up on Sunday, February 18: Apollo's Fire Violin Fantasy Calvary Episcopal Church ALBUM RELEASE CONCERT Don't miss  Apollo’s Fire 's return to Pittsburgh with a new program based on Heinrich Biber’s stunning Sonatas on the M