Inspiration and Resiliency – Online Resources for the BCI Community Part I
Listening to your favorite music or watching singers come together in song can be a balm for the soul during difficult times. We are pleased to share a number of terrific online resources to help you fill your day with music and to also provide moments of joy and comfort.
Choral Stream
Minnesota Public Radio offers an online channel featuring an unlimited number of choral works broadcast for free.
New York Times
Great Theater, Dance and Classical Music to Tune Into While Stuck at Home.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/20/arts/theater-dance-classical-art-stay-home-virus.html
Operawire
A Comprehensive List of All Opera Companies Offering Free Streaming Services.
New York Philharmonic PlaysOn
A new portal for free digital content to provide comfort and connection to millions of classical music fans worldwide.
Metropolitan Opera – Live in HD
A free series of encore presentations streamed on the company website during the coronavirus closure.
Over the Rainbow sung by students of the Chino Valley Unified School District
Hearing young people sing together – despite a stressful school closure — warms our hearts. Raise you voices in song however you can!
https://www.facebook.com/chinovalleyusd/videos/897299834074572/?t=21
This online choir formed because of the coronavirus outbreak will bring you joy
https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/uk/news/a31729991/online-choir-forms-during-coronavirus/
BCI conductor Julian Wachner and music by Brahms
With our beloved mothers in mind, Julian plays a Brahms Intermezzo, a piece that his mother played for him when he was a little boy.
https://www.facebook.com/julian.wachner/videos/10156051312447395/
The Wartburg Choir delivers an unforgettable performance of ‘Ain’t No Grave’
https://www.classicalmpr.org/story/2020/03/05/wartburg-choir
Although the summer season has been cancelled, BCI is pleased to offer these video performances of the four major choral masterpieces slated to be performed.
Mendelssohn “Die Erste Walpurgisnacht”
Kurt Masur conducts the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra and the Leipzig Radio Choir
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWOAAOeaKiY&list=OLAK5uy_nYAvZEe8mf390IRj3Hf16HdeqetrHzths
Mozart “Requiem” – Live from BBC Proms
BBC Scottish Symphony with the National Youth Choir of Scotland under the direction of Donald Runnicles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_e7K7io92g
Orff “Carmina Burana”
Berlin Philharmonic, Shinyukai Choir, and the Berlin Boys Choir conducted by Seiji Ozawa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyPTOD23h2w
Beethoven “Missa solemnis”
Choir and Orchestra of the Staatskapelle Dresden under the direction of Christian Thielemann
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdigBLZVI94
Les Choristes “The Chorus”
2004 French drama film
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0372824/
Available on Amazon Prime or at your local library
Pitch Perfect 1, 2, and 3
All three movies are available on YouTube and on Amazon Prime
“Creative Community Singing Outlets in the Face of COVID-19
From Chorus America
