City's Civic Chorus Stays On New Path: ; Review

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Critics love to gripe about ensembles not performing new music. What is the fun in hearing a piece you already have heard a dozen, or a hundred, times?

That never comes up with performances of the Charleston Civic Chorus. Its concert Sunday at the Baptist Temple featured 10 compositions, seven of which were composed after 1994. Even the two old pieces on the program, by the 16th-century composer Jacob Handl and the 17th century's Mikolaj Zielenski, were in new editions published this year.

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City's Civic Chorus Stays On New Path: ; Review

The concert was heavy on a cappella music. With community ensembles, this can be a blessing and a curs...

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