King Charles III’s coronation to feature 12 new pieces of music
London, UKReuters Twelve newly commissioned pieces of music will play at the coronation of Britain’s King Charles III at Westminster Abbey this May, including Greek Orthodox music, Buckingham Palace said, with the 18th century Zadok the Priest also to be featured. Six orchestral commissions, five choral commissions and one organ commission have been composed for […]
All-female ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ album bolsters show’s groundbreaking legacy
United StatesRNS Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s 1970 concept album Jesus Christ Superstar – from which the 1971 rock musical was born – delivered one radio hit, with Australian pop artist Helen Reddy channeling Mary Magdalene’s confused feelings about her rabbi in I Don’t Know How To Love Him. But otherwise, the album and the […]
‘Jesus Christ Superstar’: The controversial musical phenomenon turns 50
KATHRYN POST, of Religion News Service, charts the history of a storied musical…