Smyth’s Mass Given Thrilling Performance in Carnegie Hall

By Laurine Celeste Fox, guest blogger. On Sunday, April 14, 2013, The Cecilia Chorus of New York, along with members of the Long Island University Post Chorus, gave the New York premiere of Ethel Smyth’s Mass in D Major.  The 150+ voices of the choruses were joined by...
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More on Ethel Smyth’s Mass

In anticipation of the April 14 performance of Ethel Smyth’s Mass in D Major, Liz Wood (musicologist and widely published author) gave an illuminating talk about Smyth and the origins of her Mass.  Virginia Woolf described Smyth’s vigorous character, calling her...