Holiday music.
The Grammy-winning Orpheus Chamber Orchestra The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra is a world-renowned, Grammy Award-winning classical music chamber orchestra based in New York City which is known for a unique style collaborative leadership in which the musicians interpret the score, not a conductor. , featuring acclaimed countertenor countertenor, a male singing voice in the alto range. Singing in this range requires either a special vocal technique called falsetto, or a high extension of the tenor range. Andreas Scholl Andreas Scholl (born November 10 1967) is a countertenor, a male classical singer in the alto vocal range. He specialises in Baroque music. His range is the same as that of the celebrated 18th century alto castrato, Senesino, for whom Handel wrote his greatest alto roles. , performs works by Albinoni, Scarlatti, Telemann, Bach and traditional Irish, English, Welsh and American songs at UCLA's Royce Hall on Nov. 30. Orpheus was founded in 1972 by cellist Julian Fifer and a group of fellow musicians. The centerpiece of their season is a five-concert series in New York's Carnegie Hall. The group has recorded extensively for Deutsche Grammophon.
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