We have all heard it, yet most of us would not be able to name it. The term polyphony (from the Greek for “many sounds”) is used to describe music that employs simultaneous yet independent melodies.

Editor’s note: To listen along as you read, click the links in the text. These pieces were performed for The Economist by the choir of Jesus College, Cambridge. IN 1605 Charles de Ligny, a Frenchman, ...

A radiant Christmas celebration brought an emphatic account of Britten’s song cycle, together with past commissions by Welsh composers and newer works that perfectly complemented each other Halifax, ...

WASHINGTON — After the Choir of the Sistine Chapel, known as the “Pope’s Choir,” finished a performance a few years ago, a member of the audience told the director, Maestro Massimo Palombella, a ...

The women of the Oakland-based women’s choral group KITKA (which means “bouquet” in Bulgarian and Macedonian) manage to stand out in the diverse Bay Area choral scene because they offer something ...