An important part of the observance of Advent during this liturgical season is the playing and singing of Advent music. It's similar to — but also different than — the more well-known genre of ...

One goal is to note the obvious tension between the sobering messages heard during the quiet weeks of Advent and the waves of joyful songs, sacred and secular, that now start before Thanksgiving and ...

Mieka Michaux and Katrina Russell of Victoria Baroque Players. The VBP performs Music for Advent on Saturday. This weekend, two very different all-Baroque programs are on offer: one instrumental, from ...

For many, the idea of an "Advent music playlist" is bizarre. "There is real theological meaning in the longing and expectation of Advent -- the 'not yet' of the hoped-for gift -- that hymns like 'Come ...

Advent for some Christian denominations is a penitential season of waiting and longing in the four weeks before Christmas. The consumer-driven holiday season often overlooks the Advent themes of ...