Starting out as assistant conductor to Antal Dorati in Minneapolis, Dr Robert Berglund founded the Minnesota Chorale and was Director of Music (1969-1995) at Mt. Olivet Lutheran Church, the largest Lutheran congregation in the United States.
He was Professor of Music at Bethel College (now University), chairing its music department from 1959 to 1995.
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From a reader: Saturday’s performance of Saul had to be abandoned minutes before the final curtain because of a power outage. The announcements from the stage were almost inaudible from my seat in the Upper […]
We have met Musica Gloria on a number of occasions, most recently in live performance in Edinburgh, Scotland. Here, on the Etcetera label, they offer a selection of North German Cantatas from around 1700. This […]
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