Gloriae Dei Cantores, Elizabeth C Patterson - Sacred Songs Of France Volume 1 1198 1609

GLORIÆ DEI CANTORES Gloriæ Dei Cantores (Singers to the Glory of God) holds a passionate dedication to illuminate truth and beauty through choral artistry, celebrating a rich tradition of Sacred choral music from Gregorian chant through the twenty-first century. Founded in 1988, Gloriæ Dei Cantores from Orleans, MA, under the direction of Richard K. Pugsley, has touched the hearts of audiences in twenty-three countries in Europe, Russia, and North America, receiving extensive critical acclaim for its artistic elegance, performance authenticity, and compelling spirituality. Distributed in the United States and internationally by Naxos, the choirs catalog of more than fifty recordings showcases their extensive repertoire, encompassing both masterpieces and rarely performed musical treasures from Gregorian chant to the twenty-first century. Superb BBC; Lovely, pure and radiant Gramophone; Rapturous a capella passages Chicago Tribune. Highlights of the choirs career include three invitational tours to Russia, opening the 900th anniversary of St. Marks Basilica in Venice, Italy, live radio and television broadcasts with the BBC, film soundtracks, the tree-lighting ceremony at Rockefeller Plaza, and performances in some of the finest concert halls throughout Eastern and Western Europe and across the United States. The choirs collaborative ventures have included a sixteen-city US tour of Mozarts Requiem with Philippe Entremont and the Munich Symphony Orchestra (Columbia Artists, CAMI, LLC), performances in the United States and the United Kingdom with Her Majestys Coldstream Guards, concerts of of Mozarts Requiem with the St. Petersburg Philharmonic in Russia, numerous collaborations with Vox Cæli Symphonia, world premiere concerts and recordings with Grammy-award-winning artist Mark OConnor, and ten Holiday Tours with Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops Symphony Orchestra. They have also appeared on the concert stage and in recordings with John Williams, Samuel Adler, Stephen Cleobury, Vladimir Minin, and the late George Guest, Dr. Mary Berry, and Margaret Hillis, among others. Gloriæ Dei Cantores makes its home at the Church of the Transfiguration (Orleans, MA) where the choir sings weekly worship services, seasonal concerts, and records throughout the year. The members ongoing life of worshipSunday Eucharist, Choral Evensong, and Liturgy of the Hours in Gregorian Chantis the foundation of the choirs artistry, enabling their extensive repertoire to become a vibrant form of prayer in any setting. Their music conveys a kind of utter, rapt, spiritual intensity, that you simply cant imagine unless youve experienced it for yourself. (American Record Guide)

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