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Futility
Music by Ian Assersohn, text by Wilfred Owen. Performed by The Pinnacle Ensemble conducted by Michael Waldron
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Arts District Chorale
Arts District Chorale was founded in 1989 as The Cathedral Chorale in residence at the downtown Dallas Arts District’s magnificent Cathedral Guadalupe. During the 1990s the Chorale helped re-establish this historic church’s secondary role as a center for ... moreArts District Chorale was founded in 1989 as The Cathedral Chorale in residence at the downtown Dallas Arts District’s magnificent Cathedral Guadalupe. During the 1990s the Chorale helped re-establish this historic church’s secondary role as a center for culture and community. ADC’s artistic success and benefit to the Cathedral community inspired additional collaborations with other Dallas cultural institutions. In 2001 The Cathedral Chorale became the Arts District Chorale, receiving its non-profit 501(c)(3) status in 2004.
Arts District Chorale is now a signature all-volunteer ensemble of 60 gifted amateur and professional vocalists from all walks of life which annually presents four large-scale season events and ten to fifteen smaller events in collaboration with the world-class cultural venues of the downtown Dallas Arts District. Our common bond is a passion for the choral art as a profound and worthy expression of the human condition and a desire to present masterworks of vocal music to the general pu... less
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The Pokroff Chamber Choir
The POKROFF (translation: Protection of the Virgin Mary) Chamber Choir was set up in 1993 by its director and trumpeter Andrey Goryachev as a church choir. Its creative efforts and dynamic development in 1999 permitted the choir under the sponsorship of t... moreThe POKROFF (translation: Protection of the Virgin Mary) Chamber Choir was set up in 1993 by its director and trumpeter Andrey Goryachev as a church choir. Its creative efforts and dynamic development in 1999 permitted the choir under the sponsorship of the Voice of Russia Radio Company to record its first CD – “Divinity in Sound”.
Two more CDs were recorded in 2003 and 2005, devoted to Christmas and Easter. Since 2000 the choir began touring not only in Russia but also abroad, visiting Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, France, Italy, Ukraine, Moldavia, Croatia, Montenegro, BiH and Estonia.
The choir also took part in television shows in Russia and abroad, such as in the “Bregenzer Advent” in 2002. Apart from regular concerts and recordings, the choir also minds it spiritual roots, regularly taking part in church services, both routine and special ceremonial, such as Episcopal services at which it frequently performs. The choir is also a frequent guest at schools, orphanages and homes for the eld... less
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Fabulous Fridays
The Fabulous Fridays, a young modern Jazz Pop Choir from Berlin, was founded by conductor Michael Betzner-Brandt in 2003 and seeks with its 20 members to perform a range of music, including jazz and pop, as well as a mix between Classical and popular musi... moreThe Fabulous Fridays, a young modern Jazz Pop Choir from Berlin, was founded by conductor Michael Betzner-Brandt in 2003 and seeks with its 20 members to perform a range of music, including jazz and pop, as well as a mix between Classical and popular music, and improvisations.
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Hugo Distler(1908-1942) - Ensemble Nobiles, Sjaella
Commemorating the 70th anniversary of Hugo Distler's death, two successful vocal ensembles from Leipzig perform together on a single CD for the first time. The three- and four-voice motets recorded by the young ladies of the Sjaella sextet and the five yo... moreCommemorating the 70th anniversary of Hugo Distler's death, two successful vocal ensembles from Leipzig perform together on a single CD for the first time. The three- and four-voice motets recorded by the young ladies of the Sjaella sextet and the five young gentlemen of the Ensemble Nobiles represent some of the highlights from Distler's choral oeuvre: the Jahrkreis op. 5, and the Geistliche Chormusik op. 12.
One of the composer's best-known works, the Totentanz op. 12 no. 2, stands at the heart of this disc. The fourteen motets for Eternity Sunday contained in the Totentanz op. 12 no. 2 were set to music by Hugo Distler and form the work's musical part. Distler accompanies the motets with non-musical verses that narrate a dialogue between death and his numerous victims.While on the present recording some of the victims' roles are spoken by the singers themselves, Heinz-Martin Benecke lends death his charismatic voice.
The Totentanztopos is known especially through its pictorial representations of death'... less