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And On Earth, Peace: A Chanticleer Mass
A work in five movements composed by five significant young contemporary composers from distinctive cultural and musical backgrounds, celebrating the life of Chanticleer founder Louis Botto (1951-1997).
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ABOUT CHANTICLEER
With its seamless blend of twelve male voices, ranging from countertenor to bass, the San Francisco-based ensemble Chanticleer has earned international renown as "an orchestra of voices." Hailed by the New Yorker magazine as "America's favorite choral ensemble" and praised by the Los Angeles Times for its "luxurious perfection," the GRAMMY Award-winning group in 2006-07 performs more than 80 concerts in 22 states across the U.S. A tour of prestigious European summer festivals in July will see the ensemble in France, Austria, Germany and Switzerland.
The season features the world premiere in April 2007 of And On Earth, Peace: A Chanticleer Mass at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. The five movements of And On Earth, Peace are composed by five distinguished contemporary composers from different cultural and musical backgrounds. A recording will be released by Warner Classics in the spring of 2007.
Since 1994, Chanticleer has recorded exclusively for Warner Classics, making the group's recordings available worldwide. Colors of Love won the GRAMMY Award in 2000 for Best Small Ensemble Performance (with or without Conductor) and the Contemporary A Cappella Recording award for Best Classical Album. The world-premiere recording of Sir John Tavener's Lamentations and Praises was released in January 2002 and garnered two GRAMMY Awards, for Classical Best Small Ensemble Performance (with or without Conductor) and for Best Classical Contemporary Composition. Chanticleer's three Christmas recordings are especially popular, as is the DVD of the 2002 Christmas concert at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, which is broadcast nationally on public television.
With the help of individual contributions and foundation and corporate support, the group brings the gift of singing to young people by conducting artist-in-the-schools residencies and Chanticleer Youth Choral Festivals. In addition to the extensive Bay Area educational activities, the ensemble conducts master classes while on tour, and in 2006-07 will conduct Chanticleer Youth Choral Festivals in San Francisco (both high school and middle school versions), Napa, CA and New Canaan, CT.
Named for the "clear-singing" rooster in Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, Chanticleer was founded in 1978 by tenor Louis Botto, who sang with the group until 1989 and served as Artistic Director until his death in 1997. In 1999, Christine Bullin joined Chanticleer as President and General Director. Music Director Joseph Jennings joined the ensemble as countertenor in 1983, and shortly thereafter assumed his current title. A prolific composer and arranger, Mr. Jennings has provided the group with some of its most popular repertoire, most notably spirituals, gospel music, and jazz standards.