Misa a Buenos Aires by Martin Palmeri

This week on Going Beyond Words, Host Stan Schmidt brings to ACDA Radio and ChoralNet, an exciting hour of choral greatness from Austria, England and South America featuring a very special Misa a Buenos Aires.   Performing groups are the Rias Kammerchor and Akademie Für Alte Musik Berlin;   Then The Gesualdo Six directed by Owain Park, concluding with n the Bach-Chor Siegen with the Tango-Orchestra “El Arroyo” with conductor Ulrich Stötzel.  All are new CD’s are new for GBW.  First, Magna et Mirabiliia, an Offertortium in B Flat Major by Austrian composer Joseph Eybler.  Part of a new recording of Anton Bruckner’s Missa Solemnis…with Łukasz Borowics on the Podium.  Then from England a new ensemble called the Gesualdo Six, comprised of talented gentlemen in their début recording of English Motets.  They were formed in 2014 and do a superb job on all 17 Tracks.   The feature of this broadcast is music by Argentine Composer and Conductor Martin Palmeri (b. 1965.) We will investigate his Misa a Beunos Aires composed in 1996 that incorporates the harmony of Tango Nuevo for a very exciting Misatango.   The composer has led performances in seventeen different countries including a special presentation for Pope Francis in 2013 in the Baslica…This is a piece from outside the box that will excite your singers and audiences.

For a look at the CD’s used and a complete list of the music heard go to the blog of WWW.GONGBEYONDWORDS.COM website and click on show 2427