Voices of Connection: 09/19 Berlioz Te Deum: Final Movement
This is one of Berlioz’s greatest masterpieces, and it is one of the ultimate ceremonial pieces of all time. For this once-in-a-lifetime performance we assembled 140 professional singers, another 140 in a youth chorus, and an orchestra of 100. We were almost 400 musicians assembled for this piece! Berlioz called this final movement the most colossal, grandiose piece he ever composed. Near the end of the movement, the music keeps repeating “Non confundar. Salvum fac,” “Don’t let us be overcome! Save us!” Climax after climax breaks forth, and in one of the most extraordinary endings in all of French music, the work reaches its magnificent, blazing apotheosis, as Redemption finally triumphs. – Dennis Keene, Artistic Director
BERLIOZ Te Deum - Final Movement
Voices of Ascension Chorus & Orchestra
Dennis Keene, Artistic Director & Conductor
Mark Kruczek, Organist
Young Singers of Pennsylvania
Susan and Joseph Ohrt, Directors
from the Delos recording Berlioz Te Deum ℗ 1997 Delos
The singers in this performance are represented by the American Guild of Musical Artists, AFL-CIO.