Voices of Connection: 03/12 Stanford’s Best Piece

Irish by birth, and trained in Germany, Stanford was perhaps the most important church musician in England at the beginning of the 20th century. He wrote a large amount of choral music and was teacher to generations of other prominent church composers. His Beati quorum via is one of three a cappella motets composed in 1905. It is a beautiful vehicle for chorus, with the three upper parts often in dialogue with the three lower ones.

Dennis Keene


 

CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD Beati quorum via

Voices of Ascension
Dennis Keene, Artistic Director

from the Delos recording Hear My Prayer ℗ 2004 Delos
The singers in this performance are represented by the American Guild of Musical Artists, AFL-CIO.

 

Voices of Ascension