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Musica Sacra is a professional chorus founded in New
York’s Central Presbyterian Church in 1964 by the conductor Dr. Richard
Westenburg and is the city’s longest continuously performing ensemble of
its type. In the 1970s it
became an independent ensemble and began giving performances at acclaimed
venues such as Lincoln Center, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Carnegie
Hall. Also during the late
1970s Richard Westenburg began the chorus’s Basically Bach Festivals, which
are held at Lincoln Center.
They took on Kent Tritle as an associate conductor in 2006 and
following the passing of Richard Westenburg in early 2008 he assumed the
position of the music director and has since led them in all their
concerts. The chorus has been
acclaimed for their performances in many genres of music ranging from
renaissance chant to contemporary.
They are renowned for their annual performance of Handel’s Messiah
and their numerous recordings include many holiday recordings and works by
Hildegard von Bingen, Brahms, Messaien and Verdi among others.
Musica Sacra Recordings
Baloo Lammy (Traditional Scottish)
D. G. 429 732-2 (CD: Christmas Carols & Motets)
Conductor -
Richard Westenburg
Arranger -
Norman Luboff
Version composer -
William Billings
Sources:
- https://www.musicasacrany.com/about/
- https://www.musicasacrany.com/about/recordings/
- http://www.answers.com/topic/musica-sacra-music
- http://www.chorusamerica.org/vox_article_WestenburgObit_Sp08.cfm
- http://www.wnyc.org/music/articles/115306
- http://www.smarttix.com/show.aspx?showCode=BAS2
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