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It was one year ago today: composer Sarah Kirkland Snider's Mass for the Endangered, performed by Gallicantus and conductor Gabriel Crouch, was released on New Amsterdam / Nonesuch Records. You can hear it again here.

Kirkland's Mass, with a libretto by Nathaniel Bellows, is a celebration of, and an elegy for, the natural world—animals, plants, insects, the planet itself—an appeal for greater awareness, urgency, and action. The piece was originally commissioned by Trinity Church Wall Street.

"Luminous," said the Boston Globe. "A reason to keep falling for classical music."

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Composer Sarah Kirkland Snider has released a video for 'Credo' from her critically acclaimed new album, Mass for the Endangered, with lyrics by Nathaniel Bellows, performed by Gallicantus. The video by CandyStations, aka Deborah Johnson, is the fourth in the series for the album from the visual artist.

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Here's just some of the response to Sarah Kirkland Snider’s Mass for the Endangered. The piece, with a libretto by Nathaniel Bellows, is a celebration of, and an elegy for, the natural world. You can hear it, performed by Gallicantus, here.

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Here is Alleluia from Sarah Kirland Snider’s new album, Mass for the Endangered, performed by Gallicantus and out now. The video is the third Deborah Johnson / CandyStations has made for the album.

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Composer Sarah Kirkland Snider's Mass for the Endangered, performed by the English vocal ensemble Gallicantus led by Gabriel Crouch, is due September 25 on New Amsterdam & Nonesuch Records. The Mass, with a libretto by Nathaniel Bellows, is a celebration of, and an elegy for, the natural world—animals, plants, insects, the planet itself—an appeal for greater awareness, urgency, and action. Pre-order here to download "Sanctus/Benedictus" now.

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Emma O'Halloran

Natural History - (Gallicantus) -  (2015)

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The Fun Begins in York

The Fun Begins in York

When times were rotten, New York City was nicknamed “Fun City”–a dark commentary on the nightmare of garbage strikes, teacher walkouts, and a financial meltdown. Even in its most hopeless years, New York’s challenges pale in comparison with York, a far smaller and far older place that provided Fun City with its formal name.

The fun begins in York about 10,000 years ago. The Romans showed up about…

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Here is another passion on the death of Prince Henry (1612) by Robert Ramsey from Gallicantus's second record, "Dialogues of Sorrow."

The sparse opening gives way to an intensely painted lament . The dissonant intervals, prevalent half steps and strangely shifting harmonies on are beautifully captured with both individually beautiful shaping of the lines and seemingly telepathic ensemble communication.