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The Music Beati
quorum via,
O
Vos Omnes,
Ubi
Caritas,
Justorum
Animae, Coelos
Ascendit Hodie PAUL HALLEY was born in Romford, England in 1952 and received his early musical training in Ottawa, Canada. At the age of sixteen, he was made an Associate of the Royal Conservatory of Toronto. Having been awarded the organ scholarship at Trinity College, Cambridge, Halley received his M.A. with prizes in composition and performance, and was made a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists, winning first prize in the College examinations. Via a circuitous route involving two years teaching in Jamaica, W.I., Halley become Organist and Choirmaster at The Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City where he served for twelve years, from 1977 to 1989, transforming the Cathedral’s music program into a rich combination of classical and contemporary music. Concurrent
with his tenure at The Cathedral, Halley became a principal member of The Paul
Winter Consort, and earned three Grammy Awards for his contributions as featured
writer and performer on many Consort recordings.
Halley’s music has been performed and recorded by many notable artists
and ensembles, including the New Jersey Symphony, and John Williams and The
Boston Pops Orchestra. Following
his departure from The Cathedral, Halley settled in rural northwestern
Connecticut and founded Joyful Noise, Inc., the non-profit organization which
administers the activities and tours of his children’s choir, Chorus Angelicus
and the adult ensemble, Gaudeamus. Halley’s
compositions and recordings are available from Pelagos Incorporated, the music
publishing and recording company for which he acts as Creative Director. SOPRANOS:
Elizabeth Allyn ALTOS:
Gretchen Collins TENORS:
Adam Atkins,
Tommy Bogdan BASSES:
Kevin Andersen,
Jim Barrett, Starr Cole,
Martin Dodd THE
TRINITY COLLEGE CHAPEL is a splendid example of gothic revival architecture
which was designed by the firm of Frohman, Robb and Little who were also
architects of the Washington National Cathedral and many other notable edifices.
While unique in design, its style is English collegiate gothic with
obvious inspiration derived from some of the Oxbridge college chapels.
Since its consecration by the Episcopal Bishop of Connecticut in 1932,
the Trinity College Chapel has served the college and its greater community in
many ways including religious services, concerts and academic ceremonies.
The Chapel houses two important pipe organs and a 49 bell carillon.
Its resident choir is The Trinity College Chapel Singers, a 25 member
ensemble of Trinity College undergraduate students. Sacred
Feast was
recorded at Trinity College Chapel in Hartford, CT on May 23 - 25, 1998. This recording was made with 6 microphones feeding 6 channels of a Philips DSD recorder. Three forward facing microphones, set up in a Quasi-Decca Tree arrangement, represent Left, Center and Right front. The other 3 microphones capture the more ambient part of the performance, Left Surround, Right Surround and Overhead. The Overhead channel is full range unlike the LFE or .1 channel used in 5.1. The object here is to more accurately represent the acoustical space by placing a speaker over the listener’s head creating the dimension of height. This is not necessarily convenient, but life would be boring if we didn’t experiment a little. Whether you listen in 2-channel stereo, 5-channel surround or 6-channel surround, this SACD represents the most accurate source for music reproduction possible. This dual-layer Hybrid SACD can be played in both a standard CD player and a Super Audio CD player. When played in a Super Audio player, you will experience pure 1bit Direct Stream Digital |
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