#gallicantus

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Natural History - (Gallicantus) -  (2015)

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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.