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What do you want to listen to? Excerpts from our commissioned works? Interviews with our composers and musicians? Samples from our CDs and DVDs? We've included a few samples below, but there's lots more where these came from. We hope you will enjoy checking out these clips. They offer a great way to get to know some amazing music and musicians.
Commissioned Works
SDG commissions to date are listed in chronological order, starting with the most recent recordings available.
Sharafyan, Vache: Have Mercy on Me, O God (September 2011)
Archival recording from the premiere performance by the Dilijan Chamber Society, featuring tenor Daniel Plaster, at the Zipper Hall, Colburn School of the Performing Arts, Los Angeles, CA.
MacMillan, James: Alpha and Omega (June 2011)
Archival recording from the premiere performance at Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, University of Chicago, by the Rockefeller Chapel Choir and the University of Chicago Motet, James Kallembach, conductor.
Bannister, Peter: Psalm 96 (May 2011)
Recording from the LOFT (Living Our Faith Together) service at Calvin College, Grand Rapids, with congregational participation.
Kellogg, Daniel: O Greening Branch (Nov 2010)
Harnly, Neal: The Lost Son (Nov 2010)
Bannister, Peter: Hemosura De Dios (Aug 2010)
(coming soon!)
Kellogg, Daniel: Preserve Me, O God (Nov 2009)
Bancks, Jacob: Mass For All Saints (Sept 2009)
I. Asperge Me
V. Communion
Bannister, Peter: Et iterum venturus est (Sept 2008)
Composer Peter Bannister leads the Ensemble orchestral de Paris in a rehearsal of his oratorio Et iterum venturus est.
Kellogg, Daniel: The Fiery Furnace (April 2008)
Rehearsal for the Fiery Furnace premiere
Live recording of the 2008 world premiere of Daniel Kellogg's The Fiery Furnace, performed by the San Diego Symphony, tenor Nicholas Phan and baritone Steven Richardson under the direction of Jahja Ling.
Interviews
We hope you enjoy these interviews with our commissioned composers and SDG directors. The most recent interviews appear first.
MacMillan, James
James MacMillan discusses his Alpha and Omega with Chandler Branch (former SDG President and CEO).
James MacMillan reflects on the rewards of being a composer.
James MacMillan speaks about his process of composing Alpha and Omega.
Nelson, John
Conductor John Nelson speaks with Stephen Wright about the "heart" of Beethoven's Missa Solemnis.
Greg Wheatley of Moody Radio interviews Maestro John Nelson prior to conducting Brahms' Requiem at Wheaton College's 150 Anniversary concert on November 20, 2010.
Audio courtesy of Moody Radio.
Kellogg, Daniel: O Greening Branch (premiered Nov 2010)
SDG Communications Manager Marcia Broucek speaks with Daniel Kellogg about the composition of O Greening Branch, commissioned for the 150th anniversary of Wheaton College.
CDs & DVDs
Soli Deo Gloria is pleased to offer the following recordings of sacred music for your enjoyment. Check out our shop for full details and pricing. Sales proceeds benefit our ongoing nonprofit work to facilitate the creation of classical sacred music around the world.
Trailer from Beethoven Missa Solemnis DVD
filmed live in Lisbon, Portugal,
John Nelson conducting
the Chamber Orchestra of Europe
and the Gulbenkian Choir
“Everything about the creation of the Missa Solemnis DVD was thrilling. We professionals who spend our lives making music are blessed to do what we do. But it is not every day that we experience everything coming together in a kind of perfection. This was that day.”
—John Nelson, conductor
Missa Solemnis
Ludwig von Beethoven
Trailer from HaydnThe Creation DVD
filmed live at Grote Kerk, Netherlands,
John Nelson conducting
The Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra
and The Netherlands Radio Choir
“The Creation is definitely the crowning of Haydn's life . . . It is so full of enjoyment, of charm, of witty things. You can see Haydn smiling all the way through the piece. I think that's one of the reasons that it is such a great piece and people love it so much."
—John Nelson, conductor
The Creation
Franz Joseph Haydn
Excerpts from the Mass in B Minor DVD recording
Audio/Video footage courtesy of Ideale Audience.
A critically acclaimed audio/video production with John Nelson conducting L'Ensemble Orchestral de Pari and Maîtrise de Notre-Dame in the Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris.
“Close to being an act of worship.”
—BBC Music Magazine
“Bach in Notre-Dame de Paris” DVD
Johann Sebastian Bach
Mass in B Minor, BWV 232
John Nelson conducts a thrilling performance of one of Berlioz's largest works, the dramatic setting of the Te Teum for two choirs, children's chorus, obbligato organ, tenor soloist and large orchestra. Nominated for the Grand Diapason d'Or Prize.
Hector Belioz
Te Deum
Berlioz Te Deum audio courtesy of EMI Classics.
Te Deum (excerpt 1)
The first of SDG’s sponsored recordings brought together the combined talents of the Lyric Opera Chorus and the Chicago Symphony Chorus for a performance of Górecki's a cappella choral work Miserere, conducted by John Nelson. "This album contains some of the most emotionally heart wrenching music that I have ever heard," reports one listener.
Henryk Górecki
Miserere
Gorecki Miserere audio courtesy of Nonesuch Records.
Miserere (excerpt 1)
Amen
Szeroka Woda
