The Tabernacle Choir has begun another series of recording sessions in the Tabernacle in Salt Lake City for a CD to be released later this year. (Notice the quilts placed on the benches of the main floor of the photo below, to slighly warm the famous accoustics of this historic building.)
Choir and Orchestra prepare to begin session
It will feature music of reflection and of quite comtemplation, and be different in this way. It will contrast with many of the choirs CDs which boast the huge sound of the 360-voice choir and 100-piece orchestra that will really raise one’s pulse with the huge, dramatic sound that results. This album will show how softly the huge forces can sing and how tenderly the lyrics can be sung to the delicate musical accompaniment. Sessions will take the entire week of evenings and all day on Saturday. A special videotaping session during the series will create a music video with singer Andrea Bocelli and pianist-composer David Foster with the choir, featuring them in the well-known song, “The Prayer” which is sung in Italian and English. We look forward to seeing the product in its finished form as well as the CD that will result. The choir will soon release a new CD and DVD for Christmas that was compiled from last year’s Christmas Concerts. The DVD features the entire concert with Baritone Brian Stokes Mitchell and actor Edward Herrmann which was widely praised as a triumph last year. You may want to see more information about these and other widely-acclaimed recordings of the choir and orchestra at
http://mormontabernaclechoir.org/products/.
