Mandorla
The best music of any kind
takes us on a journey, teaching us something,
or revealing a new perspective. The best of
sacred music does all of these things, too, but with
a specific intention: if we allow it to, it leads us to that
holy place where heaven and earth intersect, where the
veil becomes thin enough that for a moment, though our
feet are planted firmly here on earth, our spirits are freed to
experience the eternal. Gloriæ Dei Cantores presents here
three works expressing the tension between the human and
the divine that creates a sacred “mandorla” between heaven
and earth. These three composers are tied together by their
illuminations of mankind’s need for salvation, and by
their expression of the intimacy and glory in these
sacred encounters between broken humanity
and a great and gracious God.
