FULL GLORIA (Rutter) Cologne 2021 WDR Rundfunkchor Simon Halsey

Information on the Performance

• Work Title: Gloria  
• Composer: Rutter John  
• Libretto: traditional  
• Venue & Opera Company: Kölner Philharmonie  
• Recorded: December 9, 2021
• Type: Concert Live
• Singers: N/A
• Conductor: Simon Halsey  
• Orchestra: WDR Sinfonieorchester  
• Chorus: WDR Rundfunkchor  
• Stage Director:   
• Costume Designer:   

Information about the Recording

• Published by: WDR Klassik  
• Date Published: 2021  
• Format: Streaming
• Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
• Subtitles: nosubs  
• Video Recording from: YouTube     FULL VIDEO
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE

John Rutter’s Gloria is a musical setting of parts of the Latin Gloria. He composed it in 1974 on a commission from Mel Olson, and conducted the premiere in Omaha, Nebraska. He structured the text in three movements and scored it for choir, brass, percussion and organ, with an alternative version for choir and orchestra. It was published in 1976 by Oxford University Press.

Allegro vivace – “Gloria in excelsis Deo”[6]
Andante – “Domine Deus”[7]
Vivace e ritmico – “Quoniam tu solus sanctus”[8]