On Tuesday 24 October 2017, at 12.15, in the Holy See Press Office, Via della Conciliazione 54, a press conference will be held to present the new music CD of the Pontifical Sistine Chapel Choir, released by Deutsche Grammophon: “VENI DOMINE – Advent & Christmas at the Sistine Chapel”.
A recording for Christmas with a repertoire drawn from the Renaissance manuscripts from the “Sistine Chapel Choir”, held in the Vatican Apostolic Library, containing three first ever recordings and the “Beata viscera Mariae Virginis” of Perotinus, with the extraordinary participation of Cecilia Bartoli.
The panel will be composed of:
- H.E. Msgr. Georg Gänswein, prefect of the Papal Household;
- Msgr. Massimo Palombella, director of the Pontifical Sistine Chapel Choir;
- Dr. Mirko Gratton, director of the Classical and Jazz Division of Universal Musica Italia.