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The texts from the Psalms cover every emotion from pain to joy, disappointment to elation, from sorrow to hope. \u003cem\u003eA Hymn of Praise\u003c\/em\u003e affirms that “His love shall be our strength and stay while ages roll.” \u003cem\u003eLet Us Rejoice\u003c\/em\u003e with its setting for women’s voices and handbells is full of exuberant excitement. \u003cem\u003eMy Beloved is Mine\u003c\/em\u003e was written in honor of the twenty-fifth anniversary of Gloriæ Dei Cantores, celebrating the long-standing relationship of the composer with the choir. \u003cem\u003eChoral Trilogy\u003c\/em\u003e opens with “Why have you forsaken me?” the Psalmist crying out to God, but then moves to the words from Romans 8 “The Spirit helps us,” and “nothing shall be able to separate us from the love of God.” The final movement is full of praise, singing, dancing, joy, and hallelujahs. We are then taken to the comforting words of Psalm 23 in a lush and glorious arrangement, set in both Hebrew and English. The culminating work, \u003cem\u003eTo Speak to Our Time\u003c\/em\u003e, was commissioned for the eightieth anniversary concert of Kristallnacht. In Adler’s words, “This music was composed to deliver a message to society today of the plight of refugees worldwide as we must work for a world of peace.” Adler presents the listener with a powerful pilgrimage from unspeakable horrors and pain to a feeling of confident peace and hope. The final work, \u003cem\u003eHow Sweet the Sound\u003c\/em\u003e, is a beautiful setting of the beloved hymn, \u003cem\u003eAmazing Grace\u003c\/em\u003e.\r\n\r\nSamuel Adler aims at “healing or repairing the world so that by our life’s work we would leave the world a better place when we depart from it.” He is well-known for his ecumenical vision and for building bridges through music. It is this mutual vision and passion that brought Samuel Adler and Gloriæ Dei Cantores together.\r\n\r\nGloriæ Dei Cantores has been building bridges through the international language of music since its founding in 1988. The choir sings in eighteen languages, and has touched the hearts of audiences in twenty-three countries in Europe, Russia, and North America, receiving extensive critical acclaim for its artistic elegance, performance authenticity, and compelling spirituality.\r\n\r\nIn preparation for this recording, members of Gloriæ Dei Cantores delved into the composer’s works, studying the texts, the compositional style, and the vision. Each choir member brought a distinct perspective, sparking lively discussions and unifying the vision they aimed to portray through the recording. Throughout this process conductor Richard K. Pugsley worked with the choir to bring their study, vision, and emotional connection to the texts and the music to life on the recording floor, bringing forth a message that “speaks to our time.”\r\n\r\nKnown for his musical intuition and performance authenticity, Richard K. Pugsley has been acknowledged for his “expert conducting” (\u003cem\u003eClassics Today\u003c\/em\u003e) with “clarity and instinct for high impact moments” (\u003cem\u003eSan Francisco Classical Voice\u003c\/em\u003e), and for his ability to “reveal the details of each composition with a rare sensitivity and luminosity” (\u003cem\u003eNew York Classical Review\u003c\/em\u003e). Pugsley has conducted the internationally recognized Gloriæ Dei Cantores for over twenty years and has been instrumental in promoting and highlighting American composers, winning the Ernest Bacon Memorial award for the performance of American music.\r\n\r\nPugsley’s passion for enlivening the sacred texts of choral literature as relevant and present encounters of sung prayer, spans the traditions of ancient Gregorian chant, to classic repertoire, modern works, and rarely performed choral gems. Gloriæ Dei Cantores’ discography includes the works of over 200 composers, and 150 premiere works on record for the first time.\r\n\r\nPugsley is an avid storyteller as is Adler, aiming to communicate the texts set to music as authentically as possible and in true harmony with the composer’s vision. \u003cem\u003eTo Speak to Our Time\u003c\/em\u003e is a musical journey with all of the emotions that make us human. 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