A GREAT CANTICLE BORN FROM A LOVE FOR THE CHURCH, THE MYSTICAL BODY OF CHRIST

EUCHARISTIC SYMPHONY
for baritone and soprano soloists, mixed choir with four voices flute and string orchestra and twelve Church representative singers by Armando Pierucci

WORLD PREMIERE CONCERT DVD Garden of Gethsemane, Jerusalem, September 22, 2012
Duni Orchestra and Choir of the Matera (I) Conservatory of Music Director: Carmine Antonio Catenazzo - Baritone: Carlo Rotunno - Soprano: Elisa Balbo

Church representative singers:

Rev. Fr. Gossan Aljanian (Armenian Orthodox Church), Rev. Archimandrite Aristovoulos Kyriazis (Greek Orthodox Church), H.E. Archbishop Joseph Jules Zerey (Greek Melkite Catholic Church), Mr. Mark Braginski (Russian Orthodox Church), Fra Jad Sara, ofm (Roman Catholic (Latin) Church), Ms. Rimaz Kasabreh (Evangelical Lutheran and Anglican Churches), H.E. Archbishop Mar Swerios Malki Murad (Syrian orthodox Church), Mgr. Joseph Kelekian (Armenian Catholic Church), Rev. Abba Gebrewold Weldsameel Berhane (Ethiopian Orthodox Church), Deacon Tharwat Daniel (Coptic Orthodox Church), Rev. Fr. Faris Mansoor Jacoob (Syrian Catholic and Chaldean Church), Deacon Sobhy Makhoul (Maronite Church).

A CULTURAL PROJECT BORN IN JERUSALEM INSPIRED BY LITURGICAL PIECES FROM TWELVE DIFFERENT CHRISTIAN MUSICAL TRADITIONS A CALL FOR INCREASED MUTUAL AWARENESS BETWEEN THE CHURCHES AND FOR THE RESPECT OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM