Chanticleer's repertoire spans classical, gospel, jazz, and popular music, with a strong focus on commissioning new American compositions and arrangements.
Composition History
Joanna Marsh's new pieces, 'Hands and the Hour' and 'Arrival at the Lantern Festival,' were inspired by her 2019 composition 'In Winter's House' and set newly commissioned poems by Jane Draycott.
Performer Biography
Chanticleer is named after the 'clear-singing' rooster from Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.
Performer Biography
Chanticleer, a GRAMMY® award-winning vocal ensemble, was founded in San Francisco in 1978 by singer and musicologist Louis Botto.
Composition History
Joanna Marsh's new commissions, 'Hands and the Hour' and 'Arrival at the Lantern Festival,' were written for Chanticleer and the choir Zero8 in Stockholm.
Performer Biography
Chanticleer is known as an "orchestra of voices" and has performed thousands of live concerts and sold over one million recordings.
Performer Biography
Chanticleer's 2003 album Our American Journey was inducted into the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress in 2025.
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Lent and Holy Easter
Sermisy: Languir me fais - Purcell: O Dieu qui vois et bénis nos pleurs - Ardeau: Belle qui tiens ma vie
Morax: Prière du Rütli - Budry: Pour toi, pays - Kedrov: Pater Noster
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Live in Greece: From Constantinople to California
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Sacred North
Heilige Nacht - Advents Und Weihnachtsmusik Aus Dem Hohen Dom Zu Mainz
