Spiritu Sancto
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| Released | January 1, 2007 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | Papillon | |||
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Spiritu Sancto, the seventh album by American flugelhornist Dmitri Matheny, was released in 2007.[1]
Spiritu Sancto ("The New Millennium Mass") is a complete liturgical work of seventeen movements, drawing on jazz, gospel, choral, orchestral and world music traditions. The piece was commissioned by Ted W. Hall and St. Domenic's Church in San Francisco in 1999 as part of the city's millennial New Year's Eve celebration, the composition received its world premiere on December 31, 1999 at the stroke of midnight at St. Domenic's Church.[2][3] The performance was recorded live by producer, Lolly Lewis, and Grammy-award winning recording engineer, Phil Edwards and released on Papillon Records in 2007. The work was composed by Dmitri Matheny and conducted by Dr. David Schofield, with lyrics for the Offertory (I'm Ready) contributed by Ted W. Hall.
