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www.stift-heiligenkreuz.org/THE MONKS OF STIFT HEILIGENKREUZ- THE
MUSIC FROM THESE MONKS IS SO EXCELLENT, THIS LITTLE WRITING
WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DO THEM JUSTICE. SINCE 2008 THEY HAVE
LITERALLY BEEN LIGHTING UP THE WORLD WITH THEIR CHANT MUSIC.
FOR 2009 THE MONKS OF STIFT HEILIGENKREUZ CAME IN AT #16 ON
BILLBOARD MUSIC MAGAZINE'S TOP CLASSICAL MUSIC ARTIST CHART.
THEIR RELEASE, CHANT: MUSIC FOR THE SOUL WAS AT THE TOP OF THE
CLASSICAL ALBUMS CHART FOR ALL OF 2009. IT HAS SOLD OVER ONE
MILLION COPIES, AND BEEN CERTIFIED AS A PLATINUM ALBUM. CHANT:
MUSIC FOR THE SOUL IS ONE OF THE VERY FEW CHANT MUSIC
RELEASES, TO EVER SELL OVER ONE MILLION CD'S. HERE IS A LITTLE
OUTLINE OF THE ABBEY. THE ABBEY OF HEILIGENKREUZ IS IN
AUSTRIA, NOT FAR FROM VIENNA. FOUNDED IN 1133 BY SAINT
LEOPOLD III, THIS ABBEY IS THE OLDEST CONTINUOUSLY ACTIVE AND
LIVED IN CISTERCIAN MONASTERY IN THE WORLD. IT IS DIFFICULT
TO DESCRIBE JUST HOW HISTORIC STIFT HEILIGENKREUZ IS. TODAY
THERE ARE CLOSE TO 80 MONKS AT THE ABBEY. IT HAS A PONTIFICAL
THEOLOGICAL ACADEMY, AND 18 AFFILIATED PARISHES. POPE BENEDICT
VISITED IN 2007, AND IT IS SAID TO BE HIS FAVORITE ABBEY. PLEASE
VISIT THE STIFT HEILIGENKREUZ WEBSITE. THE WEBSITE IS IN
GERMAN, BUT JUST CLICK ON THE ENGLISH OPTION FOR
TRANSLATION. ALL OF THE MUSIC, VIDEO INFORMATION, AND LINKS
ARE THERE. PLEASE CLICK ON ALL THE LINKS, AND PLEASE DON'T MISS
THE YouTube VIDEO. IF YOU WANT TO GO DIRECTLY TO THE CHANT:
MUSIC FOR THE SOUL WEBSITE JUST CLICK ON THIS LINK.
www.chantmusicforthesoul.com
MUSIC FROM THESE MONKS IS SO EXCELLENT, THIS LITTLE WRITING
WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DO THEM JUSTICE. SINCE 2008 THEY HAVE
LITERALLY BEEN LIGHTING UP THE WORLD WITH THEIR CHANT MUSIC.
FOR 2009 THE MONKS OF STIFT HEILIGENKREUZ CAME IN AT #16 ON
BILLBOARD MUSIC MAGAZINE'S TOP CLASSICAL MUSIC ARTIST CHART.
THEIR RELEASE, CHANT: MUSIC FOR THE SOUL WAS AT THE TOP OF THE
CLASSICAL ALBUMS CHART FOR ALL OF 2009. IT HAS SOLD OVER ONE
MILLION COPIES, AND BEEN CERTIFIED AS A PLATINUM ALBUM. CHANT:
MUSIC FOR THE SOUL IS ONE OF THE VERY FEW CHANT MUSIC
RELEASES, TO EVER SELL OVER ONE MILLION CD'S. HERE IS A LITTLE
OUTLINE OF THE ABBEY. THE ABBEY OF HEILIGENKREUZ IS IN
AUSTRIA, NOT FAR FROM VIENNA. FOUNDED IN 1133 BY SAINT
LEOPOLD III, THIS ABBEY IS THE OLDEST CONTINUOUSLY ACTIVE AND
LIVED IN CISTERCIAN MONASTERY IN THE WORLD. IT IS DIFFICULT
TO DESCRIBE JUST HOW HISTORIC STIFT HEILIGENKREUZ IS. TODAY
THERE ARE CLOSE TO 80 MONKS AT THE ABBEY. IT HAS A PONTIFICAL
THEOLOGICAL ACADEMY, AND 18 AFFILIATED PARISHES. POPE BENEDICT
VISITED IN 2007, AND IT IS SAID TO BE HIS FAVORITE ABBEY. PLEASE
VISIT THE STIFT HEILIGENKREUZ WEBSITE. THE WEBSITE IS IN
GERMAN, BUT JUST CLICK ON THE ENGLISH OPTION FOR
TRANSLATION. ALL OF THE MUSIC, VIDEO INFORMATION, AND LINKS
ARE THERE. PLEASE CLICK ON ALL THE LINKS, AND PLEASE DON'T MISS
THE YouTube VIDEO. IF YOU WANT TO GO DIRECTLY TO THE CHANT:
MUSIC FOR THE SOUL WEBSITE JUST CLICK ON THIS LINK.
www.chantmusicforthesoul.com
THE PRIESTS- THESE THREE PRIESTS FROM IRELAND, TWO OF THEM
ARE BROTHERS, BEGAN MAKING DEMO CD'S AS A RESPONSE TO POPE
JOHN PAUL II'S CALL TO "PUT OUT INTO THE DEEP". THEIR
INTENTION IS TO USE MUSIC TO PREACH THE GOSPEL TO THE WHOLE
WORLD. THE PRIESTS ARE THE TWO BROTHERS, FATHER MARTIN
O'HAGAN AND FATHER EUGENE O'HAGAN, ALONG WITH THEIR FRIEND
FATHER DAVID DELARGY. THEY ARE FROM NORTHERN IRELAND AND ALL
THREE HAVE EXTENSIVE VOCAL TRAINING, INCLUDING OPERA. ALL
THREE PRIESTS ALSO STUDIED TOGETHER IN ROME AS SEMINARIANS.
WHILE IN ROME THEY SANG TOGETHER AT THE VATICAN, IN PAPAL
CEREMONIES AS CANTORS. THEY ALSO PERFORMED AT CONCERTS AND
SPECIAL EVENTS. TODAY ALL THREE ARE DIOCESAN PRIESTS IN
NORTHERN IRELAND. THEY ALSO CONTINUE TO SING OPERA. THEY
HAVE FORMED A CHOIR, GEARED TOWARDS OUTSTANDING LITURGICAL
MUSIC, AND NON-LITURGICAL RELIGIOUS CLASSICAL MUSIC. THEIR
FIRST RELEASE THE PRIESTS CAME OUT IN NOVEMBER 2008. IT IS ONE
OF THE HIGHEST SELLING CLASSICAL MUSIC DEBUT ALBUMS IN
RECORDING MUSIC HISTORY. IT WAS ON BILLBOARD'S CLASSICAL
MUSIC ALBUMS CHART FOR AT LEAST 78 WEEKS. THE PRIESTS'
SECOND RELEASE HARMONY, RELEASED IN NOVEMBER 2009, WAS ALSO
ON BILLBOARD'S CLASSICAL ALBUMS CHART FOR A TOTAL OF 55
WEEKS. THE PRIESTS' 2010 CHRISTMAS RELEASE, NOELnoeNOEL,
RELEASED IN NOVEMBER OF 2010, DEBUTED AT #3 ON BILLBOARD'S
CLASSICAL MUSIC ALBUMS CHART, AND WAS ON THE CHART FOR 17
WEEKS. NOEL ALSO CHARTED ON BILLBOARD'S TOP CHRISTIAN ALBUMS
CHART. THE PRIESTS' MOST RECENT RELEASE, THEN SINGS MY SOUL:
THE BEST OF THE PRIESTS (SONY MASTERWORKS- 2012), DEBUTED ON
BILLBOARD MUSIC MAGAZINE'S TOP CLASSICAL ALBUMS CHART. THE
PRIESTS ARE LIFTING UP RELIGIOUS MUSIC TO A WHOLE NEW LEVEL.
HERE IS THE LINK TO THE PRIESTS' WEBSITE. www.thepriests.com
ARE BROTHERS, BEGAN MAKING DEMO CD'S AS A RESPONSE TO POPE
JOHN PAUL II'S CALL TO "PUT OUT INTO THE DEEP". THEIR
INTENTION IS TO USE MUSIC TO PREACH THE GOSPEL TO THE WHOLE
WORLD. THE PRIESTS ARE THE TWO BROTHERS, FATHER MARTIN
O'HAGAN AND FATHER EUGENE O'HAGAN, ALONG WITH THEIR FRIEND
FATHER DAVID DELARGY. THEY ARE FROM NORTHERN IRELAND AND ALL
THREE HAVE EXTENSIVE VOCAL TRAINING, INCLUDING OPERA. ALL
THREE PRIESTS ALSO STUDIED TOGETHER IN ROME AS SEMINARIANS.
WHILE IN ROME THEY SANG TOGETHER AT THE VATICAN, IN PAPAL
CEREMONIES AS CANTORS. THEY ALSO PERFORMED AT CONCERTS AND
SPECIAL EVENTS. TODAY ALL THREE ARE DIOCESAN PRIESTS IN
NORTHERN IRELAND. THEY ALSO CONTINUE TO SING OPERA. THEY
HAVE FORMED A CHOIR, GEARED TOWARDS OUTSTANDING LITURGICAL
MUSIC, AND NON-LITURGICAL RELIGIOUS CLASSICAL MUSIC. THEIR
FIRST RELEASE THE PRIESTS CAME OUT IN NOVEMBER 2008. IT IS ONE
OF THE HIGHEST SELLING CLASSICAL MUSIC DEBUT ALBUMS IN
RECORDING MUSIC HISTORY. IT WAS ON BILLBOARD'S CLASSICAL
MUSIC ALBUMS CHART FOR AT LEAST 78 WEEKS. THE PRIESTS'
SECOND RELEASE HARMONY, RELEASED IN NOVEMBER 2009, WAS ALSO
ON BILLBOARD'S CLASSICAL ALBUMS CHART FOR A TOTAL OF 55
WEEKS. THE PRIESTS' 2010 CHRISTMAS RELEASE, NOELnoeNOEL,
RELEASED IN NOVEMBER OF 2010, DEBUTED AT #3 ON BILLBOARD'S
CLASSICAL MUSIC ALBUMS CHART, AND WAS ON THE CHART FOR 17
WEEKS. NOEL ALSO CHARTED ON BILLBOARD'S TOP CHRISTIAN ALBUMS
CHART. THE PRIESTS' MOST RECENT RELEASE, THEN SINGS MY SOUL:
THE BEST OF THE PRIESTS (SONY MASTERWORKS- 2012), DEBUTED ON
BILLBOARD MUSIC MAGAZINE'S TOP CLASSICAL ALBUMS CHART. THE
PRIESTS ARE LIFTING UP RELIGIOUS MUSIC TO A WHOLE NEW LEVEL.
HERE IS THE LINK TO THE PRIESTS' WEBSITE. www.thepriests.com
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CATHOLIC CANADIAN ERIC GENUIS IS A PIANO VIRTUOSO AND
COMPOSER, WITH A FIRST CLASS A.R.C.T. (ASSOCIATE OF THE ROYAL
CONSERVATORY) HONOURS DEGREE IN PIANO PERFORMANCE FROM
THE ROYAL CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC IN TORONTO. HE HAS
RELEASED AT LEAST NINE MUSIC ALBUMS, AND A FILM BEGINNING
WITH TRUTH NEVER CHANGES IN 1996 AND ETERNITY IN 1997. IN 2003
ERIC GENUIS RELEASED THE RARE AND HIGHLY PRAISED RELEASE,
FANTASIAS FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO, FOLLOWED BY THREE MORE HIGHLY
ACCLAIMED RELEASES, LEGACY IN 2006, THE WINDS HAVE CHANGED IN
2007, AND TIMELESS IN 2009. ALL THREE OF THESE RELEASES WERE
RECORDED WITH THE SLOVAK NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AND
CONDUCTED BY MAESTRO ALLAN WILSON OF LONDON, WHO HAS BEEN
THE ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR ON MORE THAN THIRTY FILM SCORES.
LEGACY, THE WINDS HAVE CHANGED, AND TIMELESS ARE CONTEMPORARY
CLASSICAL CHRISTIAN MUSIC RELEASES. THE EXCELLENT SOPRANO
ANN MARIE BOSKOVICH ALSO APPEARED ON THE WINDS HAVE CHANGED.
ERIC GENUIS' OTHER CLASSICAL CHRISTIAN MUSIC ALBUMS INCLUDE
IMAGES OF GRACE: FOUR CENTURIES OF RELIGIOUS VERSE, RELEASED
THROUGH ETERNITY MEDIA IN 2004, AND HIS SELF RELEASED NEVER
ALONE IN 2006, AND THE JOYFUL MYSTERIES OF THE HOLY ROSARY IN
2007. THE FILM RELEASE, THE PASSION, FEATURING DOUG BARRY WITH
FILM MUSIC BY ERIC GENUIS WAS RELEASED IN 2003-2004. HIS
BEAUTIFUL PIECE, THE IRISH WARRIOR WAS PERFORMED IN CONCERT,
AND RECORDED BY SAMANTHA MUMBA. ALSO ERIC GENUIS HAS
COMPOSED MUSIC FOR DOCUMENTARY FILMS, INTERNET VIDEO
GAMES, THEME SONGS FOR TELEVISION, AND CHORAL MUSIC. ERIC
GENUIS IS A WONDERFUL CONTEMPORARY CLASSICAL COMPOSER AND
VIRTUOSO, AND THERE WILL BE MUCH MORE MUSIC TO COME FROM
HIM. PLEASE VISIT HIS WEBSITE AND LEARN MORE ABOUT ERIC
GENUIS. www.ericgenuis.com
COMPOSER, WITH A FIRST CLASS A.R.C.T. (ASSOCIATE OF THE ROYAL
CONSERVATORY) HONOURS DEGREE IN PIANO PERFORMANCE FROM
THE ROYAL CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC IN TORONTO. HE HAS
RELEASED AT LEAST NINE MUSIC ALBUMS, AND A FILM BEGINNING
WITH TRUTH NEVER CHANGES IN 1996 AND ETERNITY IN 1997. IN 2003
ERIC GENUIS RELEASED THE RARE AND HIGHLY PRAISED RELEASE,
FANTASIAS FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO, FOLLOWED BY THREE MORE HIGHLY
ACCLAIMED RELEASES, LEGACY IN 2006, THE WINDS HAVE CHANGED IN
2007, AND TIMELESS IN 2009. ALL THREE OF THESE RELEASES WERE
RECORDED WITH THE SLOVAK NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AND
CONDUCTED BY MAESTRO ALLAN WILSON OF LONDON, WHO HAS BEEN
THE ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR ON MORE THAN THIRTY FILM SCORES.
LEGACY, THE WINDS HAVE CHANGED, AND TIMELESS ARE CONTEMPORARY
CLASSICAL CHRISTIAN MUSIC RELEASES. THE EXCELLENT SOPRANO
ANN MARIE BOSKOVICH ALSO APPEARED ON THE WINDS HAVE CHANGED.
ERIC GENUIS' OTHER CLASSICAL CHRISTIAN MUSIC ALBUMS INCLUDE
IMAGES OF GRACE: FOUR CENTURIES OF RELIGIOUS VERSE, RELEASED
THROUGH ETERNITY MEDIA IN 2004, AND HIS SELF RELEASED NEVER
ALONE IN 2006, AND THE JOYFUL MYSTERIES OF THE HOLY ROSARY IN
2007. THE FILM RELEASE, THE PASSION, FEATURING DOUG BARRY WITH
FILM MUSIC BY ERIC GENUIS WAS RELEASED IN 2003-2004. HIS
BEAUTIFUL PIECE, THE IRISH WARRIOR WAS PERFORMED IN CONCERT,
AND RECORDED BY SAMANTHA MUMBA. ALSO ERIC GENUIS HAS
COMPOSED MUSIC FOR DOCUMENTARY FILMS, INTERNET VIDEO
GAMES, THEME SONGS FOR TELEVISION, AND CHORAL MUSIC. ERIC
GENUIS IS A WONDERFUL CONTEMPORARY CLASSICAL COMPOSER AND
VIRTUOSO, AND THERE WILL BE MUCH MORE MUSIC TO COME FROM
HIM. PLEASE VISIT HIS WEBSITE AND LEARN MORE ABOUT ERIC
GENUIS. www.ericgenuis.com
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