Chant: Mystery & Mysticism

NIN-CULMELL SYMPHONIE DES MYSTÈRES A CAMEO CONCERT WITH ORGAN In 1996 the men of St. Martin’s, together with organist Richard Robertson, made the premiere recording of Spanish composer Joaquin Nin-Culmell’s Symphonie des Mystères, in the presence of the composer. A student of Dukas and de Falla, and inspired by Messiaen, Nin-Culmell (1908-2004) traces a dramatic arch in this work, charting the birth, crucifixion, and resurrection of Christ, alternating Gregorian chant with powerful movements for organ. Twenty years later, the same grouping teams up to reprise this work on two of Denver’s finest pipe organs.