The Grace Cathedral Choir of Men and Boys performs live at the monestary of San Juan de Dos Reyes, Toledo, Spain. Live recording, June 2013.

Canon Benjamin Bachmann conducting.

Soloists:
Treble - Robby Nooney
Alto - Justin Montigne
Tenor - David Kurtenbach
Bass - John Kelley

Howells - Requiem (Live)

The Canterbury Tales: General Prologue

The Goat Paths, op. 43/3 - Herbert Howells

A live recording from The Sunny Quietude, presented as part of the Organ Recital Series at Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, in May 2011.

David Kurtenbach, tenor. Benjamin Bachmann, organ.

Howells - The Goat Paths, op 43/3

A quick audition recording. Accompanying myself.

Roger Quilter - Weep You No More Sad Fountains, op. 12/1

Quick recording for an audition. I'm playing piano for myself.

Schumann - Ich Grolle Nicht, op. 48/7

Quick recording for an audition. Accompanying myself.

Poulenc - Chanson d'Orkenise, from "Banalités"

Easter Day performance of the Sanctus and last third of the Benedictus.

Bruckner Mass in e minor -- Sanctus and Benedictus

Bruckner Mass in e minor -- Agnus Dei

Bruckner Mass in e minor -- Gloria

Joseph Jongen - Toccata from Symphonie Concertante, op. 81/4 for Organ and Orchestra. 

Performed live on Easter morning 2012 at Grace Cathedral, San Francisco. Arranged for brass octet by Lawrence Thain. Conducted by Canon Director of Music Benjamin Bachmann.

Jongen - IV. Toccata (Moto perpetuo): Allegro Moderato

Performed by the Cathedral Choir of Men and Boys, Grace Cathedral, San Francisco on Easter 2012. Conducted by Canon Director of Music, Benjamin Bachmann.

Dirksen - Christ Our Passover

From "Messe Solennelle" by Jean Langlais. Live recording of the Grace Cathedral Choir of Men and Boys on 28 October 2012. Mme Langlais coached the choir and organist before attending the service. The Very Rev Dr Jane Shaw, Dean of Grace Cathedral, preached a homily about her passion for and personal experience with these two movements immediately before they were sung. Benjamin Bachmann, Canon Director of Music. Lawrence Thain, Assistant Organist.

Langlais - Sanctus & Benedictus "Messe Solennelle"

Performed by the Grace Cathedral Choir of Men and Boys. Live recording at Eucharist on 28 October 2012. Benjamin Bachmann, Canon Director of Music. Lawrence Thain, Assistant Organist. Justin Montigne, countertenor.

Sowerby - I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills

From "Messe Solennelle" by Jean Langlais. Live recording of the Grace Cathedral Choir of Men and Boys on 28 October 2012. Mme Langlais coached the choir and organist before attending the service. Benjamin Bachmann, Canon Director of Music. Lawrence Thain, Assistant Organist.

Langlais - Agnus Dei "Messe Solennelle"

Live recording from All Saints Eucharist on 4 November 2012. Grace Cathedral Choir of Men and Boys, Benjamin Bachmann, Canon Director of Music. Tom Williamson, guest organist. (Sadly, the final chord was truncated by the dean.)

Bainton - And I saw a new Heaven

Recorded live during Eucharist on 17 Mar 2013. 
Grace Cathedral Choir of Men and Boys
Benjamin Bachmann, Canon Director of Music
Lawrence Thain, Organ

Howells - Like as the hart desireth the waterbrooks

DAVID KURTENBACH, tenor, enjoys an active career as soloist and chorister with American Bach Soloists, Apollo's Fire, AVE, Clerestory, Volti, San Francisco Choral Society, and
the Grace Cathedral Choir of Men and Boys. Mr Kurtenbach is also an experienced conductor,
having conducted performances and directing choral programs at Opera San Jose, Festival Opera, and Oberlin Opera Theater.
He has also prepared symphony choruses in Atlanta, Cleveland, Akron, and Oakland. Mr Kurtenbach currently teaches voice, music theory, and
diction at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, and recently lectured on vocal accompanying  and choral conducting at Oberlin Conservatory, his alma mater.

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