C O M P O S E R
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"The beauty of Patricia's music is in the atmosphere it creates; wherever we perform it around the World it is universally well-received - and as with all good music it breaks down the barriers of language and culture, communicating on a higher level."
--Christopher Gabbitas
The King's Singers
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Performed / Recorded by (selected):
THE KING'S SINGERS
CHANTICLEER
TAPESTRY
CONSERVATORY CANADA (SYLLABUS)
THE UNIVERSITY CHOIR OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY
MANNER-QUARTETT SCHNITTPUNKTVOKAL
CONTACT PATRICIA VAN NESS
New! In Paradisum
Listen: here
Purchase: here
"Cor meum est templum sacrum is one of our favorite songs to sing and to program. It has created a transcendent moment on many of our sacred programs.”
--Chanticleer
“It is always a pleasure to present Patricia Van Ness's beautifully crafted music, which is loved by performers and audiences alike. Taking inspiration from medieval aesthetics that explore the relationship between beauty and the divine, her music (and poetry) evokes a sense of sacred space during which time seems to be suspended through her ethereal, slow-moving harmonies.”
--Edward Elwyn Jones
Gund University Organist and Choirmaster of the Memorial Church, Harvard University
“The music of Patricia Van Ness possesses a timeless sense of beauty and grace that evokes a better and finer world than the one we inhabit. In hearing it, we experience both a glimpse of the divine and a challenge to live as our best selves.”
--Peter Sykes
Chair, Historical Performance Department, Boston University
Music Director, First Church in Cambridge, Congregational. USA
“Patricia Van Ness's poetry speaks directly to the heart and her music, with its supple melodies and austere harmonic language, is exquisite. Her vibrant spirituality, innate musicality, and commitment to the excellence of her creative work are tremendously inspiring.”
--Scott Metcalfe
Music Director, Blue Heron
"Patricia van Ness' work holds a special position in the contemporary music scene -- linking the ages, referencing the language of sacred music steeped in history and striving to contribute to 21st yearnings for spirituality and meaning. Apart from everything else, her music is stunningly beautiful and reaches heart and mind at the same time."
--Dr. Annette Kreutziger-Herr
University of Music and Dance Cologne, Germany
“Patricia's work is deeply moving, deeply satisfying to sing, and superbly idiomatic for voices.”
--Ellen Hargis
Soprano
“Patricia Van Ness's music transports us to a new place and time, almost familiar, and always beautiful.”
--Thomas Forrest Kelly
Morton B. Knafel Professor of Music
Harvard University
“Patricia Van Ness is a composer of beautiful texts together with music that fits the singers like a fine glove, and with a gift for creating lush sonorities in deeply spiritual music.”
--Laurie Monahan,
Mezzo-Soprano
Source of images:
Folios: 10 Recto and 13 Verso
The Remains of a Medieval Antiphon (14th century)
18 Leaves of A28904 in The Annmary Brown Collection.
Brown University Library
Project by Laura Saetveit, Class of 2003.
Used with permission.