The Rose Ensemble

Based in St. Paul, MN, the Rose Ensemble is a daring and inventive vocal ensemble captivating audiences with virtuosic performances and the dramatic telling of ancient stories that speak to today's world. Founded in 1996 by Artistic Director Jordan Sramek, The Rose Ensemble has built a diverse and enthusiastic contemporary audience with imaginative presentations of Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque music, scrupulously researched and beautifully presented with what the Miami Sun-Sentinel called “buoyant agility.” The Rose Ensemble’s musicians cast a rich and harmonious spell with ancient music, their music intertwined with the stories of heroes and heroines of old, while also commissioning Minnesota composers to write new works that complement the old and remind audiences of the timeless human spirit that resonates across centuries.

Currently presenting an average of over 50 performances each year and maintaining an active touring schedule filled with performances and educational programs nationwide, The Rose Ensemble is the recipient of the 2005 Margaret Hillis Award for Choral Excellence and has as enjoyed a prestigious artist residency at The Basilica of Saint Mary in Minneapolis since 1997. Called “The Twin Cities' most daring and imaginative vocal ensemble” by the Saint Paul Pioneer Press, the musicians of The Rose Ensemble have received acclaim for their ability to sing both as an ensemble and as individual soloists, while director Jordan Sramek has been lauded for diverse programming and ground-breaking research.

Discography

Fire of the Soul

Magnificat Motetto de Sancto Stanislao In festo Omnium Sanctorum In solemnitate Corporis Christi Deus in adiutorium Motetto de Sancto Alberto Crucifixus surrexit Slava...Yedinorodniy Sine Heruvimskaya Pesn Dostoyno yeat', yako voistinnu Bogoroditse Devo, raduysia

Dazzling Eastern European polyphony featuring the antiphonal glory of Polish Renaissance composer Mikolaj Zielenski, the strength of the Russian Orthodox Liturgy with 12-part writing from Baroque master Vasily Titov, and the commissioned “hit," Bogoroditse Devo, Raduysia," by Minnesota composer, Sergey Khvoshchinskiy.

7904 CD $15.98

Slavic Holiday

O Beate Stanislae Beata es virgo Nobis est natus hodie In natali Domini Beatus Adalbertus Per merita sancti Adalberti Alme presul et beate Poslán jest od Boha andel Magnificat Dies est Laetitiae Stala se jest vec divná De Nativitate Domino Hospodine, Pomiluj Ny Pisen o Koncilu Kostnickém Primo Tempore Svat Václave Dulce Melos Salve pater optime Decet huius cuntis horis

The Rose Ensemble's holiday recording features music from medieval and Renaissance Poland and Czechoslovakia, including motets from the Prague manuscript Codex Specialnik and several lovely spiritual songs extolling the virtues of various Slavic saints and heroes. The Rose Ensemble, based in Minneapolis/St. Paul, handles this material with great skill and grace. Their vocal tone is bright yet warm, and their articulation is clear and crisp. This is interesting music from a part of the world we've just begun to explore. This music is at once familiar and exotic.

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