Queen Aid

The Band Du Lac is Gary Brooker's brainchild. A random collection of concerned musicians and celebrities both past and present, these good-natured guys and gals get together under the famous keyboardist's tutelage for various charitable events, playing before black-tie crowds in hopes of coercing a few extra pounds out of their pockets.

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy - Geistliche Und Weltliche Chorwerke / Sacred And Secular Vocal Works
Regensburger Domspatzen / Georg Ratzinger
EAC+LOG+CUE | FLAC: 284 MB | Full Artwork: 129 MB | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: Ars Musici # 232188 | Country/Year: Germany 2009, 1995
Genre: Classical, Sacred, Secular | Style: Romantic, Vocal

…The choir performed in honor of Queen Elizabeth II on the occasion of her State Visit to Germany in 1978, and at Pope John Paul II’s visit to Munich in 1980. They also gave a concert in Bonn for the state guests at the NATO summit in 1982 under the auspices of then German president Karl Carstens. In 2006 they gave a concert in the Vatican City for Pope Benedict XVI, the brother of the former Domkapellmeister Georg Ratzinger. The main purpose of the choir, however, remains the music in the liturgy of St Peter's, where the religious services of Holy Week constitute the prime event of the liturgical, and thus also the musical, year.