David Briggs is Organist Emeritus of England's Gloucester Cathedral and one of the foremost Concert Organists of his generation. David Briggs enjoys a busy touring schedule that takes him to the most prestigious concert venues in the world. His Columbus program includes his own organ transcriptions of orchestral works by Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakoff, Elgar, and a four-movement symphony improvised on themes submitted by the audience.

"The playing is unquestionably marvellous: shapely, virtuosic, and poetic in turns… stupendous technical brilliance, musical imagination of the first order and breathless inspiration." -The Organists' Review, UK

Inspired by the renowned chapel choirs of the Renaissance, Pomerium revives the golden age of a cappella singing. The ensemble, featuring some of the finest singers in the country and acclaimed for its luminous sound, performs frequently in New York--at such venues as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Cloisters, the Pierpont Morgan Library, the Frick Collection, and Music Before 1800--as well as across the USA and abroad.

"The standard by which early music vocal groups are measured." -The New York Times

The company of 50 singers was founded in 1991 as a result of a merger of the USSR State Chamber Choir and State Symphony Orchestra of the USSR Ministry of Culture. This world-famous ensemble is known for flexibility of phrasing, rich and warm tone and nobility of expression.

"Music sparkled and glittered in the magnificent performing of musicians from Moscow… The Choir and the Orchestra achieved an exceptional blend of sounding, now tender, now powerful, but always vivid coloring…"  - "Le Monde," France

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The Cathedral Choir and orchestra perform J. S. Bach's Magnificat and other works for the Advent and Christmas seasons. This popular concert, always in the heart of Advent, is a wonderful opportunity for the audience to sing the great Christmas carols with the Cathedral organs, orchestra, and choir.

Continuing an annual tradition of featuring distinguished American cathedral musicians, this season's artist is Rex Rallanka of Sacramento's Blessed Sacrament Cathedral. Mr. Rallanka holds the Master of Music in Organ Performance and Literature degree from the University of Notre Dame.

Following in the footsteps of a spectacular concert presented at the 2007 American Guild of Organists Convention, conductor and composer Richard Webster will lead the Cathedral Choir and Brass and the Choir of Saint Mark Episcopal Church, Upper Arlington, in a program featuring hymns old and new, plus several of his own published works. The audience will have ample opportunity to sing the great music of the church year.

The Cathedral Schola's annual performance of music for Tenebrae, including Thomas Tallis' Lamentations of Jeremiah, has become one of the Cathedral's most popular events. The evening is marked by the gradual extinction of candles, culminating in the performance of Gregorio Allegri's Miserere in a completely darkened Cathedral.