The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom

2020 GRAMMY® Nominee for Best Choral Performance and Producer of the Year, Classical

The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom

Nominated for a Grammy award for Best Choral Performance, The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom features the original work of composer, Dr. Kurt Sander. This landmark album is an English-language recording of Orthodox choral music, beautifully presented in a 2-disc format. Commissioned by PaTRAM Institute, it is the first and only complete setting of the Divine Liturgy in the English language. The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom is performed by the PaTRAM Institute Singers™ joined by soloists Evan Bravos, Keven Keys, Protodeacon Vadim Gan, Glenn Miller, and Daniel Shirley. The release was recorded and mastered by multi-Grammy winner and nominee, SoundMirror, under the superb leadership of conductor Maestro Peter Jermihov and is distributed by multi-Grammy recording company, Reference Recordings. PaTRAM Institute co-founders Alexis and Katherine Lukianov served as Executive Producers and singers. This new choral masterpiece was recorded under the magnificently frescoed, soaring cupolas of New Gracanica Church at the New Gracanica Serbian Orthodox Monastery outside Chicago.

MusicWeb International, May 2019:

“The singing is marvelous throughout and I have the sense that the music could not be in better hands than those of conductor Peter Jermihov…Kurt Sander’s Divine Liturgy of St John Chrysostom is an impressive and moving composition and it could scarcely have been better served than on this recording, which is excellent in every way.”
– John Quinn, MusicWeb International

American Record Guide, September/October 2019:

“The performance is superb, and that includes the chanting of baritone Kevin Keys as priest and bass Vadim Gan as deacon. His lowest notes almost defy belief. There are 25 vocalists in the PaTRAM Institute Singers. They form a tightly knit mixed choir ensemble. Some of Sander’s writing is very slow and sustained – the devil to keep in tune – but the choir seems undaunted by the most demanding requirements. Conductor Peter Jermihov leads performances that are authoritatively and sensitively shaped.”
– Bill Gatens, American Record Guide

Fanfare, November/December 2019:

“The performance by the PaTRAM Institute Singers [Peter Jermihov, Conductor] is notable for its beautiful, blended tone, excellent intonation, perfect coordination, finely tuned balances, and profound depth of feeling.”
– Daniel Morrison, Fanfare

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Extra notes

Multi-Grammy Award winner and nominee, Producer Blanton Alspaugh of Soundmirror, won the Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, Classical (62nd Grammy Awards, January 2020) with PaTRAM Institute’s The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom and other noted recordings listed under his achievements. Mr. Alspaugh also won Producer of the Year, Classical in 2019 (61st Grammy Awards) with PaTRAM Institute’s Teach Me Thy Statutes and other noted recordings listed under his achievements.