Gloria - Associated Editions

NEW TITLE – Book & CD
Gloria - an introduction to 1000 years of European Sacred Music
Tim Thurston
I believe that the human voice is the most
beautiful instrument of all and – especially
unaccompanied – a choir can be the most
moving of all musical sounds.
Tim Thurston, broadcaster, RTÉ Lyric FM
Following on from the success of his weekly Sunday morning RTÉ
Lyric FM ‘Gloria’ radio programme, Associated Editions are pleased
to announce Tim Thurston’s book & CD ‘Gloria – an introduction to
1,000 years of Sacred Music’.
Publication date: November 2011
ISBN: 978-1-906429-18-8
Format: 217mm x 153mm
64pp
Hardback, thread sewn
Book and CD with music
of 21 tracks
Illustrations: 20 B/w line
drawings & 30 colour plates
€20
This book has a special Christmas theme and tells the story of
European sacred music from earliest times to the present day,
interspersed with 20 pen portraits of the key composers, including
Hildegard of Bingen, Byrd, Bach, Handel, Mozart, Mendelssohn,
Elgar, Britten and Pärt. It also incorporates a CD of some of the
best of their Christmas music from the renowned Hyperion
catalogue and is sumptuously illustrated with Sacred Art for
Christmas from Irish collections, some published for the first time.
Images in this book include sacred art from Trinity College Dublin,
the Hunt Museum, the Ulster Museum, the National Gallery of
Ireland, Waterford Museum of Treasures, the Chester Beatty Library
and Glenstal Abbey.
RTÉ Radio 1 and RTÉ Lyric FM will promote the book and CD on
primetime radio, on their website, all major trade magazines and
national press.
Two major launches are planned in Limerick and Dublin.
About the author: Tim’s broadcasting career began in the 1980s
compiling and presenting several series for RTÉ on Early and Choral
music and Contemporary Jazz. He ran 5 International Dublin Early
Music Festivals from 1988 to 1992 and writes and lectures on a
wide range of musical subjects. Since RTÉ Lyric FM began in 1999
Gloria, his weekly Sunday morning programme has built up a wide
and appreciative listenership at home and abroad.
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