Alejandro Consolacion II, organ SMA Glee Club Rodolfo Delarmente, conductor

Pilgrim Mission Choir Jae Joon, Lee - Conductor

On Eagle's Wings Michael Joncas / arr. Paul A. Tate Alejandro Consolacion II, piano

University of the East Chorale Anna Abeleda - Piquero

University of the Philippines Manila Chorale Eman de Leon, conductor

Union Church of Manila Chancel Choir Festival Orchestra Eudenice Palaruan, conductor

Coral Nacional Simón Bolivar de Vanezuela Lourdes Sánchez, Dirección

Coming about through a blessed confluence of events, the Solemne Ministry is the collaborative brainchild of musical prodigy Alejandro Consolacion II and long-time choirmaster Eugene Calimag. Having been friends and in the choral scene for twenty years, t...  moreComing about through a blessed confluence of events, the Solemne Ministry is the collaborative brainchild of musical prodigy Alejandro Consolacion II and long-time choirmaster Eugene Calimag. Having been friends and in the choral scene for twenty years, the two have been talking about a project like this for around fifteen years. Spurred by the release of the revised English missal, Alejandro and Eugene both thought it a good time to finally restart the project that they had shelved for some time. Only now, the idea wasn’t just to end with a single album; the idea was now to establish a ministry that would introduce a new generation of music to Philippine Catholics. The new ministry would have as its aim the creation of beautiful music to help the faithful to a more prayerful, solemn state of mind. Springing from that, they both decided that the new ministry would be called Solemne Ministry. For its first project, Misa Solemne, the ministry features Solemne, Solemne Ministry’s flagship choir and the one Al...    less