O Lux Beata Trinitas - The Most Beautiful Hymn from Heaven - Slovenian Philharmonic Choir

This is first of exceptional series in collaboration with Slovenian Philharmonics and PPZ production. Slovenian Philharmonic Choir is one of the best European professional choirs. Every year they invited most renowned choir leaders from abroad. This particular session was conducted by award-winning director Sebastjan Vrhovnik

Andrej Makor is the youngest Slovenian star - composer. He composed old early Christian Hymn of st. Ambrosius O Lux Beata Trinitas. This exceptional and amazing work is among the most popular choral works. I directed and produced it for my faithful subscribers. Its is a jewel, straight from Heaven. Andrej has a leading role in this cinematic production. It is a story about inspiration, devotion, and endless moment with rays of God.

https://www.astrum.si/Si-K-CREATORS8/...
  / andrej.makor  

The Slovenian Philharmonic Choir was established as a professional choir in 1991. Initially known as the Slovenian Chamber Choir, it has been operating within the framework of the Slovenian Philharmonic since 1998. The choir was led by Dr Mirko Cuderman from its inception until the autumn of 2009. In the 2009/10 season, the leadership was taken over by conductors Martina Batič and Steffen Schreyer, with the latter serving as the chief conductor until the end of the 2011/12 season. In the 2012/13 season, Martina Batič took over the artistic leadership in its entirety, overseeing the choir’s activities until the end of 2017. In 2018, this function was performed by Gregor Klančič, 2019, Borut Smrekar and 2020 Gregor Klančič.

https://www.filharmonija.si/en/

Recording set:

Jože Plečnik's unconventional design for the Church of St. Francis (Cerkev sv. Frančiška), constructed between 1925 and 1927, is derived from his plans for the Church of the Sacred Heart in Prague, built-in 1922. The central part of the church is covered with a gently sloping roof topped with a belfry added in 1931. The belfry has a distinctive shape dominated by two rows of pillars in its upper two storeys and a conic roof sloping up steeply.

The main entrance is enhanced by a monumental colonnade with an open tympanum. The inside of the church is unusual. Its central space is framed by a row of monumental brick columns, on the outer side of which, next to the walls, there is enough space to walk all the way around the central part of the church. The main altar is positioned right next to the colonnade, at a distance from the church wall behind it. It is flanked by side altars, which are also positioned next to the rows of columns.

Later, when the church was already in use, Plečnik occasionally added new elements to it. He furnished it with chandeliers and, after World War II, decorated the church's Chapel of Our Lady of Sorrow, baptistery and sacristy.

Production:

TAJUS and PPZ production
asistenti: Dan Ažman, Gal Nagode, Jakob Zevnik
light design: Gal Nagode
crane operator: Matej Zagorc
dolly grip: Gal Nagode
production lead and director of photography: Juš Hrastnik
sound: Kloptec produkcija
balance ingineer: Iztok Zupan
mastering: Iztok Zupan
script: Primož Zevnik
assisent director: Juš Hrastnik
editor and director: Primož Zevnik
recorded in st. Francis church in Ljubljana in last days of August 2020