MADZ - We Beheld Once Again the Stars (Riveder le Stelle) @ The Church of St. Ignatius Loyola, NYC

The Philippine Madrigal Singers' performance at the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola, New York, NY on September 24, 2009. We Beheld Once Again the Stars is one of the songs the Madz performed when they won the prestigious European Grand Prix for Choral Singing in 2007--the first Choir to have won the EGP twice during that time. "Written for double choir, Z. Randall Stroope has shown Dante's journey from Hell (Inferno) to Heaven (Paradiso). This journey begins at night, and a full twenty-four hours have passed before he reaches the portal, which opens to the light and the stars of heaven. He has seen and experienced everything in the realm of evil, and he must quickly rise to the stars' safety, or remain forever in sin and death. Dante has successfully struggled to reach the opening that leads him to the "Supreme Light." -from the Program Notes Pinoy Pride! :]