Notre Dame on the Île de la Cité

Out of all the composers of Europe and the wonderful collection of sacred music in Europe. There are choirs, quintets, chamber orchestras, musicians in every European country. Too many to choose from.

And we get to to see this:

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Yes, curious, Ellie, this coupling (although we do enjoy gospel music in their own unique settings). For this particular cathedral, we might have expected a pairing with Baroque or Renaissance sacred music…, and I wonder if there will be, also to inaugurate the organ and bells…

Do you know if the clip you shared may have been part of a larger show, that may have featured artists from around the world, each performing in their unique musical genres, as a kind of “global” celebration?

A friend also shared a somewhat modernist arrangement of “Amazing Grace”, in the cathedral interior.