Julian Wachner
Julian James Wachner (born September 23, 1969) is an American composer, conductor, and keyboardist. From 2011 to 2022, he served as the Director of Music and the Arts at Trinity Wall Street, conducting the Choir of Trinity Wall Street, the Trinity Baroque Orchestra, and NOVUS NY. Wachner recorded five albums with these ensembles, primarily for the Musica Omnia label. From 2008 to 2017, he served as the Director of The Washington Chorus. In March 2018, Wachner was named Artistic Director of the Grand Rapids Bach Festival, an affiliate of the Grand Rapids Symphony, in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
As a guest conductor, he has led ensembles including the Philadelphia Orchestra, Juilliard Opera, and San Francisco Opera, and has participated in festivals including the Spoleto Festival USA, Glimmerglass Festival, Lincoln Center Festival, BAM Next Wave Festival, and the New York Philharmonic Biennial. As a composer, he has published over 60 musical works (see below), many of which are sacred works for chorus. His complete choral works to date were released in two volumes by Naxos Records in 2010 and 2014. Wachner is the author, with Kevin J. Moroney, of Psalms for All People: An Inclusive-Language Resource for Praying and Singing (Church Publishing) ISBN 9781640655614.
In 2020, Wachner became Professor of Music and the Arts at the General Theological Seminary in Chelsea, where his wife Emily Bloemker Wachner was the seminary's Lecturer in Pastoral Theology and Director of Integrative Programs until 2020. In 2025, "The Concerto Vocale Foundation, a body dedicated to historically informed performances of the works of J S Bach", hired Wachner.
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Panis angelicus (Toccata e mottetto) - On the Breath of Angels -
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Sicut sponsus matris - On the Breath of Angels -
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Mater Jerusalem - On the Breath of Angels -
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Angelus Domini - Instrumental Version - Diminutions by Bruce Dickey - On the Breath of Angels -
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Videte miraculum - Mottetto concertato a 3 - from "Novi concentus ecclesiastici e Liber secundus sacrorum concentuum", 1610 - On the Breath of Angels -
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Sonata a 3 - from "Vespro della beata Vergine", 1656 - On the Breath of Angels -
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O quam suavis - from "Motetti a voce sola de diuersi eccelentissimi autori nouamente stampati, Libro 1", Venezia 1645 - On the Breath of Angels -
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The Vision of the Archangels - On the Breath of Angels -
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Il trionfo di Camilla: Sinfonia (Grave - Presto) - On the Breath of Angels -
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Il trionfo di Camilla, Act 1 Scene 2: "Se Ninfa o Dea tu sei" (Prenesto) - Version with Cornetto - On the Breath of Angels -
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Il trionfo di Camilla, Act 3 Scene 5: "È pur ver ch’a soffrir" (Camilla) - Version with Cornetto - On the Breath of Angels -
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Il trionfo di Camilla, Act 3 Scene 13: "Tutte armate" (Prenesto) - On the Breath of Angels -
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3 Mélodies, IES 33: I. Les anges, "Vêtus de blancs, dans l'azur clair" (Lent) - Version with Theorbo - On the Breath of Angels -
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O Archangels and Angels - On the Breath of Angels -
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Sonata da chiesa in A Major, Op. 6 No. 5: Largo e affetuoso - Adagio - Allegro - from "Sonate da chiesa a due violini Opera Sesta", Venezia 1672 - On the Breath of Angels -
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Comodo Antonino: "Coronato di lauri" (Antonino) - On the Breath of Angels -
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Comodo Antonino: "Cara e dolce rimembranza" (Antonino) - On the Breath of Angels -
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Comodo Antonino: "Il desio di vendicarmi" (Pompeiano) - Version with Cornetto and Violin - On the Breath of Angels -
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