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In praise of the Holy Spirit
Anne Delaney writing the first two measures of Sanctus on the patrons’ wall of Prague’s Lokál U Bílé kuželky, prior to the Sanctus recording session, March 11, 2025.
Composer in her hidden chapel of prayer. “Sanctus” on the tabernacle at St. Patrick’s Seminary, Menlo Park, CA.
Choirmaster Jakub Pikla conducts the Kühn Choir of Prague during the Sanctus recording session at Studio Martínek, Prague, March 11, 2025.
Sanctus session in Studio Martínek control room, Prague, March 11, 2025. Engineer Aleš Dvořák, Producer Jan Košulič, and Anne Delaney.
Anne Delaney with the sopranos and altos of the renowned Kühn Choir of Prague and Choirmaster Jakub Pikla at Studio Martínek, March 11, 2025.
Post-production session for Army of Peace with on-call Senior Audio Engineer Melanie Montgomery, March 24, 2025.
Producer Jan Košulič, Anne Delaney, and Production Director Martina Watzková at Studio Martínek, Prague, Czechia, March 24, 2025.
Conductor Robert Ian Winstin and Anne Delaney with the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra for Trilogy of Hope recordings, Studio Karlín, Česky rozhlas (Czech Radio), January 4, 2009.
Full choral-orchestral score for King of Hearts ~ Part III of Trilogy of Hope
Anne Delaney coaches English diction for Trilogy of Hope texts | Choirmaster Marek Vorlíček and three choristers of the Kühn Choir of Prague, January 4, 2025.
Producer Milan Puklický and Anne Delaney in Studio Karlín control room, preparing for the King of Hearts recording session, January 4, 2009.
Army of Peace was inspired by Václav Havel’s words: “They had arms. We had the truth.” Spoken during the Velvet Revolution in what was then Czechoslovakia (1989).
Vaclav Havel holds high the peace sign from a Prague Castle balcony on December 29, 1989, the day he was elected President of Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic), after the Velvet Revolution’s nonviolent victory.
Army of Peace recording by request of President Václav Havel. Gift offered for his recovery and the 20th-Anniversary year of the 1989 Velvet Revolution.
The story and miracle rescue of Buck Helm that inspired I Have Waited (89 Hours)
Presentation and visit with Lorrie Helm, Weaverville, California, May 5, 1990
Anne Delaney sings for Buck Helm’s soul by his graveside, May 5, 1990
Original crown for the Infant Jesus of Prague. Solemn coronation was on April 4, 1655 at Church of Our Lady Victorious (Kostel Panny Marie Vítězné a Pražské Jezulátko), Prague.
Princess Polyxena von Lobkowicz donated her most precious Infant Jesus wax-covered wooden statue to the Discalced Carmelites in 1628.
This devotional, from the original Infant of Prague Novena (nine days of prayer) by Daniel A. Lord, S.J., inspired the song, King of Hearts.
Infant Jesus of Prague Shrine at Anne Delaney’s parish, Church of the Nativity, Menlo Park, California. Dedication and Installation was on the Feast of Christ the King, November 25, 2007.
The Infant Jesus of Prague (Pražske Jezulátko) with His current gilded silver crown donated in 1767 by Empress Maria Theresa of the House of Habsburg.
A quiet voice prompted me. An Infant Jesus with a red embroidered heart and a gold angel holding a “Sanctus Sanctus Sanctus” scroll were on the left side altar. Cathedral of St. Bartholomew, Pilsen, Czech Republic, March 19, 2025 Sanctus and King of Hearts are now joined in a sacred harmony of purpose and praise.
