61st Barcelona International Choral Singing Festival
61st Barcelona International Choral Singing Festival
Closing concert
Details
The Catalan Federation of Choral Associations organizes the 61st edition of the International Choral Music Festival. This concert will bring to a close a week dedicated to choral music, cultural exchange, and fellowship among singers from different countries and regions. This year, the Festival welcomes choirs from a wide range of backgrounds, including groups from Argentina, China, Germany, as well as from different parts of Spain and Catalonia. Over six days, participants take part in workshops, rehearsals, and performances, turning the city into a meeting point for international choral singing.
Performers
Coral Montserrat del Casal dels Països Catalans de La Plata (La Plata, Argentina)
Junges Vokalensemble Hannover (Hannover, Germany)
Swing Art Children’s Choir (Shanghai, China)
Bi Hotsak Koru Elkartea (Laudio, Àlaba)
Coral Cantana (Alhendín, Granada)
Choir Plus Madrid (Spain)
Cor Jove de Sentmenat (Catalunya)
Singers from the FCEC and elsewhere
Núria Cunillera, Fidel Calalang, Pablo Assante, conductors
Program
I. Anonymous was a woman (Núria Cunillera, conductor)
H. VON BINGEN: O quam mirabilis
M. CASULANA: Ridon’hor per le piaggie
F. HENSEL: Abendlied
N. CUNILLERA SALAS: Noninó (traditional Balearic)
R. ESMAIL: Tarekita
M. E. WALSH-L. CANGIANO: Serenata para la tierra de uno
K. GIMON: “Air” and “Fire” from Elements
II. Music by Filipino composers (Fidel Calalang, conductor)
M. R. B. AGPASA: Jubilate Deo
F. G. CALALANG JR: Ama Namin (Pater Noster)
B. FRUTO CASTILLON: Kruhay
R. CAYABYAB: Paraiso
Chua-ay (arrangement by Fabian Obispo)
III. L. BERNSTEIN: Chichester Psalms (Pablo Assante, conductor)
“Salm 108, verse 2”; “Salm 23, verses 1-4”; “Salm 131, verse 1”