World Choral Singing Day
World Choral Singing Day
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Every second Sunday of December, World Choral Day is celebrated—a commemoration dedicated to honoring individuals and groups devoted to the art of choral singing.
The initiative to establish this world day began in 1990, thanks to Venezuelan composer, educator, and choral conductor Alberto Grau. He presented the proposal at the General Assembly of the International Federation for Choral Music (IFCM) during the Second World Symposium on Choral Music, held in Helsinki, Finland. The La Federació Catalana d’Entitats Corals (Catalan Federation of Choral Entities, FCEC) joins this celebration by bringing together three choral groups from the Barcelonès region in concert.
In this edition, we offer the public a showcase of diverse choral models, featuring excellent harmonic quality, extraordinary polyphonic levels, and attractive repertoires. Through the beauty of human voices in choral singing, these choirs aim to convey emotion and the expression of feelings in their songs.
By celebrating this international day, we seek to highlight the importance of choral music as a unifying force among peoples, promoting values of peace, solidarity, unity, and understanding.
The combination of ambition, enthusiasm, and teamwork is key to creating a successful group of singers in the choral world!
Long live the choral world!
Performers
Coral Simfònica Vozes
Pilar Verdaguer, soprano
Neus Pujol, alto
Roger Collado, tenor
Sergi Llobet, bass
Isabel Garvia, piano
Arnau Collado, conductor
Capella Gramalla
Àngel Pérez, piano
Carme Guinart, conductor
Barcelona Rainbow Singers
Beate Stopfer, alto
Oscar Altide, conductor
Program
Coral Simfònica Vozes
Super Trouper – Benny Andersson-Björn Ulvaeus (arrangements by Nina, María Valverde i Paula Sebastian)
The longest time – Billy Joel (arrangements by Carsten Gerlitz)
Summer nights – Jim Jacobs-Warren Casey
Under pressure – Freddy Mercury-David Bowie (arrangements by Mac Huff)
Hallelujah – Leonard Cohen (arrangements by Roger Emerson)
Hijo de la luna – José María Cano (arrangements by Cristina Colomer)
The music of the night – Andrew Lloyd Weber (arrangements by Ed Lojeski)
Adiemus – Karl Jenkins
Camins – Josep Thió-Gerard Quintana (arrangements by Graciela Labat)
Can you feel the love tonight (The Lion King) – Elton John-Tim Rice (aarrangements by Keith Christopher)
Capella Gramalla
A cantique de Jean Racine – Gabriel Fauré
Niño Dios d’amor herido – Francisco Guerrero
Si el mon es ple de gebre – J. S. Bach
Nadal – Popular menorquina, arranjament de Baltasar Bibiloni
Entre flors – Antoni Nicolau, arranjament de Salvador Mas
Festejo de Navidad – Herbert Bittrich
An irish blessing – Popular irlandesa, arranjament de James E. Moore
White Christmas – Irving Berlín-Hector McCarthy
The Lord bless you and keep you – John Rutter
Jesus Child – John Rutter
Barcelona Rainbow Singers
La nostra historia – Teràpia de shock
Born this way – Lady Gaga
Malamente – Rosalia
Medley pop en català: La gent que estimo, Elefants, Coti x coti i Petar-ho – Oques grasses i The tyets
Happy ending – Mika
Tribute to Queen: We will rock you, Another one bites the dust, We are the champions, Bohemian rhapsody – Queen
Por siempre Raffaella: Yo no sé vivir sin ti, En el amor todo es empezar, Rumore, Hay que venir al sur, Fiesta – Raffaela Carrá