Coral Cantiga—Party and farewell songs
Description
Notice
60th anniversary of the Cantiga Choir and 40th anniversary of Josep Prats as director and farewell.
Performers
Coral Cantiga (Josep Prats, director, Eva Martínez assistant director, Marta Cordomí vocal preparation)
Enric Casasses, Pepa López and Ignasi Tomàs, reciters
Marta Cordomí, mezzosoprano
Barbara Kusa, soprano
Jordi Ricart, baritone
Feliu Gasull, guitar
Francesc Puig, clarinet
Martí Prats, percussion
Albert Guinovart, Josep Surinyac, Jordi Domènech, Victor Valls, pianists
Josep Prats, Eva Martínez and Montse Meneses, conductors
Program
Ce mois de mai
Amor mariner
Innsbruck ich muss dich lassen
Nou aforismes i un poema (absolute premiere)
Lata d’agua
Testament mural (recited)
“Canto negro” by Cinco canciones negras
Mille regretz
Al mosquit que no em deixa dormir (absolute premiere)
La sardana de les monges
Feliç (recited, fragments)
Cançó de comiat–choral arrangement J. Domènech
Damunt de tu només les flors
El temps del cant (absolute premiere), of the book Càntic dels càntics -Salomó-
Al principi era el vent (recited)
Ständchen
“Ihr habt nun traurigkeit”, by Ein deutsches Requiem, op. 45
Puisque tout passe
Details
The Cantiga choir, founded by Leo Massó, is one of the most renowned ensembles in Catalan choral tradition. Here, the choir celebrates 60th anniversary at the Palau de la Música with a concert that includes selected works by composers from various periods in the history of music, in addition to premières of three works commissioned especially for the occasion by Jordi Domènech, Feliu Gasull and Albert Guinovart. The current director of the choir, Pep Prats, will bid his farewell after forty years at the head of the ensemble.