Vienna Boys Choir (Austria)

Wednesday, October 24, 2007 20:00     Clementina Leitão Ho Brito Theatre     200

Conductor: Kerem Sezen

Programme:
Gregorian Choral: Veni creator spiritus
Carl Orff (1895-1982): O Fortuna from Carmina Burana
Josef Strauss (1827-1870), Arr. Franz Farnberger: Buchstaben Polka, op. 252
Johann Strauss, Jr. (1825-1899), Arr. Uwe Theimer: Wo die Zitonen blühn Waltz, op. 364
2 Austrian Folksongs: Poscherlied/Jodler
Heinrich Isaac (1450-1517): Tota pulchra es
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963): Ave verum corpus
Wolfgang. A. Mozart (1756-1791): Motet
Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990): Sanctus from Mass
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924): Agnus Dei from Requiem, op. 48
Michael Haydn (1737-1806): Salvete, Flores Martyrum, MH 307
Johann Strauss, Jr. (1825-1899), Arr. Helmut Froschauer: Unter Donner und Blitz Polka, op. 324
Josef Haydn (1732-1809): Abendlied zu Gott, Hob XXVc:9
Giovanni Croce (1557-1609): O Sacrum Convivium
Franz Schubert (1797-1828): Ständchen, D 920
Willi Spuller (b. 1979): Belsatzar
Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967): Angyalok és pásztorok
Edward Elgar (1857-1934): The Snow, op. 26/1
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907): Fischerweise, op. 61/4/ Das Meer, op. 61/1
Veljo Tormis (b. 1930): Karjan kontiinkutsu
Chinese Folksong
Milton Ager (1893-1979): Wochenend und Sonnenschein
Otis Blackwell (1932–2002) and Eddie Cooley: Fever
Beverly Ross (b. 1937) and Julius Dixon (1913-2004): Lollipop
Johann Strauss, Jr. (1825-1899), Arr. Gerald Wirth: Sängerlust Polka, op. 328/ Wein, Weib und Gesang Waltz, op. 333

After their debut in 2001 and having travelled the Silk Route to Macao four years ago, the Austrian choir returns with new offerings of heaven and earth. Orff, Isaac and Poulenc give the initial musical steps, warming up the voices for Bernstein’s Mass and Fauré’s Requiem. Polkas and waltzes by Strauss open the way for texts by Heine, Caroline Alice Elgar and even passages from the Finnish epic Kalevala, lilting along with contemporary authors like Ager, Blackwell or Ross. Kerem Sezen steers the Haydnchor of the Vienna Boys Choir over musical waves, dropping anchor in the deep waters of the Germanic tradition.

Duration: approximately 1 hour and 45 minutes, including one interval