The Grazia Deledda Chorus - A Cappella Tenores Concert (Hong Kong, 04/02/2015

Описание: The Italian Cultural Institute and the
Consulate General of Italy in Hong Kong

in collaboration with Beyond Thirty-Nine

present

The Grazia Deledda Chorus
A Cappella Tenors Concert

Sheung Wan Civic Centre Theatre, Hong Kong
04 February 2015

The Grazia Deledda Chorus

A group of youths from Nuoro (Sardinia, Italy) keen on choral singing decided, in the by now far 1987, to create the 6th chorus in the city of Nuoro with the collaboration of Banneddu Ruiu, who is still now recognized as one of the greatest maestros not only in Nuoro, but the whole Sardinia.
Maestro Ruiu was the first ever to give full meaning to traditional songs and to realize the first compositions of classical music of popular inspiration. Still now, the recording made with the Coro Barbagia in 1966, entitled “Sardegna Canta e Prega” (Sardinia Sing and Pray), is remembered as one of the best, if not the absolute best recording ever made by Sardinian choruses and choruses from Nuoro in particular.

Initially the chosen name of the chorus was “Coro Folk Polifonico di Banneddu Ruiu”, which was then changed in 1990 to the actual Associazione Culturale Coro Grazia Deledda.

The decision to pay homage with their name to the most important figure of all time of the culture of Nuoro, the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1926 Grazia Deledda, is not merely a symbolic one.
Since its early years in fact, the Association developed the research and study of cultural traditions, with particular attention to the preservation and spreading of the language and customs.

The first performance of the chorus took place on 8 June 1988 in one of the most suggestive venues: the Teatro Eliseo in Nuoro. The large audience present expressed its appreciation: the Chorus was officially born!




PROGRAMME
Introduction: Sardinian music and choruses, the choruses from Nuoro, definition of the traditional ‘a tenore’ songs.
Presentation of each individual voice of the tenors.

First Part: Saludosos Nugoresos, Saluti Nuoresi - Nuorese Greetings

1. Saludu a Grazia Deledda, Saluto a Grazia Deledda – Goodbye to Grazia Deledda
2. Sa Femina Onesta, La Donna Onesta – The Honest Woman
3. Gosos de Su Redentore, Lodi del Redentore – Praises to Lord the Redeemer
4. Muttos, Versi – Verses

Break: Some interesting facts on Sardinian history and culture

Second Part: Pasca ‘e Nadale in Allegria, Feste in Allegria – Happy Feasts

5. Coro Anninno’ Anninno’, Cuore Ninna Nanna – Sweetheart Lullaby
6. Celeste Tesoro (Gosos De Pasca ‘e Nadale), Celeste Tesoro (Lodi Di Natale) – My Celestial Treasure
7. Muttos a S’andira – Verses
8. Su Dillu – The Dance