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UAB Christmas Concert

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Christmas Concert
UAB Choir and Orchestra

This year's Christmas concert "Escolteu el nostre clam" will begin with the UAB Orchestra introducing us to two composers, Edward Elgar and Ottorino Respighi, who composed in between the 19th and 20th centuries, a tumultuous time with artistic hustle and bustle. For some composers, it was necessary to find new ways to face music, making new and risky proposals, while others – like the two composers mentioned - make more anchored bet in the already existing Romanticism: Edgar, in the piece Salut d’amour, tells us about love from most innocent to the passionate; in turn, Respighi produces a rereading of Renaissance music in his work Antiche danze ed Aire per liuto.

In the second part, the Choir of the UAB will present us a collection of songs from all over the world. In the first place, Dindirindin, a Christmas carol which was well known during the 16th and 17th Centuries, where several languages ​​are mixed: Spanish, Catalan, Provençal and French. Secondly, Yver, vous n’estes qu’un villain, a beautiful and expressive Impressionist madrigal. To continue, Momigi, a Japanese song that describes the trees in the fall. Next, Zà nà yáo yuan de di Fang a traditional Chinese song that tells us about the beauty of a girl and how a boy would like to become the flock of her flock, the Choir sings the melody in an imitating version the instrumental accompaniment. The concert will follow with a piece from the film Frozen called Vuelie. Finally, they will perform Lata d’Agua, a Brazilian song that looks at the city from the favelas, from the other side of the wall.

In the latter part, Choir and Orchestra together will play Hör mein Bitten, "Hear my Prayer", a hymn of F. Mendelssohn that paraphrases the first verses of Psalm 55. Finally, to close the concert, they will play and sing Santa Nit, a Christmas carol that has become Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by Unesco and we celebrate this year the 200th anniversary of its composition.

Orchestra
 
Antiche danze ed Aire per liuto  - Ottorino Respighi  (1879-1936)
Suite No. 1:
I. Simone Molinaro (1599). Balletto detto "Il conte Orlando"
II. Vincenzo Galilei (1550). Gagliarda
III. Ignoto (fine sec. XVI). Passo mezzo

Salut d'amour - Edward Elgar ( 1857-1934)
 
Members:
Violinists: Nicolás Torres, Laura Andrea Monroy, Franziska Stauss, Ariadna Llop, Natàlia Martínez, Júlia Ponsa.
Violoncellists: David Primo, Andrea López, Rubén Costa.
Transverse flutes: Clara Flores, Andrea Viedman
Oboe: Mary Armijos
Clarinettists: Gerard Doménech, Mireia Serra

Director: Jesús Badia
 
Choir
"Songs from all over the world"

Dindirindín - Anonymous from Cancionero de Palacio 16th Century

Yver, vous n’estes qu’un villain - Claude Debussy (1862-1918) / poème by Charles de Orleans (1384-1465)
 
Momigi - Traditional japanese song
 
Zài nà yáo yuan de dì fang - Traditional chinese song by Xingjiang / arr. By Wang Luobin / choral version de P. Vallvé

Vuelie (from Frozen) - Frode Fjellheim & Christophe Beck/ arr. Mia Wright

Lata d’agua - Luiz Antonio e Jota Junior/ arr. Marcos Leite

Erhú soloist: Yijing Qiu

Director: Poire Vallvé
 
Choir and Orchestra

Hör mein Bitten Hymne - F. Mendelssohn (1808 – 1847)
 
Soprano soloist: Clara Florit
 
Santa nit (1818)- Music by F. Grüber / J. Mohr
 

Monday December 17th, at 2 pm
UAB Theatre