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CHOIR CONDUCTING
7 JULY / 19 JULY
Teacher:
LORENZO DONATI
CHOIR IN RESIDENCE
CATHEDRAL CHOIR OF SIENA “GUIDO CHIGI SARACINI”
GENERAL INFORMATION
Choir conductors and students of choir conducting from public or private academies may attend the course.
COURSE STRUCTURE
The course will be structured as follows:
– morning: theoretical-practical lesson (participation in rehearsals of Mozart’s opera Don Giovanni)
– afternoon: practical lesson with the choir
At the end of the afternoon sessions, all students (active and auditors) may attend rehearsals of the following works:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Don Giovanni K 527 (staging rehearsals, orchestral rehearsals)
Hans Werner Henze, various choral works
ADMISSION EXAM
Admission will take place via video audition. The video (3–6 minutes) must present a rehearsal or concert of an a cappella choral piece.
REPERTOIRE
Hymn to the Mother of God
On the 50th anniversary of the death of Benjamin Britten, the course will include a focus on twentieth-century English music, with special attention to Britten’s choral works. Particular attention will also be given to works for women’s choir and double mixed choir, especially motets with Marian texts that in both English and Renaissance music—from Palestrina to Victoria (Salve Regina, Regina coeli, Alma Redemptoris, Ave Regina)—reach exceptional polyphonic refinement.
Lessons will focus on the following repertoire in the year marking the 50th anniversary of Britten’s death:
– A Ceremony of Carols op. 28 (1942), women’s choir and harp
– A Hymn to the Virgin (1930–34)
– A.M.D.G. (Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam) (1939) [selected pieces]
– Five Flower Songs op. 47 (1950)
Additional repertoire:
Gustav Holst, Ave Maria op. 9b for double women’s choir (1900)
Gustav Holst, 4 Hymns from the Rig Veda op. 26 Group 3 (1911), women’s choir and harp
Herbert Howells, Requiem for double choir (1932)
Francis Poulenc, 4 Petites prières de Saint-François d’Assise for men’s choir (1948)
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Marian antiphons for women’s choir
Tomás Luis de Victoria, four Marian antiphons for double choir
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Mass in G for double choir (1921)
John Tavener, Mother of God, here I stand for double choir
John Tavener, The Hymn to the Mother of God for double choir
START OF LESSONS
7 July / 9:30 am
7 July / 9:30 am
AGE LIMIT
35 years
35 years
ADMISSION
Online video audition (mandatory): by 30 April
Online video audition (mandatory): by 30 April
APPLICATION DEADLINE
30 APRIL
30 APRIL
FEES
APPLICATION FEE to be paid upon registration.
TUITION FEE to be paid only after admission confirmation by the Academy
