Vienna Boys Choir (Austria)
10/10 (Thursday);8pm
Macao Tower Auditorium
Tickets: MOP 300, 250, 200
Conductor: Oliver Stech
Programme Highlights (subject to change):
D. Buxtehude: Cantate Domino (Sing a new song to the Lord)
J. Gallus: Pueri concinite
C. Monteverdi: Pulchra es (You are beautiful), from Vespro della Beata Vergine Maria, SV 206
M. Duruflé: Tota pulchra es, Maria (You are wholly beautiful, Mary), from Quatre motets sur des themes grégoriens, op. 10
W. A. Mozart: Dir, Seele des Weltalls (To you, soul of the Universe), K 429 (468a)
R. Schumann: Zigeunerleben, op. 29/3
Z. Kodály: Hegyi Éjszakák (Mountain Nights), No. 1/ Túrot eszik a cigány (See the Gypsies Munching Cheese)
C. Orff: O Fortuna (Fortune, Empress of the World), from Carmina Burana
A joy of both musicianship and personalities, the world’s preeminent children’s choir has enchanted audiences across the globe with its purity of tone, distinctive charm and a diverse repertoire that encompasses Austrian folk songs and waltzes, classical masterpieces, cherished pop songs and medieval chant.
The Vienna Boys Choir was formed more than five hundred years ago and has worked with some of the greatest composers ever known, including Mozart and Bruckner; Franz Schubert himself was a chorister. Don’t miss these phenomenal young artists, who will mesmerise music-lovers young and old alike, steered by Oliver Stech!
“There’s no more gratifying sound than that of children singing. And there’s no more polished ensemble of children’s voices than the Vienna Boys Choir.”
– Fort Worth Star Telegram (USA)
Duration: approximately 1 hour and 40 minutes, including one interval
