We are delighted to recommend to our audience the NCPA August Chorus Festival 2019 “UT Insieme Vocale-Consonante”, organized by the National Centre for the Performing Arts, which will be held from the 3rd August at the Concert Hall of the NCPA Beijing.
UT insieme vocale-consonante
UT insieme vocale-consonante is a cappella vocal ensemble consisting in a variable number of members. With the conduction of Lorenzo Donati, the ensemble performs thematic projects of ancient and contemporary music, in 2015 the ensemble won the top prize at the International May Choir Competition in Varna (Bulgary) and in the spring 2016 won the European Grand Prix for Choral Singing (EGP). For the first time in 28 years an Italian choir win the most prestigious award for choral music.
The group collaborated with some of the worldwide well-known conductors and composers and was invited to perform all over Europe and Italy.
Conductor: Lorenzo Donati
Lorenzo Donati
Composer, conductor and violinist, he studied with the most acclaimed musicians such as Camillo Togni, Ennio Morricone, Paqual Dusapin, Rinaldo Alessandrini ect.He performed several concerts with Coro Giovanile Italiano, Vox Cordis, Hesperimenta Vocal Ensemble and UT insieme vocale-consonante, with which he won many national and international competitions.His compositions are performed and published by various publishers around the world.
He collaborates with several international cultural institutes in Italy, China, France and Russia, he has tought masterclasses on choral music and composition and he is often invited to join the jury in international contests. He teaches choral composition and choral conducting at the Music Conservatory of Trento and at the Summer Academy of Accademia Chigiana di Siena.
Programme
Adriano Banchieri
Madrigal to A Sweet Nightingale
John Bennett
Weep, o Mine Eyes
Luciano Berio
And If I Were a Fish
Bruno Bettinelli
In May I Found Myself
Bruno Bettinelli
The White Sweet Swan
Pietro Clausetti
The Shade of the Aser Woods
Pietro Clausetti
Nymphs Were Jumping
Luigi Dallapiccola
Chorus of the Unhappy Husbands
Carlo Gesualdo Da Venosa
I Will Keep Quiet
Carlo Gesualdo Da Venosa
I Love Her
Luca Marenzio
I Told My Love, Shining Star
Claudio Monteverdi
Ariadne’s Lament
Claudio Monteverdi
Crying to the Stars
Goffredo Petrassi
Nonsense No. 1
Ildebrando Pizzetti
Night Falls
Box office
North Gate of NCPA, No. 2 West Chang’an Avenue, Xicheng District, Beijing, China
Tickets collection hours
9:30-19:30 (CST) on performance day
9:30-18:00 (CST) for days without performance
Booking line +86 10 6655 0000
Booking hours 9:30-18:00 (CST) Monday to Friday