From sacred hymns to Latin American pop culture, Schola Cantorum de Venezuela shares their diverse repetoire. Led by Artistic Director María Guinand, the dazzling choral forces of Caracas’s Schola Cantorum de Venezuela bring a vibrant and unmissable exploration of the sacred and the profane to this year’s International Festival. Alongside a thrilling opportunity to hear diverse works from the Latin American choral repertoire, this musical journey from the 19th to the 21st centuries will cross the Atlantic to take in gems from composers such as Ralph Vaughan Williams and Estonia’s Veljo Tormis. In a concert that is split into two distinctive halves, the choral society begins with remarkable choral music inspired by the Christian tradition. But the latter half of the concert promises more daring repertoire, summoning ancestral rituals as well as references to popular culture. Composers Beatriz Bilbao (Venezuela), Sir James MacMillan (Britain), Alberto Ginastera (Argentina) and Guido López-Gavilán (Cuba) can all be discovered in this programme. MARÍA GUINARD Conductor ALBERTO GRAU Kasar mie la gaji CALIXTO ALVAREZ Lacrymosa from Requiem de Osun GINASTERA The Lamentations of Jeremiah O vos omnes Ego vir videns Recordare SIR JAMES MACMILLAN O Radiant Dawn ALBERTO GRAU The Lamentations of Jeremiah De excelso misit Omnis populus De excelso misit O vos omnes Grau JAKE RUNESTAD Alelluia BEATRIZ BILBAO La Fiesta de San Juan Interval GUASTAVINO Se equivocó la paloma STANFORD Blue Bird CASTELLANOS Al Mar anochecido R. MURRAY SCHAEFER Magic Songs Chant to bring back the Wolf Chant to make fences fall down Chant to make flies glow Chant for clear water Chant for the spirits of hunted animals Chant to keep bees warm in Winter Chant to make bears dance Chant to make stones sing. C.A.PINTO FONSECA Jubiabá ESTÉVEZ Mata del ánima sola GUIDO LÓPEZ GAVILÁN El guayaboso TRAD Gavilán (arr. Alberto Grau) VASALLOS DEL SOL Cantos de mi tierra (arr. Jesús Rondón)