Martín Palmeri
Coro participativo
Iberotango
Sergio Martínez Zangróniz, Conductor
Guest Conductor: Bernardo Latini
November 12th, 2023
7:00 PM
San Antonio de Padua Church – Zaragoza, Spain.
Press: (in Spanish)
El tango y la música vocal se dan la mano en Zaragoza – Heraldo
El Festival Saulus busca voces corales amateurs para El Refectorio – El Periódico de Aragón
Music for female choir, piano and percussion, by its composer/arranger.
Conductor: Marta Coll
Conductor: Montserrat Meneses
Piano
Percussion
Composer and Guest Conductor:
Mykola Leontovych
by Bernardo Latini
for Mixed Choir, on Ukrainian folk tune.
Pablo Larraz
Montserrat Meneses
Conductors
Concert Sant Esteve – Palau de la Música Catalana
December 26, 7:00 PM, (Central Europe Time) Premiere of “Schedryck”, by Bernardo Latini, on Ukrainian folk tune, for Mixed Choir. Piece commissioned by “Orfeò Català del Palau de la Música Catalana” (Barcelona, Catalonia) and dedicated to their conductors, Mº Pablo Larraz & Mª Montse Meneses.
The piece will be premiered during the Sant Esteve Concert, which has been held every December 26 for over a hundred years, at The Concert Auditorium of Palau de la Música Catalana.
The incredible concert, with the Orfeó Català, Cor de Cambra del Palau and the Choirs of the Choral School, will be broadcast through the Palau de la Música Catalana website and TV3 Television.
WATCH Sant Esteve Concert
A new series of children choir scores by Bernardo Latini it’s available.
Published by GCC Ediciones, these scores were written for different types of ensembles, from Elementary to Intermediate levels of difficulty, highlighting its playful and pedagogical nature.
The choral arrangements of Sebastián Monk’s pieces deserve a special mention. Humor and everyday scenes related to childhood are interwined, showing an exquisite combination of text and music.
Related released:
“Un viaje coral.” it’s a book by Mariana Pechuan, Jorge Fuentes and Bernardo Latini, published by GCC ediciones.
December 13 & 14, took place the Misa Mestiza National Premiere in Uruguay, a version for mixed choir, solo quartet, piano and percussion
The Mass, written by Hugo Figueras, Bernardo Latini & Oscar Allorio, is dedicated to His Holiness Pope Francis.
Coro del Colegio Seminario.
Conductor: Maite Rodríguez
Coro de la Universidad Católica del Uruguay.
Conductor: Andrea Brassesco
Mayra Hernández, piano
William Araújo & Gabriel Navarro, percussion
WATCH the orchestral premiere of “Misa Mestiza”.
New Video
“O Quam Amabilis” by Bernardo Latini.
Vocal de Cámara Platense
Conductor: Mº Fernando Tomé
The Piece
Original composition for eight-part mixed choir based on lyrics dedicated to the Holy Virgin Mary.
The piece was written to be premiered in 2008 for the final assessment concert of my undergraduate conducting degree, at La Plata University. It was also performed by the “Coro Nacional de Jóvenes de Argentina” in 2016.
About the Choir:
Vocal de Cámara Platense
Conductor: Mº Fernando Tomé
Since 1999, the choir has been conducted by its founder Mº Fernando Tomé and is currently comprised of 30 musicians. The group perform a wide variety of pieces from the XIX and XX centuries as well as contemporary composers. Some of their standout repertoire includes the Mass for double choir by Frank Martin, and pieces by Poulenc, Ginastera, Ligeti, Kodaly, Brahms and Mahler, among others.
The Argentinian Choral Conductors Association (ADICORA) commissioned the composition of a choral piece by Hugo Figueras and Bernardo Latini to be premiered at “La Plata Multicoral”. This piece was performed by a choral mass, comprised of choristers from the majority of the choirs from La Plata city, Argentina. The piece was written to be inclusive and with parts adequate to every singer’s level.
The final product, “Somos Cantando”, a piece in 3 movements for triple choir (unison or two parts – 4 mixed parts – and the advanced level, 8-12 parts).
Almost 1.000 people from 40 choirs were able to participate and this was an unprecedented experience in the city.
The World Premiere was performed on 19th October in the main building of the Universidad Nacional de La Plata, without public, due to the fact that the number of singers totally filled the capacity of the space. That day a VR360 degree Image recording with ambisonic sound was made that was later shown at the La Plata Planetarium for the general public.
It is possible now to enjoy this experience Virtually using a Mobile phone (pointing it in different directions) or through a computer, using earphones to take advantage of the spatiality virtues.
Somos Cantando. Latini – Figueras.
The Piece
“Somos Cantando” is the representation of the essence of choral music. The sum of the parts making up a whole. A lot of drops forming a downpour.
The text is a metaphor of our spirituality: we are made up of doubts… What is Life? Time? The Universe? But, at the same time we know that we are Humans, that means, made of earth (Humus).
With Argentinian and Latin American traditional music elements, the piece evolves from the individual (“Yo soy” – I am) to the collective (“Somos” – We are) while playing with the idea of circular time, as both expressions are palindromes.
Nº 1. “Yo soy”.
Each person is their own, and at the same time, as is a cell, is part of a whole, an organism, an ecosystem.
Nº 2. “Tierra que canta”.
“A single drop, with others becomes a downpour.” Mass and spatiality as constituent elements of the piece.
Atahualpa Yupanqui said: “We are earth that walks”. Quoting him, we say “We are earth that walks singing”.
Nº 3. “Somos”.
With materials like a Double Canon, body percussion and random phrases, the Four Elements are assigned to each voice part of the choir:
Earth – Basses; Water – Tenors; Air – Alts; Fire – Sopranos.
Composers: Bernardo Latini and Hugo Figueras
Idea and conducting in Concert: Fernando Tomé
Coordination and Produccion: Adicora La Plata
With the support of:
TV Universidad
Facultad de Artes (Universidad Nacional de la Plata)
Planetario Ciudad de La Plata
Red de Medios (Universidad Nacional de Río Negro)
The Documentary
Watch the Documentary made by TV Universidad de La Plata about the piece conception process, interviews with the composers and singers…
Organizado por la “Asociación Amigos de la Escolanía de Tomares”, Sevilla, España.
Curso de Dirección Coral – Taller de Preparación de obras corales.
Tucumán
A cargo de Bernardo Latini
Organiza: Coro Universitario de Tucumán
“Postales al Sur del Río Bravo”
Directores Invitados y Versiones Corales:
Eduardo Ferraudi – Bernardo Latini
“Postales al sur del Río Bravo –Espejos” es un recorrido poético musical sobre una serie de obras de la música popular de Latinoamérica, con sus riquezas, honduras, particularidades y bellezas. Todas ellas hablan de la historia, la dinámica y los rasgos identitarios que enriquecen desde su pulso a quien quiera visitarlas.
Música, palabra dicha y cantada, danza: arte sonoro y visual. Latinoamérica invita a ser vivida a través de los sentidos con el Coro Nacional de Jóvenes como anfitrión de este viaje. Los “Espejos” remiten a dualidades que se reflejan en las distintas obras, de diferente origen y estilo, pero que -cual aldeas de un mismo mundo- pintan sueños similares.
México, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Venezuela, Perú, Brasil, Uruguay, Chile y Argentina son las postales de este recorrido en formato de canción.
Coro Nacional de Jóvenes: Director: Pablo Banchi.
Directores Invitados y Versiones Corales: Eduardo Ferraudi y Bernardo Latini.
Actor – relator: Juan Peltzer.
Pareja de baile y coreografía: Victoria Matta – Mario Martínez.
Percusión: Matías Furió.
Idea: Eduardo Ferraudi.
Programa
FESTEJOS
Ya voy llegando a La Rioja – R. Cruz. C. Matta. V.C: B. Latini – Cueca. Argentina.
Las Mañanitas – A. Popular. V.C: E. Ferraudi – Ranchera. México.
Negra Murguera – J. Subirá. R. Céspedes. V.C: B. Latini – Murga de Estilo Uruguayo.
MEMORIAS
Te recuerdo, Amanda – V. Jara. V.C: E. Ferraudi – Canción. Chile.
Oración del remanso – J. Fandermole. V.C: B. Latini – Chamamé Canción. Argentina.
RUBORES Y GALANURAS
Un cielo de serenata – E. Blázquez. V.C: B. Latini – Vals. Argentina.
Fina estampa – Ch. Granda. V.C: E. Ferraudi – Vals Peruano.
ENIGMAS
Escaramujo – S. Rodríguez. V.C: E. Ferraudi – Canción. Cuba.
Qué bonito – A. Rojo. V.C: B. Latini – Aire de Vals. Argentina.
O que será (À flor da terra) – Ch. Buarque. V.C: E. Ferraudi – Samba. Brasil.
AMANTES
El Curruchá – J. B. Plaza. V. Sojo. V.C: B. Latini – Joropo. Venezuela.
Te amaré – S. Rodríguez. V.C: E. Ferraudi – Canción. Cuba.
DESTINOS
Golondrinas – C. Gardel. A. Le Pera. V.C: B. Latini – Tango. Argentina.
Diamante – J. Fandermole. V.C: E. Ferraudi – Canción. Argentina.
ESPEJO
Latinoamérica – Calle 13. V.C: E. Ferraudi y B. Latini – Hip Hop – Rap. Puerto Rico.