It confirms for the eighth consecutive year, a solid and prestigious one that will see 30 May June 13 to accommodate a Varazze the International Church Music Festival.
was in fact in June 2003, for the first time, ushered in the lakeside town in the Collegiate Church of St. Ambrose the musical event, bringing immediately international footprint, expertise and experience that the thought of appointment required.
Historic town is the sensitivity to the "Great Music" which, combined with the sacred, finds himself in the ancient and beautiful Collegiate its highest expression of spirituality, history, art and music.
The parish is dedicated to St. Ambrose shepherd of the diocese of Milan, first introduced in the celebration of the Eucharist the antiphon, which is the music. The occasion was the date when the imperial troops, instigated by the Aryans, they tried to occupy one of two churches in Milan. Ambrose and his people will be locked and to comfort Bishop introduced the use of singing hymns he composed. The same Sant 'Agostino was moved to conversion helped by the beauty of the music: "As I cried with emotion, seeing the songs echoing in your church! ...."
same sensitivity to this form of art, moved more than eight years ago the organizers and supporters of the event, coordinated and strongly desired by the Kairos Circle - ANSPI, in the person of its chairman Rev.do Can. Giulio Grosso, pastor of the church Varazze who immediately made available to the media, passion and commitment, the City Council of the City and the Region of Liguria, which sponsors and patrons of the event.
but not least, as chief architect of Varazze Festival, Artistic Director, Maestro Francesco Mancuso, from whose friendship with the club meeting and Kairos is able to rise to the event. Famous Genoese musician - see http://www.francescomancuso.org/ - is in charge of the musical and organizational, strong knowledge of many international in the most prestigious theaters, auditoriums and European choirs. The master boasts Mancuso, although young, already a long and distinguished career of study and training experience with piano at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Ecole Superieure de Cock of the Gilbert plan Martigny - Switzerland; career dotted with events leading international in Europe and in Argentina. So
Prof. Marco Damonte, treasurer of Circle Kairos: "For this reason, in this eighth edition of the Festival of Sacred Music - City of Varanasi are two musical events included in the harvest-time working. The first event, the opening of the Festival, will be entering their Gregorian chants in the liturgical celebration of 18 hours. The following Sunday mass at 11 am will be animated by an instrumental group. The organizers, with eight years of experience, they decided to take on not just a risk: the professional singing in the liturgy. It was once usual and desired because foster prayer, today the use of traditional music may, on the contrary, be a distraction for some. This is to recover the taste for hearing and to be involved beyond the active participation. The hope is that this news will pleasantly impress the faithful and the objective is to put the music in the service of celebration.
very special attention paid to the strictly liturgical music, will leave the field of sacred music with a tribute to Bach in the final concert, when you can listen to the choirs from her vast repertoire sacred. In turn will leave the sacred space and sacred places to become Speakers of the two cities, St. Joseph, central, and S. Bartholomew, in the district of Monte Solaro. "
Given the success of previous editions, also this year the summer event, the banner of great music, great teachers and notes that for centuries together in a single vibrate the cathedrals of Europe.
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