CANTATE BAVARIA 2019 From 22nd to 24th March 2019 the
choir Nitria have taken part at the CANTATE BAVARIA Festival in Munich,
Germany. Festival was organised by the international Association music&friends (https://www.musicandfriends.com/).
First concert took place in the church of St. Otto in Ottobrunn. The second day
the performances of invited choirs from Germany, Austria, Czech Republic and Slovakia have taken place in the King
Palace Schloss in Nymphenburg, in well known Hubert hall. On Sunday, 24th March, the Nitria choir perfomed during
the mass in the Stadtpfarrkirche Maria vom Guten Rat. Records of the concerts
could be watched on youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlyN4l7ux-4.
The main aim of NITRIA
participation at the Festival was to
represent and promote Slovak
author´s and volk music adapted to choir and adaptations of Slovak folk songs in Germany and bring
closer some Slovak authors to public in Germany. Presented pieces belong to
classic music of world musicians from different epoches from Renaissance music as T.
Tallis, L. Grossi da Viadana, A. Lotti through Romanticistic authors as Ch. Gounod
to the present as T. Fettke, P. Villette, O. Gjeilo, but mostly Slovak
musicians as M. Schneider-Trnavský, E. Suchoň , P. Procházka, I. Hrušovský, A.
Mikula, J. Rosinský, Ľ. Bernáth and M. Jašurdová. Our participation at the
music Festival CANTATE BAVARIA was
supported from a grant of the Foundation for Art Support.
- T.Kobidová -
From 23rd
to 27th of April 2014 the Choir Nitria took part in prestigious international festival of
sacral music in Italian town Loreto under the title: „54a Rassegna Internazionale di Musica Sacra –
Virgo Lauretano“. The visitors of this attractive pilgrims´ place had
opportunity to listen sacral music, spirituals and folk songs at several
performance places as a spacious Saint Mary of Loreto Basilica, at Town Theatre
and on the main square as well. Every choir
has an honor to sing directly at the Holy House, which was transported from Nazareth in medieval
times.
The program
of the festival and our stay was quite rich and various. There were different
types of choir participants at the festival from children and students choirs
to adult ones from several Central and Eastern European countries (Belarus, Ukraine,
Lithuania, Russia)
and from the Southern Europe - Bulgaria, Croatia and Italia. It was pleasing
that also Slovakia
had its representative embodied by the choir Nitria under the baton of ArtD. Ondrej Šaray. During five
days´ stay our choirs had 8 concerts. At particular concerts every choir
presented 2-3 songs, which created interesting musical mosaic as the choirs
differ in their composition – membership, cultural background and individual
peculiar interpretation.
The most
important part was Sunday mass celebrated by archbishop Mons. Giovanni Tonucci. The singers from all eight
choirs divided into four voice groups have sung 4 motets – polyphonic
compositions on spiritual texts and the ceremonial mass Missa Jubileum. Great conductor
and the author of the mass father Giuliano Viabile had responsibility for harmony
among voices. All concerts were
broadcasted by an Italian television. Nice accompanying event was so called
Corinfesta taking place at square close to the fountain, where every choir
could present its mother country and at their stands offer specialties, cookies
and beverages from their national kitchen.
We would
like to express our thanks to the President of the festival to Don Lamberto
Pigini as well to other co-organizers for the excellently organized festival. In this
very pleasant seaside town Loreto beautiful music joined different nations,
different cultures and for all participants offered great artistic and
spiritual impressions. -Hela Ivanová-
Based on the invitation from the choir Corale
San Salvatore from Susegana from Treviso
province on July 12, 2012 we went for tour to the north part of Italy. Members
of Nitria choir under the conduction
of Doc. Ondrej Šaray were the first representatives
of Slovakia
singing in Susegana. The tradition was brought
into life in 1984 and from that time already 34 choirs from 17 countries from
Europe, America and Australia
have been presented there.Nitria choir concerts ended by standing
ovation, the audience shouted bravo or mille grazie and even one man, “moved to
tears” according to his words, expressed
his attitude by a present - a box full of tomatoes and cheese. Italian hosts prepared for us four days
program full of pleasant impressions – official welcome by the mayor,
sightseeing of Castello San Salvatore
and Venezia. We enjoyed also a
trip into steep-slope valley into mountain settlement Zoldo Alto, a walk in the
town and on the beach
of Caorle.
In 2011 chairwoman of Petrovec Company
(Petrovská družina) Mrs. Kvetka Benková invited our choir to meet again our
friends in town Báčsky Petrovec. On Friday, 23 September 2011, our choir had an evening concert in an Evangelical
church in Báčska Palánka. After the
concert we enjoyed kind hospitality at their manse. Concert was met with
favorable reaction of audience and also of clergywoman Mrs. Jasmina Kotasová, On
Saturday, 24 September 2011, we took
part at annual concert at Slovak
Vojvodina theatre in Petrovec on occasion of the 120th anniversary of establishment of the first fellowship of Slovaks
in Vojvodina under the name “Petrovec Choir
Assemble”. A lot of Slovaks who are
fond of Slovak folklore music and dance took part at the concert. Our friends prepared for us wonderful trip
to the town Novi Sad and we enjoyed unforgettable view
from the Petrovaradin fortress.
At the beginning of 2009 the choir Nitria under
our conductor Doc. Ondrej Šaray made contacts with representatives of Slovak
community in Báčsky Petrovec in Vojvodina.
In email correspondence we agreed on reciprocal trip – Nitria choir will
visit Petrovec and Petrovec Company visits Nitra.
Artistic trip of Nitria choir on 22 – 24
May 2009 was supported also by Nitra
town municipality. Nitria choir had four performances at different places
during “Days of Petrovec” festival. Performance was successful and had a favorable
response from Slovak audience.
In 2005 Nitria choir performed its repertoire on
occasion of the 50th anniversary of establishment of a choir in the town Ruinerworld
in Netherlands. The tour took place on 7-12 April 2005 and it consist from 3 concerts. First concert was
common together with 2 domestic choirs and
at a close all together sung Gounod mass
Messe Bréve accompanied by an organ.
Nitria sung also part of Sunday mass in Catholic Church. In the afternoon Nitria
choir had a single concert in the close Dutch town. Dutch host organization organized
for us sightseeing of functioning windmill
and a music instruments museum.
From 20 to 26 September 1999 Nitria choir took
part in International festival in Brazil
town Juiz de Fora.
Nitria choir was selected for performance in Brazil
by a head of Art Agency Cansona in Bratislava
based on successful performance in competition
in Topoľčany and at Easter concert at Klokočina. From 20th September Nitria choir presented around
4-5 performances daily at different
types of schools - basic, secondary and university, at shopping centers and on
the streets and also in the evening concerts in churches, in theatre and
municipality office. The popularity we
gained can be proved by interest of Brazil
Television – concerts were broadcasted twice, first time in evening news and second time at the end of
festival. Nitria choir members appreciated the concert tour
as important artistic and personal experience
and also an opportunity to promote small and young Slovakia abroad.
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