‘Art of Canons’ by ‘Cantores Maiores’ delights audience
Baginska presents choir into single, perfect musical instrument
KUWAIT CITY, May 2: The audience at the Dar Al Athar Al Islamiyyah’s weekly Music Circle were delighted by a performance of ‘Art of Canons’ by the Cantores Maiores led by Dr Valentina Maria Baginska, Music Director, Conductor and Organ Soloist, Wednesday evening at the Amricani Cultural Centre.
Dr Mervat Shaker and Dr Samy Ali Joined the ensemble on the violins with Khaled Khalaifouh playing the Cello and Karol Kusmider as the presenter. The choir was made up of Jessica Colaco, Linda Reinink-Smith, Lucita Furtado-Rodrigues, Nancy Eshak, Pamela Viegas , Pasquella Dias, Rachel Rodrigues, Raya AlGharibi, Sally Saleh, Theresa Kovach, Vani Vignes, Abdulwahab Al - Mohaiteeb, Butch De Guia, Ebraheem Botaiban , Edwin Hizon, Gaspar Baptista, Gerry Dones, Joselito Mapola, Joseph Adan, Karol Kusmider, Leo Pagulayan , Matz Beltran, Peter Rodrigues , Quirico Anorma, Ricky Gaufo, and Shady Elia Eshak.
“Art of Canons” by “Cantores Maiores” Choir follows Baginska 5 years of activity in Kuwait and is purposed towards presenting the beauty and richness of polyphonic singing in Europe from the 13th century up until the contemporary period. The evening included renditions of Latin, English, French, German, and Polish canons and marked the first performance of polyphonic music in Kuwait.
Project
Baginska began working on the project “Cantores Maiores” from January 2014. In previous choral projects between 2010-2013, Baginska and her team performed homophonic music. Her earlier projects include the Embassy Vocal Ensemble “The Polish Singers” which aimed at popularizing Polish music in Kuwait, the ‘’Music Semper Viva’’ which showcased Polish folk tradition, “Music from Mazurka’s Land” which consisted of traditional, army and popular songs, as well as instrumental dance music, and the more international “Musica Lingua Mundi’’.
“Cantores Maiores” choir is young but filled with talented people coming from different cultural backgrounds and many countries: Egypt, India, Kuwait, Oman, Philippines, Poland, Sweden and USA, brought together by a common love for music. Baginska artistic vision is employed in perfecting vocal abilities of the singers and combining the members of the choir into a single, perfect and most beautiful musical instrument - the human voice. Registration is on!
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