Maggio Children’s Chorus

The choir of angelic voices of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino is called to exalt two precious masterpieces suspended between music and faith: Messe à deux voix égales written in 1877 by Charles Gounod, a deeply devout composer and author of the famous Ave Maria on a prelude of Johann Sebastian Bach, and a Little Jazz Mass. Wrote in 2004 by Bob Chilcott for Crescent City Choral Festival in New Orleans, it reinterprets the traditional Latin missa brevis in the light of modern ​​blues and jazz languages.

Program

Charles Gounoud
Messe à deux voix égales in C major for organ and children's chorus
Organ Niccolò Cantara*

Franz Schubert
Military march in D major op. 51 n. 1 (D. 733), transcription for children's chorus and piano
Piano Niccolò Cantara

Robert "Bob" Chilcott
A Little Jazz Mass for children's chorus, piano, bass and drums
Piano Emiliano Benassai**
Bass Lorenzo Alderighi**
Drums Aldo Viti **

John Rutter
Carol of the Children for children's chorus and piano
Angel’s Carol for children's chorus and piano
Piano Niccolò Cantara

Traditional Christmas songs
Silent Night / Joy to the world / From Starry Skies Thou Comest / Angels We Have Heard on High
Medley Luca Logi

Artists

Choir director
Lorenzo Fratini
Sara Matteucci

Maggio Children's Chorus

Organo e Pianoforte
Niccolò Cantara

Pianoforte
Emiliano Benassai

Contrabbasso
Lorenzo Alderighi

Batteria
Aldo Viti