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22-07-2009
INSIEME VOCALE VOX CORDIS
Direttore/o.l.v. LORENZO DONATI
CANTO GREGORIANO
Salve Regina
Ave maris stella
Ubi caritas et amor
MAURICE DURUFLÉ (1912 – 1986)
Ubi caritas et amor
GIOVANNI PIERLUIGI DA PALESTRINA (1525 - 1594)
Sicut cervus – Sitivit anima mea
LORENZO DONATI (1972)
Ponetemente
FRANCESCO CORTECCIA (1504 -1571)
Caligaverunt oculi mei
JAN PIETERSZOON SWEELINCK (1562 - 1621)
Estans assis aux rives aquatiques
LORENZO DONATI (1972)
Salmocentotrenta
BRUNO BETTINELLI (1913 - 2006)
O Jesu dolce
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BRUNO BETTINELLI (1913 - 2006)
Già mi trovai di maggio
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI (1567 - 11643)
Lamento d’Arianna (n.1 e 2)
- Lasciatemi morire
- O Teseo mio
LORENZO DONATI (1972)
La baia tranquilla
Notte
PIETRO CLAUSETTI (1904 - 1963)
L’ombra dei boschi d’Aser
Saltavan ninfe
LORENZO DONATI (1972)
Ultimo sogno
La sposa
http://www.voxcordis.com - http://www.voxcordis.it
Insieme vocale Vox Cordis
The vocal ensemble Vox Cordis was founded in 1997 by a group of singers with broad musical
experience. The choir bases its deep commitment and artistic qualities on the pleasure of making
music together.
The group has given many concerts both in Italy and abroad, and is particularly distinguished in
its Gregorian and Contemporary repertoires. Vox Cordis has been invited to participate in many
prestigious musical events among which are the following:
 CD recording of several un-published pieces by L. Donati, recording and radio transmission for
Radio Vaticana (1998)
 III Prize at the XV National Coral Singing Competition “G. d’Arezzo” (1998),
 IV Prize and Special “Nuova Musica” Prize at the 38th International Coral Competition “C. A.
Seghizzi” (1999),
 A four concert tour on the island of Malta for the Festival of Gregorian Chant organised by the
Minister of Culture for Malta, AZAD and the Institute of Italian Culture (2000).
 Participation in the Rassegna Internazionale “Virgo Lauretana” , Loreto (2001), and in the
Festival “De ignotu cantu”, Monastery of Fonte Avellana (2002 - 2008),
 First prize at the 38th National Competition “Città della Vittoria” Vittorio Veneto (2003),
 11th Grand Prize “Efrem Casagrande” Vittorio Veneto (2003),
 Gold edition of Incontri Polifonici “Città di Fano” (2003 e 2008).
 Partecipation in the 17th International Choral Festival of Kifisia, Athens (2004)
 First prize at the International Competition “Choeurs de Cathédrales de Picardie ” Senlis
(France) (2005),
 Participation in the “Festival des Cathédrales de la Picardie “(Abbeville, 2008),
 Premier of oratorio “Martinus” by Louis De Pablo (Abbeville, 2008).
The choir has collaborated with various orchestral ensembles undertaking several engagements in
Tuscany, with music by Bach, Beethoven, Pergolesi, Mozart, Vivaldi and others.
The Association Insieme Vocale Vox Cordis organises annual coral music courses for directors and
choristers which aim to promote and contribute to the artistic growth of Italian choral music. The
choir has collaborated with prestigious musicians such as Gary Graden (Conductor of St. Jakobs
Chamber Choir pf Stockholm), Stojan Kuret (Conductor of the Radiotelevisione Choir, Slovenia),
Carl Høgset (Conductor of the Grex Vocalis Choir, Oslo), Kurt Suttner (Conductor of Via Nova
Chamber Choir pf Monaco), Philipp White (Conductor of the Choir of French National Radio), Louis
de Pablo and the Picardia’s Orchestre.
LORENZO DONATI
Composer, conductor and violinist Lorenzo Donati studied at the Liceo Musicale of Arezzo, and at
the Conservatory "Luigi Cherubini" in Florence, following advanced courses in Composition at the
Scuola di Musica in Fiesole, and at the Accademia Chigiana of Siena. In a course organised by the
Guido d'Arezzo Foundation and with support from the European Community he successfully gained
his diploma after three years of professional training as a conductor.
He pursues his concert interests as director of the Insieme Vocale Vox Cordis, Arezzo, he is also
director and singer with the Hesperimenta Vocal Ensemble. He has achieved excellent results with
these groups in national and international competitions. Much appreciated as a composer of vocal
music, his works have been performed in a number of European countries, recorded by ensembles
and soloists, and published by various prestigious Italian publishers (Carrara, Erreffe, Pizzicato,
Edizioni Musicali Europee).
His compositions have been studied in a number of contemporary choral music courses, and his
Pater Noster for three choirs was performed at EXPO 2000 at Hanover. Of notable acclaim in
international competitions Donati has received prizes at “Guido d’Arezzo”, Arezzo ( 1996 and
1999), “C.A.Seghizzi”, Gorizia ( 1999 and 2002), “ROMA 2000”, Rome (1999), “Carlo Gesualdo”,
Avellino (2003).
He collaborates with a number of international cultural institutions, such as the Associazione Cori
della Toscana, the Fondazione Guido D’Arezzo, the FENIARCO (Federazione Nazionale Italiana
Associazioni Regionali Cori), and is invited to hold seminars as an expert in vocal music. He has
taught at the conservatories in Pesaro , Florence and Trento and collaborates in musical activities
with Scuola Maria SS. Consolatrice in Arezzo.