Tuesday 12 August 2025, 8.30 pm – Ademir Rosa Theater – Florianópolis
Vocal and Instrumental Octet Tour, with the participation of the IFSC Choir
Loving Renaissance renews the World
1) Léo Delibes (1836-1891)
Flowers Duet – Soprano, Mezzosoprano and Piano * [3′]
Duet of Lakmè and Mallika from the Opera Lakmè (1881/83)
2) Orlando Di Lasso (1532-1594)
Tutto lo dì mi dici canta LV655 – Villanella, 1582 – Coro “a cappella” [2′]
3) Luca Marenzio (1553-1594)
● I lieti amanti e le fanciulle tenere – Madrigale, 1585 – Coro “a cappella” [2′]
● Zefiro torna e’l bel tempo rimena – Parte I [2′]
Ma per me, lasso – Parte II – Madrigale doppio, 1585 – Coro “a cappella” [3′]
4) Elton John (1947-viv.) [Orchestraz. orig. by Hans Zimmer (1957-viv.)]
From the Disney animated film “The Lion King” – 1994
Can you feel the Love tonight – Soprano, 2 Tenori, Basso, Coro e Piano * [3′]
Oscar for Best Song in 1995
5) Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)
Somewhere (In qualche luogo) – Female Quartet “a cappella” * [3′]
Musical West Side Story, 1957 – vocal adaptation by David Downes
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6) Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
● Va pensiero – Coro e Pf. [3′]
From Act III of the Opera “Nabucco” – 1841/42
● La Vergine degli Angeli – Soprano 2, Coro e Pf. [3′]
From the Finale of Act II of the Opera “La Forza del Destino” – 1862
7) Marc Shaiman (1959-viv.)
I will follow Him (Io lo seguirò) – Soprano 2, Contralto 3, Coro e Pf. * [4′]
Film by Emile Ardolino «Sister Act», 1992 – Orchestration by Giovanni Tenti
8) Pat Ballard (1899-1960)
Mister Sandman – Female Vocal Quartet, Sax Contralto, Coro, Pf. e Perc. * [3′]
American folk song, sung by the Chordettes Quartet – 1954
9) George Gershwin (1898-1937)
I got Rhythm – Male Vocal Quartet “a cappella” * [3′]
Musical Girl Crazy (1930), rielabor. Bluegrass Student Union Quartet – 2011
10) Roger Emerson (1950-viv.)
Cantate Domino, do Brasil – 2002 – Coro a 8 Voci e Pf. * [3′]
11) Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
Libiamo nei lieti calici – “Brindisi” dalla Traviata – Soprano, Tenore, Coro e Pf. [3′]
* Versions by Giovanni Tenti