Saturday, August 2, 2025, 8:00 PM – Blumenau Cultural Foundation Hall – Blumenau

Fondazione Culturale Blumenau – Auditório Carlos Jardim

(R. XV de Novembro, 161 – Centro,  Blumenau  SC, 89010-001)

Vocal and Instrumental Octet Tour

Loving Renaissance… renew the world

Profane Program – download poster

1) Léo Delibes (1836-1891)
Duet of Flowers – Soprano, Mezzosoprano e 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.) [Orchestr. orig. by Hans Zimmer (1957-viv.)]
Two excerpts 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
● Il Cerchio della Vita – Contralto, Tenore, Basso, Coro e Pf. * [5′]

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5) Stefan Nilsson (1950-2023)
Fly with me – Voce Femminile, 2 Recorders Contr., Sax Contr., Coro a 8 Voci e Pf.* [5′]
From Kay Pollak’s film “As It Is in Heaven” – 2004

6) 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

7) George Gershwin (1898-1937)
I got Rhythm – Male Vocal Quartet “a cappella” * [3′]
From the Musical Girl Crazy (1930), reworked. Bluegrass Student Union Quartet – 2011

8) Harold Arlen (1905-1986)
Over the rainbow (Oltre l’Arcobaleno) – Female Vocal Quartet “a cappella” * [3′]
From Victor Fleming’s The Wizard of Oz, 1939 – vocal adaptation by David Downes

9) Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)
Somewhere (In qualche luogo) – Female Vocal Quartet “a cappella” * [3′]
From the musical West Side Story, 1957 – vocal adaptation by David Downes

10) Roger Emerson (1950-viv.)
Cantate Domino, do Brasil – 2002 – Coro a 8 Voci e Pf. * [3′]

* Versions by Giovanni Tenti