嚶鳴合唱團簡介
嚶鳴合唱團成立於一九九七年,次年四月註冊為非牟利音樂團體,以推動歌唱藝術、培養音樂興趣和促進澳門音樂文化為宗旨。嚶鳴合唱團演唱曲目多元化,包括宗教歌曲、無伴奏合唱曲、中國藝術歌曲、各地民歌、百老匯音樂劇歌曲及澳門本土歌曲等。
此外,多次應政府邀請在重要活動中演出,例如:九九年澳門移交大典文藝晚會、第十九屆國際音樂節、上海世界博覽會;以及多次參與由文化局主辦的藝術節、復活節及聖誕音樂會上演出。
近年嚶鳴合唱團積極推廣本地作曲家的音樂作品,曾分別舉辦區師達神父合唱作品音樂會、林樂培聖樂合唱作品音樂會、澳門本土合唱作品演唱會、司馬榮神父合唱作品音樂會等等,並於二零零八年與澳門高等校際學院下設聖若瑟基督宗教研究中心合作錄製並發行「二十世紀初至今的澳門本土合唱作品專輯」。
此外,嚶鳴合唱團更赴國內多個城市推廣澳門本土合唱作品,並於二零一一年及二零一三年分別到司馬榮神父及區師達神父的出生地-奧地利的Hornstein鎮和葡萄牙的阿速爾群島,演繹他們的合唱作品,將兩位神父在澳門的作品帶回家鄉。二零一五年八月舉辦「意大利音樂之旅」,於多個城市推廣澳門本土合唱作品。
二零一四年,為梵蒂岡西斯汀教堂合唱團首度訪澳而為該團主辦“天籟靈音-迴盪中華大地音樂會"(澳門站)。
Coro Perosi
Coro Perosi, with the objectives of promoting the art of choral singing, cultivating interest in music and boosting Macao’s musical culture, was founded in 1997, and was registered as a non-profit music body in April 1998. The Choir has performed choral music of various sorts, ranging from religious hymns and a cappella pieces and folk songs from different countries, to Chinese art songs and Broadway musical tunes, as well as Macao’s local compositions, some of which composed by the group itself.
Coro Perosi is frequently invited by the Government to perform in major functions, including: the Macao Handover Ceremony in 1999, the 19th Macao International Music Festival, EXPO 2010 Shanghai. The Choir has been performing many times in Macao Arts Festival, Easter Concert and also Christmas Concert, held by the Cultural Affairs Bureau of MSAR.
The Choir plays an active role in promoting the works of local composers in recent years. These efforts include concerts such as “Choral Works of Fr. Áureo Castro”, “Choral Works of Doming Lam”, “Macao Pieces” and “Choral Works of Fr. Guilherme Schmid in Macao”. And in 2008 the Choir collaborated with Saint Joseph Center for Christian Studies of the University of Saint Joseph (formerly known as Macao Inter-University Institute) in the recording and release of an album of "Macao Choral Works from the Beginning of the 20th Century to the Present".
Besides Macao, Coro Perosi has also travelled to different places in China on many occasions for performances and promotion of Macao’s local choral compositions. And in 2011 and 2013, the Choir has been to Austria (Hornstein) and Portugal (Azores), in order to performing the choral works of Fr. Guilherme Schmid and Fr. Áureo Castro in their homelands. In August 2015, Coro Perosi organized “Musical Tour to Italy”, and aimed to promote Macao’s local choral pieces in many cities of Italy.
In 2014, the Choir has organized “Reverberating Heavenly Tunes in Greater China (Concert in Macao)” for the Cappella Musicale Pontificia “SISTINA”, as its concert debut in Macao.