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2nd Macau International Choir Festival

Andrew Leung · April 27, 2017

CTL 2nd Macau International Choir Festival UILDING ON THE SUCCESS of last year’s choir festival, the Second Macau International Choir Festival will be held from December 6 to December 10. This year, the Diocese of Macau and the cathedral parish will join as the co-organizers of the festival. The Catholic Church has always been the greatest patron of music; Macau, as the first Catholic diocese in the Far East, is going to take part in the promotion of sacred music.

This year, participants would have the opportunity to sing for the diocesan Mass on the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, the patron of the Diocese of Macau, at the historic Cathedral of the Nativity of Our Lady. Participating choirs will also have the chance to perform in other historical sites including: the Church of St. Lawrence (the first parish in Macau, over 400 years old), the Church of St. Dominic (built by Dominicans 400 years ago, former motherhouse of the missionary friars in the Far East) and the Ruins of St. Paul (landmark of Macau and the ruins of the first theological institute in the Far East, founded by the Jesuits in 1583).

The Macau International Choir Festival is a non-competitive festival. The festival is a unique endeavor in an international choral scene that will combine different artistic innovation, professional performance development and intercultural collaborations of different choirs from the world in the magic of the island of Macau.

For more information and registration, please contact Barrie Briones at cantatamacau@outlook.com. The deadline for registration is August 20, 2017.

CTL 2nd Macau International Choir Festival 3 ERSONALLY, I found hosting guest choirs for choral liturgies a very efficient way to promote sacred music. We are very blessed to be an international city and be able to have visiting choirs from around the world. Holding concerts and choral services really help increasing the faithful’s appreciation for the music of the Church. Since my arrival at the Macau Cathedral last September, we have had three different choirs visited us already and we are looking forward to the others from Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore and the UK in the coming year.

And for your interest, here are two videos of our previous guest choirs’ programs, back in December, at the Macau Cathedral. (We were visited recently by the Schola Cantorum of the Oratory School too and were blessed to be able to hear them during the Choral Mass, but the video has not yet been uploaded.) Enjoy!

Lessons and Carols Service by St. John’s Voices of the University of Cambridge

Lessons and Carols Service by the Choir of Corpus Christi College, University of Cambridge

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About Andrew Leung

Andrew Leung currently serves the music director of Vox Antiqua, conductor of the Cecilian Singers, and music director at Our Lady of China Church.—(Read full biography).

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    Hymn by Cardinal Newman
    During the season of Septuagesima, we will be using this hymn by Cardinal Newman, which employs both Latin and English. (Readers probably know that Cardinal Newman was one of the world's experts when it comes to Lingua Latina.) The final verse contains a beautiful soprano descant. Father Louis Bouyer—famous theologian, close friend of Pope Paul VI, and architect of post-conciliar reforms—wrote thus vis-à-vis the elimination of Septuagesima: “I prefer to say nothing, or very little, about the new calendar, the handiwork of a trio of maniacs who suppressed (with no good reason) Septuagesima and the Octave of Pentecost and who scattered three quarters of the Saints higgledy-piddledy, all based on notions of their own devising!”
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Introit • Candlemas (2 February)
    “Candlemas” • Our choir sang on February 2nd, and here's a live recording of the beautiful INTROIT: Suscépimus Deus. We had very little time to rehearse, but I think it has some very nice moments. I promise that by the 8th Sunday after Pentecost it will be perfect! (That Introit is repeated on the 8th Sunday after Pentecost.) We still need to improve, but we're definitely on the right track!
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Simplified Antiphons • “Candlemas”
    Anyone who desires simplified antiphons (“psalm tone versions”) for 2 February, the Feast of the Purification—which is also known as “Candlemas” or the Feast of the Presentation—may freely download them. The texts of the antiphons are quite beautiful. From “Lumen Ad Revelatiónem Géntium” you can hear a live excerpt (Mp3). I'm not a fan of chant in octaves, but we had such limited time to rehearse, it seemed the best choice. After all, everyone should have an opportunity to learn “Lumen Ad Revelatiónem Géntium,” which summarizes Candlemas.
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