Official Program - Ohrid Choir Festival

Xiquets Cantors DivisiValencia, SpainJosé Vicente De Sousa Marin - conductorGema Morales - pianistMadalina Morariu - teacher of singingFolk ConcertTitle Composer LyricsTutiramai A. Ritchie Trad. Maori-WaiataSereno Arr. Eduardo López Chavarri Pop. ValenciaAizu Bandaisan Arr. H. Ishimaru Japanese folksongDanza Negroide Timo-Juhana Kyllönen; G. Nuñez Negro folkCon El Vito Arr. Ramón Medina Pop. Andalucia-SpainNegrito Trasnochador E. Serrano; Arr. V. Tabbush Pop. VenezuelaNginesi Ponono Arr. Markus Detterbeck Trad. ZuluPop ConcertTitle Composer LyricsCon La Fuerza De Mi Alma R. Fritscher -Reloj Sincopado L. Anderson; Arr.- José V. De Sousa. -Puedes Oirme Bob Chilcott -Paraiso R. Cayabyab -Cantares J. Serrat; Arr. D. Barberá A. MachadoConcert of Sacred MusicTitle Composer LyricsAgnus Dei Webbe, Samuel Text of the liturgy christensAve María X. Sarasola Text of the liturgy christensLet It Shine Arr. Kari Allan Pollanen Popular religious textAdiemus K. Jenkins Text of the liturgy christensAve Maria J. Busto Text of the liturgy christensAve María Saint-Saëns, C. Text of the liturgy christensSoon I Will Be Done Arr. José V. De Sousa Popular religious textThe Xiquets Cantors Divisi from Valencia, Spain belongs to the famous Divisi Choral school, whereevery year more than two hundredvoices are trained in five differentchoirs, three for children andtwo for adults. The group visitingMacedonia this time is formedmainly of children between tenand seventeen years old, alongwith the support of several femalevoices, also from the adult Divisichoirs. During its twenty years oflife, XCD has performed concertsall over Spain and other countries,such as Italy, Switzerland, France,Portugal, Romania and Taiwan,among others. XCD does not apply any selection criteria, accepting any person who is willing to sing—itis the responsibility of the teachers and conductors to model every voice to obtain the best from everysinger. All musical styles are a part of the repertory of XCD.4