SING IN VENICE WITH YOUR CHOIR!

VENICE CHORAL FESTIVAL

Concerts in Venice 2 - 4 May 2024

A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO SING VIVALDI'S GLORIA IN VENICE

GLORIA BY ANTONIO VIVALDI

Concerts in Venice 2 - 4 May 2024

Your choir will sing 3 concerts and 1 Gala concerto accompanied by an eminent orchestra

Due to a cancellation from a Swiss choir, there is a unique opportunity to sing Vivaldi's

Gloria in the beautiful churches of Venice with your choir and a fantastic orchestra.

You will sing 3 concerts with Gloria and you are invited to a party with buffet.

Due to this revocation, you only pay €100 per person and €50 for companions

Otherwise, the price is €250 per person and € 100 for companions.

This is an opportunity that will not come back again and it is only because of the

quick cancellation from the Swiss choir that we are able to offer this low price.

Time is short so we need your answer before March 15, 2024.

The sooner the better to guarantee your participation.

You will be invited to enjoy and sing in the Gala Concerto

and the Party in Venetian Carnival style with buffet

The Party music will include greatly loved songs from the Opera like The Prisoners’ Chorus

and the most loved Neapolitan songs like O Sole Mio, Come Back to Sorrento and more,

accompanied by the eminent orchestra in a collaboration with

The Venice Mandolin Festival Orchestra.

In addition, it is a very fun and musical international cultural exchange with participants

from Venice, Milan, Salzburg, various cities in France, Germany and Sweden.

The timing of the choral concerts is May 2, 3 and 4, 2024 with a closing Gala

Concert in carnival style with a buffet. All this is included in the price.

Vivaldi actually wrote the Gloria and all other sacred works for the girls at the Ospedale

della Pietà in Venice and Vivaldi also wrote a lot of music for mandolin and lute

A mandolin orchestra like this, The Venice Mandolin Festival Orchestra, consists of about 40

musicians of high international class and plays mandolin, mandola, guitar, harpsichord,

organetto, cello and double bass and we collaborate with 2 amazing solo oboists,

2 Italian opera singers in the best bravura style with a great feeling for baroque

music. The orchestra sounds excellent for Vivaldi's Gloria. We complement

the strings and deliver a more distinct and pregnant rhythmic sound,

different from the strings but at least as good and molto italiano.

LEARN MORE ABOUT THE FESTIVAL!

VENICE CHORAL FESTIVAL

Concerts in Venice 2024 / 2025 all year around

SING IN VENICE WITH YOUR CHOIR!

Venice Choral Festival specializes in arranging choral concerts in Venice. Since 1998 we have worked on concert projects in Venice and participated in the Carnevale di Venezia in Venice. We invite music lovers, singers and choirs, of all levels, as well as professional singers and conductors, from all over the world, to enjoy great music and art in Venice. How would you and your choir like to make music in Venice, one of the most beautiful cities in the world?

Come to Venice and give concerts in incredibly beautiful churches and palaces dating back to the Middle Ages. And sing Verdi and Puccini in the Gala Evening Concert in the spirit of the Carnival of Venice. The Venice Choral Festival will continue the unique tradition of a choral festival in Venice, a festival of concerts for everybody who loves to sing and also listen to other choirs, opera soloists and our professional Venetian musicians.

Yet again, this exciting event will bring together enthusiasts from all over the world to sing, to meet, exchange stories and ideas, and form international friendships. Who knows where it can lead? Get in touch with us so we can tell you more about how the Venice Choral Festival works.

Come to amazing Venice and enjoy being part of this very special international musical community. Everyone is welcome!

Lars Forslund - Artistic Director

THE VENICE CHORAL FESTIVAL
The repertoire includes baroque and classical music, greatly loved music from the opera, and both happy and sad Neapolitan songs (don’t forget your paper handkerchieves!) not to mention music by leading modern composers and folk-music. At the Choral & Opera Gala Concert and Carnival Party, we will be joined by leading professional singers from famous Italian opera houses and professional Venetian musicians in the festival orchestra. The Party music will include greatly loved songs from the Opera like The Prisoners’ Chorus from Nabucco, the Drinking Song from La Traviata, Nessun Dorma from Turandot and more. And then the most loved Neapolitan songs like O Sole Mio, Come Back to Sorrento, Canta pè me, Santa Lucia, Funiculi Funicula and more. If you have your favourite music, please let us know, and perhaps we can include it in our planning.

THE CONCERTS
Concerts will be held in the heart of Venice and on the beautiful island of Lido, 15 minutes from St Mark’s Square by vaporetto

(water bus) number 1.

The general details are based on our experience at previous Festivals

• Both artistically and organisationally, it’s best if each visiting choir / vocal ensemble presents one complete concert of its own.
• Each concert should last about 60 minutes. Se schedule below.
• You can rehearse before your performance for up to three hours in the church or concert hall where the concert will take place.

THE GALA CONCERTO & CARNIVAL STYLE PARTY
At the closing Gala Concerto & Carnival Style Party, we hope that all guest choirs, individual participants and small vocal ensembles

will sing in the Venice Choral Festival Choir (VCFC) together with our opera singers accompanied by our professional musicians

in The Venice Choral Festival Orchestra (VCFO).
• The VCFO will rehearse with the singers Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm.
• The VCFO is directed by a professional conductor with special experience in the field of choral / orchestral music.
• The VCFO is open to all singers from guest choirs, individual participants and small vocal ensembles.
• The VCFO will give a concert of its own, and also perform at the closing gala concert on Saturday evening.
• This concert will also include a performance of Baroque dances with the Venetian dance master Roberto Barison and his troupe.

Do you have any questions?
It is impossible to explain everything on a website, so please contact us with your particular questions about the Venice Choral Festival. We will do our best to answer them. Do not hesitate to ask anything that interests you!

GREAT FREEDOM OF CHOICE:

The choir itself chooses the number of overnight stays and the dates of the trip to Venice. You book your own hotels or apartments and flights easiest and cheapest online. We arrange concerts for your choir, either a capella or, if you wish, with orchestral accompaniment to any repertoire.

CONTACT US IF ANYTHING IS UNCLEAR!

It's not easy to explain everything and make it clear on a website, so feel free to contact us with your questions about the Venice Choral Festival. We have much more to tell you about the concerts, choice of repertoire, accommodations, restaurants, bars, wine cellars, cafes, pastry shops and so on. We are very keen to try to answer your questions. Don't hesitate to ask about anything you're wondering about!

If this sounds interesting, in that case please contact us and we will tell you more about how this works.

INFORMATION 2024

THE FINAL GALA CONCERT AND THE CARNIVAL PARTY OF THE VENICE CHORAL FESTIVAL

A joint concert and party with The Venice Choral Festival Orchestra, Opera Singers & Artists from The Carnevale di Venezia

Our opera soloists, musicians and dancers from Carnevale di Venezia, are all humble, very friendly and professional artists.

Everyone is used to make music and collaborate with choirs, both in Venice and abroad.

The collaboration and exchange concerts have been going on since 1998.

Reservation for any changes

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THE VENICE CHORAL FESTIVAL

Concerts in Venice 2024 / 2025 all year around

Please contact us with your questions about The Venice Choral Festival.

We have much more to tell you about the organisation, soloists, choirs,

orchestras, concerts, the gala evening & carnival party and so on.

We are very happy to try to answer your questions.

Don't hesitate to ask everything you wonder!

To apply or find out more about The Venice Choral Festival