The colorful choral performance of the Choir of St. Anthony’s College, Kandy will once again alive on stage for the fifth successive time on Sunday, October 11, at Rev. Fr. Angelo Rosati OSB Memorial Auditorium (College Hall) at 5.30pm. This event will be graced by Maestro Francis D’Almeida, the renowned choral director of St. Cecilia’s Choir of St. Joseph’s College, Colombo.
Summing up the progress of the choir, achieved during the last half a decade, Rev. Fr. Araliya Jayasundara OSB, the Choral Director of the SACK Choir says that the choristers have come of age from the previous performances. “The present crowd is dynamic and versatile. They surpass me in many ways.”
This time around the structure of the SACK choir has evolved with an increasing number of soprano and alto voices. Amidst these transitions, it still holds on to its very unique identity as the only Gregorian Choir in the country, which derives essentially from the Benedictine identity of St. Anthony’s.
On Eagle’s Wings 2009 comes on stage with a rendition of smooth contemporary ballads coupled with some famous classical Arias. The addition of a Vedic chant fused with a North Indian Swara Rata forms a novel opening to this annual event.
This year’s lineup is even more diverse from the previous years and it is interesting to see the works of Nessum Dorma, Miserere Mei and Va Pensiero as well as many Gregorian, Gospel, Pop and Contemporary songs been included.
One unique feature in this group is that though St. Anthony’s is an institution administered by the Catholic Clergy, students belonging to all four religious traditions are singing in harmony. More than half of the choristers are Buddhist and rest belonging to all other religions and ethnicities. The thread that flows throughout the rendition is this intrinsic harmony among human beings, which is both an opportunity and a challenge. |
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