Historical Summary of the "Sociedad Lírica Complutense" Choir

The Sociedad Lírica Complutense Choir is based in the beautiful university city of Alcalá de Henares (the roman Complutum) in Madrid-SPAIN, place where Miguel de Cervantes was born in 1547 and, since 1998, holds the title of World Heritage Sites, given by Unesco.

Since its foundation in 1988, the choir has performed about 250 concerts, covering different musical genres: opera, zarzuela (spanish operetta), symphonic chorales, sacred music, etc.

Among the most important of those offered in recent years include:

2005

June 4th

LONDON, Church of Our Lady of Dolours, invited by the Spanish Embassy in the United Kingdom.

July 9th

SAN LORENZO DE EL ESCORIAL, Basilica of the Royal Monastery

October 8th

ALCALÁ DE HENARES, Cervantes Theater, which featured Mario Gosálvez's symphonic-choral poem "Clavileño", commissioned by Alcalá de Henares City Council to commemorate the fourth centenary of the release of "Don Quixote".

December 28th

MADRID, Plaza de la Villa

December 30th

MADRID, National Music Auditorium.

2006

April, 2th

ALCALÁ DE HENARES, University Chapel of San Ildefonso.

April, 8th

ZARAGOZA , Church of Santiago El Mayor

April, 30th

LISBON, The Church of Nossa Senhora do Loreto

December 22th

ALCALÁ DE HENARES, Cervantes Theater: premiere of the opera "Orfeo ed Euridice" by Gluck

December 27th

MADRID, Church of St. Jerónimo El Real

2007

March 24th

ALCALÁ DE HENARES, University Chapel of San Ildefonso

March 31th

ZARAGOZA , Church of Santiago Apóstol, Zaragoza, 24 and March 31

April 29th

PARIS, the Church of Sainte-Elisabeth de Hongrie

June 16th

SALAMANCA , the Church of Ntra. Sra. del Carmen
December 17th

ALCALÁ DE HENARES, Cathedral-Magistral: premiere program monograph "Haendel Forever" dedicated to the great German-British composer.

2008

March, 8th

ALCALÁ DE HENARES, Cathedral-Magistral: premiere program "Music in Times of Passion", with works by Bach and Rheinberger

March, 14th

ZARAGOZA , Church of St. Pablo Apóstol
April, 5th

ALCALÁ DE HENARES, Cathedral-Magistral: the choir performed the "Gloria" by Antonio Vivaldi as the opening concert for the Second International Organ Festival "City of Alcalá," with Liudmila Matsyura (organist).

June, 7th

ROME, Pontificio Collegio Spagnolo di San José.

Presently, the Sociedad Lírica Complutense Choir has committed for this year concerts  Seville (October) and Madrid (December).

Its latest works presented to the public have been the Requiem by Mozart, the Requiem by Fauré, Gloria by Vivaldi, Te Deum by Bizet, "Clavileño" by M. Gosálvez, Krönungsmesse (Coronation Mass) by Mozart, the opera "Orfeo ed Euridice" by C.W. Gluck, the monograph "Haendel Forever" and the program of sacred music named "Music in Times of Passion", always being well received by critics and public.

 

Updated in June 2008

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