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“Zachée” was composed by Christopher Gibert especially for Rocamadour’s sacred chant festival Cantica sacra, in July 2017.
This cantata is based on the Gospel. Each step of Jesus and Zacchaeus is intertwined with a beautiful poem by Robert Mazeau. “Je viens vers toi comme vers moi tu es venu, le regard plein d’amour, de pitié, de tendresse (…)” (I am coming to you just like you came to me. Your eyes filled with love, with pity and tender…)
(Translated from French)
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“Au zoo des Seize” is a series of 16 poems written by the Swiss poet Emile Gardaz. It was set to music for the Choeur des XVI, Fribourg, conducted by the composer André Ducret. They wan several first prizes for choral singing competitions in 1978 (Tours), 1987 (Arezzo) and in 1989 (Vienne). André Ducret was born in Fribourg, Switzerland, in 1945. He became a musician and was inspired by musicians like Pierre Kaelin, Michel Corboz, Jean Balissat, and Eric Ericson. He often conducts the chamber orchestra in Lausanne and the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. He conducted the professional choir of Swiss Italian Radio from 1989 to 1992. He composed popular songs but also contemporary songs.
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These are 3 series of polyphonies based on popular poems from Slovenia.
They won the 1st prize in the 4th international folk song arrangement in Trentino-Alto Adige, Italia, in 1986.
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