Historical Performances:
Napa Valley Chorale, in cooperation
with the Napa
Valley Symphony, proudly presents
Sunday, May 6, 2001, 4 p.m.
Lincoln Theater California
Veterans Home, Yountville
"The Brazilian Connection" with the World Premiere of
"In Vino Veritas"
by Henrique de Curitiba
of Londrina,
Brazil
Written to celebrate 50 years of composing and the joys of fine
wine. To Henrique de Curitiba, Napa Valley is the place
for the premiere of music celebrating the good life.
The program will include:
In Vino Veritas (world premiere) by Henrique de Curitiba
Triptico Americano by Henrique de Curitiba
Al Telefono 345... by Henrique de Curitiba
Brazilian Psalm by Jean Berger
Days of Wine and Roses by Henri Mancini
I Hear a Voice a-Prayin' by Houston Bright
Anthem of Peace arr. Mack Wilberg
Oraçáo Pela Paz by Henrique de Curitiba (conducting)
The Napa Valley Chorale will be joined for this concert
by the
Napa High School Chamber Choir
Travis Rogers, conductor
and the
Vintage High School Chamber Singers
Mark Teeters, conductor.
We appreciate our sponsors
for this concert:
Community Projects, Inc. Napa
The Peter A. & Vernice H. Gasser Foundation
Secretariat of Music and
Performing Arts of the Ministry of Culture in Brazil
Robert Mondavi Wineries
Bordeaux
Limousines
Embassy
Suites Hotel Napa
Listen: In Vino
Veritas: Napa Valley!
Composer dedicates "In Vino Veritas"
to the Napa Valley.
Expressing his appreciation for the warm welcome
extended by the Napa Valley Chorale and their sponsors, Brazilian
composer Henrique de Curitiba dedicated his cantata "In Vino
Veritas" to the Napa Valley. Working with the musicians and
artistic director Jan Lanterman during dress rehearsal Friday
night, the composer declared that he wanted to make his work a
memory to the wonderful days in California's wine country. "Cabernet
and Merlot", the theme of the first movement of his composition,
"are the most famous wines of the Napa Valley," he said.
"By including the name of the region in my work, I appreciate
the exuberant welcome I received, my admiration of the fine wines
produced here and of the sophisticated life style I am having
the pleasure to observe and share." The dedication is expressed
with the text of the first
movement:
"Bonum vinum laetificat cor hominum, bonum vimum per omnium:
Cabernet et Merlot laetificat hominum cor,
Napa Valley gives the joy of life, cor hominum."
("Good wine gladdens the heart of men,
good wine for everyone:
Cabernet and Merlot gladden the heart of men,
Napa Valley gives the joy of life, (to) the heart of men.")
Press release May 4, 2001.