Thank you for the additional information, John. That 1954 choir was mentioned to me by Father Eufemiano as a previous high point, and he especially remembered its performance of the Magnificat. Incidentally, two of his siblings were amongst the singers.
Warm regards, VM On Sat, Oct 7, 2023 at 7:40 PM John de Figueiredo <[email protected]> wrote: > > To supplement this excellent summary of the history of choral music in Goa: > In 1954 on the occasion of the centennial celebrations of St. Francis Xavier, > Maestro António de Figueiredo founded the Orquestra Sinfônica de Goa and put > together a Choral Group with a program that included the singing of São > Francisco Xaviera’, Richard Wagner’s Tannhauser’s Pilgrim’s March, Handel’s > Hallelujah, and Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. The Orchestra was composed of > Goan musicians. The Choral Group was composed of Goans, many of whom had no > formal training in music. Needless to say, the performance was an astounding > success. The Orquestra Sinfônica de Goa gave several excellent performances > after that, until soon after the annexation of Goa to India when it was > abolished, together with the Academia de Música, also directed by Maestro > Figueiredo. > John M. de Figueiredo > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Oct 7, 2023, at 8:41 AM, V M <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > based (and Goan-origin) > > rising > -- #2, Second Floor, Navelkar Trade Centre, Panjim, Goa Cellphone 9326140754 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Goa-Research-Net" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/CAN1wPW63arrEb2eH_yD8qE6TmDvNGLbGdQ4s6nVQZNh%2BuO%3D_Yw%40mail.gmail.com.
