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The Grupo Coral Divertimento (= GCD) is a non-profit organization founded in 1977 with the aim of developing a group activity to enjoy and promote choral music . Currently comprised of nearly 100 members directed by Maestro Néstor Zadoff, the choir has performed over 130 concerts in venues such as the Teatro Colón, Teatro Avenida, Auditorio de Belgrano, Sala Presidente Alvear at Complejo Teatral Buenos Aires, the Catedral Metropolitana, Catedral de San Isidro, Usina del Arte, and Templo de la Comunidad Amijai.
Initially, a cappella singing predominated, and since 1991, the choir has focused on symphonic choral performances. GCD has performed works from the Baroque period (J.S. Bach, George Frideric Handel, and Sammartini), the Classical period (W.A. Mozart, J. Haydn, L.v. Beethoven), and the Romantic period (Schubert, Johannes Brahms, Dvořák), notably W.A. Mozart's Great Mass in C minor, Franz J. Haydn's Missa di Sancta Caecilia, and J. Brahms' German Requiem, the latter two released on CD.
From 1997 onwards: J.S. Bach's Mass in B minor BWV 232, Jan Dismas Zelenka's Missa Circumcisionis, Requiems by W.A. Mozart, Haydn, and Cherubini, Dvořák's Stabat Mater, works by the Czech composer J.D. Zelenka; the Beatles-Queen Suite (in an arrangement by Néstor Zadoff for choir and orchestra); Arthur Honegger's oratorio King David; Giacomo Puccini's Messa di Gloria; and John Rutter's Magnificat. Gabriel Fauré's Pavane and Charles Gounod's Solemn Mass of Saint Cecilia. In 2012, Robert Schumann's Missa Sacra; in 2013, two works by J.S. Bach and G.F. Handel; and in 2014 Felix Mendelssohn Psalms 42 and 95. |
