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Cantus Musicus, an international mixed chamber choir based in Kuala Lumpur. Malaysian choral composer Yii Kah Hoe says it is the best choir in Malaysia.〔Interview with Yii Kah Hoe, a Malaysian choral composer on 30 April 2008〕 It has received favourable comment from various musicians and singers, including leading British choral conductor and chorus master, Peter Broadbent, who conducted it in Kuala Lumpur,〔Choral Workshop with Peter Broadbent, 30 April 2005. Organised by The Philharmonic Society of Selangor.〕 Dr Michela Bertagnolli, Italian opera singer and judge of the SongFest Singing Competition 2004 in Malaysia,〔Review of the ''Liederabend'' Concert on page 53 in the September 2004 issue of The Expat magazine〕 the late Armando Chin Yong, Malaysia's top operatic tenor, Cha Seng Tiang,〔Kakiseni.com's Malaysian Online Arts Directory biographical write-up. http://www.kakiseni.com/directory/directory_body.php?peopleID=203&type=3&typeid=muss〕 one of Malaysia's better known operatic baritones,〔Interview with Cha Seng Tiang, a Malaysian operatic baritone on 6 December 2009.〕 Jangoo Chapkhana,〔http://jangoochapkhana.com/bio〕 one of Australia's foremost choral conductors and Datuk Dr Kah-Ming Ng〔http://www.morgensternsdiaryservice.com/WebProfile/ng_k_2770.shtml〕 of Oxford University, the founding member and Musical Director of renown Baroque ensemble ''Charivari Agréable''.〔http://www.charivari.co.uk/index.html〕 The choir is noted for its professional programming philosophy quite unexpected for its amateur status, its diverse international make-up and the fact that several of its principal singers have sung in some well-known choirs in the world or have studied under well known vocal coaches and opera singers. ==History== Cantus Musicus was formed on 11 April 2003 〔(Website of German Embassy in Kuala Lumpur )〕 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia by Lisa Ho and Glenis Butterworth. The original choir consisted of Lisa Ho as the Choral Director and accompanist on the piano and pipe organ, and 17 singers drawn from a much larger experimental choir intended to complement the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra but which had been disbanded. Glenis Butterworth coined the name "Cantus Musicus" which means "harmonious singing".〔(Website of German Embassy in Kuala Lumpur )〕 The choir's first public ''a cappella'' performance was two days later on 13 April 2003 at the St Andrew's Presbyterian Church,〔(St Andrews Church, Kuala Lumpur )〕 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Two choral works were sung – Lotti's ''Crucifixus a 8'' in the original Latin and Tchaikovsky's ''Crown of Roses'' (in English).〔St Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Palm Sunday Program, 13 April 2003〕 The choir remains to this day a strictly secular choir. Seven of the original singers are still with the choir. The choir which previously had as many as 56 singers has been deliberately trimmed to 36 permanent singers from 13 different countries. Lisa Ho is now the Music and Choral Director and Glenis Butterworth the Administration Director. The choir's Assistant Choral Director is Timothy Ooi.〔Timothy Ooi's biodata http://www.mtheopera.com/cast-timothyooi.ht〕 The soprano section head is Sally Addington, the head of altos is Glenis Butterworth, Chen Lee Fong heads the tenor section and Jeffrey Bannister is in charge of the basses. In August 2005, Cantus Musicus was requested to record a special CD entitled ''Cantus Musicus'' for the listening pleasure of Datin Paduka Seri Endon Mahmood, the late wife of former Malaysian Prime Minister, Dato' Seri Abdullah bin Haji Ahmad Badawi, who was then undergoing cancer treatment in the United States of America. They also sang before the Prime Minister on 6 September 2005, after which the CD recording was presented to him.〔Performance on 6 September 2005 in Renaissance Hotel, Kuala Lumpur〕 Selected members of the choir sang for the recording of the official anthem for the 11th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit backed by the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra in November 2005. In November 2006, Lisa Ho and Janneke Bomhoff-Bos were invited to perform before the 12th Queen of Malaysia or Raja Permaisuri Agong, Her Royal Highness Tengku Fauziah binti Almarhum Tengku Abdul Rashid in a private royal function. On 21 June 2008, Cantus Musicus had its ''Everything But The Diva!'' concert〔''Everything But The Diva! or The Best of Cantus Musicus'' concert at the German Ambassador's Residence, Kuala Lumpur, on 21 June 2008〕 to celebrate the 5th anniversary of the founding of the choir and also as a farewell concert for the outgoing German ambassador, His Excellency, Mr.Herbert Jess, who has been a staunch patron of Cantus Musicus. Mr. Jess made a surprise announcement at the end of the concert by giving an open invitation to Cantus Musicus to perform in Germany. Cantus Musicus gave its first performance entirely in French (including dialects) on 31 March 2009 at the ''Francophonie'' event〔Article entitled 'Coming together for language and music' on page 26, Malay Mail, 6 April 2009〕 marking a surprising departure from its regular association with German choral music. A new chapter opened on 8 October 2009 with Cantus Musicus' first Irish concert, ''By The Salley Gardens''〔''By The Salley Gardens'' concert programme. Concert at the Irish Ambassador's Residence, Kuala Lumpur, on 8 October 2009〕 marking the choir's foray into Irish folk music and the use of Irish traditional instruments.〔Article entitled "Irish music exalts" on page H29, New Sunday Times, 6 December 2009.〕 This was followed by the ''All Through The Night'' Celtic concert on 25 May 2010 which expanded on the Irish theme by including folk songs coming from or popular songs influenced by the three main Celtic areas of the British Isles: Ireland, Scotland and Wales.〔''All Through The Night'' Celtic concert programme. Concert at the Irish Ambassador's Residence, Kuala Lumpur, on 25 May 2010〕 This concert was also the farewell concert for the outgoing Irish Ambassador, His Excellency, Mr. Eugene Hutchinson. The choir celebrated its 10th anniversary by performing César Franck's ''Die Sieben Worte Jesu Am Kreuz'' on 30 March 2013. This was also the Malaysian premiere of Franck's long lost sacred choral work.〔Programme booklet for César Franck's ''Die Sieben Worte Jesu Am Kreuz'', sung at St Andrew's Presbyterian Church on 30 March 2013.〕 Cantus Musicus was accompanied by pipe organ, harp, violins, violoncello and oboe. 20 October 2013 afternoon concert entitled ''Flowers, Dream and Fairy Tales'', was given under the patronage of Her Excellency Mdm. Lyudmila G. Vorobyeva, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to Malaysia, and the Russian Centre of Science and Culture, Kuala Lumpur.〔''Flowers, Dream and Fairy Tales'' concert programme produced by the Russian Centre of Science and Culture, Kuala Lumpur, 20 October 2013〕 This concert was a major milestone marking Cantus Musicus' exploration of the extremely rich Russian (and Eastern European) choral repertory and introducing such a superb choral heritage to Malaysia for the very first time. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cantus Musicus」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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