Opening
concert

Through a more attentive study of choral singing and a new conception, our Choir has, under the expert directing of maestro Angelo Filippini, partly replaced or integrated the songs that reflect a particular Aosta Valley based mainly on farming and pastoral activities, songs dating back to the first half of the last century, with new original compositions resulting from the research of local poetry to which composers have added their creativity. The choir has received important awards, such as the National Competitions in Appiano Gentile in 1996 (2nd place), at the Aosta Valley Competition in 1997 (6th place) and at the National Competition in Biella in 2002 (2nd place). The choir has also performed numerous times both in the Aosta Valley and in the rest of Italy and abroad, even in the French West Indies, in Martinique in November 2000, making warm friendships everywhere.

The Choir of Sant’Orso has also had the good fortune and honour to sing in the presence of the Holy Father on two occasions: at the youth meeting in 1989 that took place during the holidays that His Holiness Pope John Paul II spent in the Aosta Valley and at the Angelus in Castelgandolfo in 1997.

Since 1998, there has been an annual Opening Concert for the Fair of Sant’Orso – the millennial craft fair that takes place in the streets of the historic centre of Aosta.

On the exact centenary of the outbreak of World War I and on the occasion of the 2015 choral singing event, the Choir of Sant’Orso, together with the Choir of Verres, presented the project “The Songs of the Great War: a journey through history”: a choral itinerary that we strongly desired in order to remember the important sacrifice made by young people from the Aosta Valley who left for the front. This project was expanded with additional songs and presented to the public as part of the Saison Culturelle on 20 February, 2016 at the Teatro Splendor in Aosta.