The White Hands Choir of Venezuela: A miracle of grace in Salzburg

By Benedetta Saglietti, 12 August 2013

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Reviewed at Stiftung Mozarteum, Salzburg on 9 August 2013

Programme to include:

Rutter, Ave Maria

Mozart, Motet in D major, "Ave verum Corpus", K618

Hassler, Cantate Domino

Works by Jobim

Coro de Manos Blancas

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Benedetta Saglietti

Benedetta Saglietti hold a degree in music history. She is the author of Beethoven, ritratti e immagini: uno studio sull’iconografia (Beethoven, Portraits and Images: An Iconographical Study) and a contributor of program notes for musical institutions. Her book reviews appeared in scholarly journals such as Studi Filosofici, Síneris, Revista de Musicología, Ad Parnassum. Selected articles and essays are here.