How the choir developed
The choir’s development is perhaps clearer from the history of our non-liturgical performances than from any recitation of our liturgical support. While the latter, until recently under our founder director, are the leitmotiv, the former, exhibiting a rich and extremely varied repertoire, show how far we have come.
To summarize (drawing on a thirtieth anniversary written by our founder Giuseppe Gai) here are some of these moments with which we hope to have marked “the social, cultural and religious life of Asti”. Although we do not list the programs in detail, the “Concerts” page shows some of the posters.
​​1974 – December - First concert for the choir directed by Maestro Giuseppe Gai.
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​​1975 – May - First concert in the Alfieri Theater
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​​1976 – December - Christmas concert accompanied for the first time by violins and cello
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​​1977 – May - Exhibition in Rome during a convention
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​​1978 – December - Christmas concert of popular songs
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​​1979 – April – Rome concert celebrating the centenary of the foundation of the Oblates
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​​1979 and ​​1980 – December - Christmas concerts: Medieval and Renaissance Lauds with a group of flutes
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1981 – May - Concert at the Piccolo Regio in Turin as part of a choir festival
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1981 – December - Christmas concert with music by Calderara with orchestral accompaniment
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1982 – May - First reprise of Calderara concerts
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1982 – July - The choir wins the "Castagna d'or" culture prize in Castagnole Monferrato for its contribution to the
rediscovery of Calderara’s music
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1982 – First official constitution
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1983 – May – Our first concert season
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1983 – September – Trip to Biberach – Asti’s twin town in Germany
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1985 – May - Second concert season
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1986 – June - Second Calderara concert
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1988 – April - Concert for the centenary of the death of Don Bosco
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1989 – August - Concert for the centanniversary of Cardinal Guglielmo Massaja
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1993 – September - Celebration in Piazza del Palio with other choirs from the diocese, in front of Pope John Paul II
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1994 – 1995 - Mozart's Great C minor Mass K427 with the choirs of Valence (France) and Biberach (Germany) – sung in Italy, France and Germany
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1999 – December - Christmas of Christmas carols accompanied by the Italian Quintetto d'Ottoni
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2000 – September - Rome trip to support the Interuniversity choir for the Universities’ Jubilee
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2003 – October - Bicentenary Calderara concert
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2013 – December – Christmas Concert: Duke Ellington's Sacred Concert.
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2014 – Maestro Mario Dellapiana takes over as choir director
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2017 – April - Concert of unpublished Piedmontese Baroque music
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2018 – February - The Choir founds its own website
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2019 – October - The Choir website has an English version (ie this)
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2019 - September - Concert with the Kyrie-Gloria of Brusasco and animation of an interreligious ceremony in St. Martin in Biberach (D)
2019 - December - Missa Santa Cecilia by Jacob de Haan, conducted by the author in San Secondo, together with the Cotti Band and the Officina Vocis Choir.
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2020 - The activities of the Corale are suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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2021 - The activities of the Choral have resumed, even if we are not yet at normal, with the performance of the Missa San Cecilia in concert in Agliè, with maestro de Haan, and the Christmas Concert in San Secondo.
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2022 - The choir's website becomes multilingual by adding a French version.