A warm and expressive sound has always been the main objective of Lieder Camera, in 1990 the founder and conductor Josep Vila i Casañas strived to create a choir with a personal and characteristic colour, and this objective has continued through his successors Xavier Pastrana and Elisenda Carrasco; the current principal conductor of the choir.

 

Throughout the choir’s history, Lieder Camera, has had the opportunity to work with many prestigious conductors in both A Cappella and Orchestral concerts, they have collaborated with various orchestras on both a National and International scale. Lieder Camera held a contract with the Peralada Castle Festival, partaking in a yearly staged opera production, they have also worked with the Carles Santos Company touring in various European festivals, and performing at the Catalonia National Theatre, in a staged production about the poet Joan Maragall.

 

This diverse experience makes Lieder Camera a versatile group, with extraordinary flexibility and the capacity to have a special connection with all types of audiences.

 

Lieder Camera has particular interest in preserving and promoting Catalan music, this has led to the recording of five CD’s; two with traditional Catalan choral music, one with Miquel Descolt’s poems musically arranged by Josep Vila i Casañas a tribute to “Nova Canço”, in 2015 a monographic dedicated to Joan Manén’s choral works, and lastly in 2017 a contemporary Mass written fordouble choir by Josep Vila i Casañas also including a selection of 21st century sacred music.

 

Since the 2012-2013 season Lieder Camera is the principal collaborating choir for the Barcelona SymphonicOrchestra at Barcelona’s Auditorium (L’Auditori).