In fact, I had to change the repertoire». The level of pieces that was made with 30 elements I cannot make with 15. The difficulties are so many that, despite being few, I have to have two choirs: a mixed choir, with sopranos, alto and bass, and then, as there are more ladies than than men, I have a female-only choir. «We reached 35 members and, at the moment, we are 20. This is because, as he points out, the great difficulty facing the choir at the moment is the small number of participants, since many left during the pandemic and never returned. But if we can get a group of Portuguese people who want to work, we are willing to arrange another schedule», emphasizes the conductor. The great difficulty is the schedule, which is not easy for those who work and have children. The fact of being international does not prevent this from happening. The Coro dos Amigos rehearsals take place every Thursday, between 18:30 pm and 20:30 pm, and, according to António de Jesus, this is also the time when most participants are people who no longer work. In addition to this particularity, it is a choir composed mostly of people who are retired and who came here to spend their retirement, we only have two people of working age», he continues. “A large percentage are English, but we also have Germans, Dutch, Swiss, Swedes and we already had people from Norway. This is a different choir, among other things, because it is made up mostly of foreigners, at the moment 100%», tells the conductor to the Sul Informação the day we attended a rehearsal. “They saw if they liked working with me or not and ended up choosing me. With a vast career in the field, having been co-founder of the Coral Ossónoba Group, it was in 2015 that, after learning that there was a need to fill the vacancy of conductor in the Coro dos Amigos, António de Jesus applied, auditioned with the own choir and ended up being chosen. This is the Chorus of the Friends of the Museum of São Brás de Alportel, founded by Walter Sulzer, on March 23, 2006, currently coordinated by maestro António de Jesus.
These are the characteristics that lead around two dozen people, of different nationalities and ages, to gather every Thursday at the Museu do Traje de São Brás de Alportel. A way to pass the time, occupy their minds and apply their taste for singing.
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