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El Santuari de la Mare de Déu de Juncadella,patrona del Pla de Bages, és situat en un planell a mà esquerra del riu Cardener, a un quilòmetre de distancia de la carretera de Manresa a Bassella (o de Cardona i Solsona) en el quilòmetre 5 d’aquesta.. Pertany a la parròquia de Sant Martí de Torruella, del bisbat de Vic i arxiprestat del Bages-Sud.
Venerada des de temps immemorial la imatge de la Verge titular hauria estat trobada ,segons tradició popular- en una petita cova coberta de joncs. Aquest seria l’origen del topònim que, des del segle XI, trobem documentat amb diverses formes derivades del llatí juncus (jonc). Històricament l’església de Juncadella fou una de les set parròquies filials de Santa Maria de Manresa. El nomenament de rectors depenia del canonge cambrer de la Seu d’aquesta ciutat. El 1879 perdé el caràcter parroquial i es convertí en tinença o ajuda de Santpedor i, després, de Sant Martí de Torruella, però conserva les prerrogatives de baptisteri i cementiri propis. El temple actual data dels anys 1748-72 i és obra de Joan Espluga, mestre de cases de Manresa, segons projecte de l’escultor-arquitecte Josep Sunyer. El 1807 f6u encomanat el retaule major als escultors manresans Jaume i Tomás Padró; inaugurat l’any 1808 i daurat per Josep Estern després de la guerra del francès, l’havia patrocinat Jacint Torres de Bages, amo del tot proper mas de les Torres. L’incendi sacríleg de 1936 destruí tot l’interior, que havia estat decorat a començament del segle actual pel pintor Francesc Morell . Resten del temple primitiu, el portal romànic del cantó de migdia i una porta renaixentista a la façana de ponent.La imatge de la Mare de Déu és una talla moderna, beneïda l’any 1949, obra de l´escultor vigatá Julià Fàbregas inspirada en l’antiga icona gòtica, ja molt malmesa i alterada per. adaptacions i restauracions posteriors. L’atribut o complement dels dos captius agenollats als peus de la Verge data de temps immemorial. Hom el relacionaria amb l’ alliberament de dos fills de la feligresia, Pere Savit i Jaume Besora, dels actuals masos Mollet i Besora, presoners dels sarraïns en terres algerianes. La restauració del santuari, iniciada per mossèn Joan Fàbregas capellà custodi durant més de quaranta anys- i continuada per mossèn Joan Espadaler i els seus successors, prossegueix lentament i amb la intenció de retornar a Juncadella una digna fesomia externa, com correspon a la categoria de palau de la Reina del Pla de Bages, i fer- ne un centre viu d’espiritualitat mariana i cristiana. El culte, constant i concorregut, manifesta la devoció dels fidels comarcans a la seva patrona: casaments, primeres comunions, noces d’or i d’argent i altres festes familiars ho demostren. La missa dominical i l’ aplec dels dilluns de Pasqua convoquen bon nombre de devots, d’entre els quals ha sorgit l’ associació Amics de Juncadella. " Aquí vénen cavallers -ciutadans i gent honrada. .." , proclama el vers inicial d’una antiga i famosa dècima, esdevinguda popular. Santuari tradicionalment molt visitat, Juncadella ha acollit des de sempre apleguistes de tota mena, devots, esportius i arrossaires. Organitzacions folklòriques i excursionistes de llarga tradició en la vida comarcana s’hi han fet tothora presents. També, les associacions religioses i moviments eclesials: confraries i congregacions, terciaris i exercitants, fejocistes i avantguardistes, l’ Acció Catòlica i els cursets de cristiandat, l’ escoltisme, la catequesis, molts col.legis, etc., tots n’han estat pioners i continuadors i, esperem, ferment de renovellat esplet.
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Ave Maria is a popular and much recorded aria by Vladimir Vavilov, generally misattributed to Giulio Caccini, and composed around 1970. Vavilov himself published and recorded it on the Melodiya label with the ascription to "Anonymous" in 1972. It is unclear how the work received ascription to Giulio Caccini, as it is entirely foreign to real Caccini’s style.
Giulio Caccini (8 October 1551 – 10 December 1618) was an Italian composer, teacher, singer, instrumentalist and writer of the very late Renaissance and early Baroque eras. He was one of the founders of the genre of opera, and one of the single most influential creators of the new Baroque style. He was also the father of the composer Francesca Caccini
Hayley Dee Westenra (born 10 April 1987 in Christchurch, New Zealand) is a New Zealand soprano of Dutch and Irish[citation needed] heritage. Her first internationally released album, Pure, reached #1 on the UK classical charts in 2003 and has sold more than two million copies worldwide. Westenra has received numerous awards for her contributions to music, both in New Zealand and elsewhere. In November 2008 she was named "classical performer of the year" at the Variety Club’s annual awards in London. Pure is the fastest-selling international début classical album to date, and Westenra became an international star, aged 16, when the first of her international albums was released. In August 2006, Westenra joined the Irish group Celtic Woman, was featured on their Celtic Woman: A New Journey CD and DVD, toured with them on their 2007 Spring Tour, and also was featured on their latest CD and DVD, The Greatest Journey: Essential Collection, released in 2008. Westenra has performed for dignitaries around the world. She is the youngest UNICEF Ambassador to date and has contributed to charities around the world.
Sumi Jo was born in Seoul, Korea. Her mother was an amateur singer and pianist who had been unable to pursue her own professional music studies due to the political situation in Korea during the 1950s. Determined to provide her daughter with opportunities she never had, Jo’s mother enrolled her in piano lessons at the age of 4 and later voice lessons at the age of 6. As a child, Jo would often spend up to eight hours a day studying music. In 1976, Jo entered the Sun Hwa Arts School from which she graduated in 1980 with diplomas in voice and piano. She continued her music studies at Seoul National University from 1981-1983. While studying at SNU, Jo made her professional recital debut, appeared in several concerts with the Korean Broadcasting System, and made her professional operatic debut as Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro with Seoul Opera. In 1983 Jo decided to leave SNU in order to study music in Italy at the Accademia di Santa Cecelia in Rome. Among her teachers there were Carlo Bergonzi, and Giannella Borelli. While Jo studied in Italy, she was frequently heard in concert in Italian cities and also on national radio broadcasts and telecasts. It was during this time when Jo decided to use ‘Sumi’ as her stage name in order to make her name more friendly to European language speakers who often found it difficult to pronounce Soo Kyung. She graduated in 1985 with a concentration in keyboard as well as voice. Following graduation, Jo began to study voice with Elisabeth Schwarzkopf and won several international competitions in Seoul, Naples, Enna, Barcelona, and Pretoria. In August 1986, she was unanimously awarded first prize in the Carlo Alberto Cappelli International Competition in Verona, one of the world’s most important contests, open only to first-prize winners of other major competitions.
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