Zayin

Arditti String Quartet

ZAYIN BY FRANCISCO GUERRERO   Born in Jaén on the 7th of July 1951, Francisco Guerrero began his musical studies self-taught at the age of six, with the help and advice of his father, who was an excellent teacher. He became a pupil of Juan Alfonso García in Granada and soon showed a precocious talent which led to his receiving the Manuel de Falla Prize in 1970 for his composition Facturas. From his earliest works he shows a particular inclination to investigate the nature of sound to its farthest limits (his interest in electroacoustic technology had begun in the early ...+ info

Misa Puer Natus Est

Capilla Peñaflorida

Conductor: Josep Cabré

FRANCISCO GUERRERO 1528-1599   GUERRERO AND THE CULTURE OF SEVILLE   "No prince in the world has a city in which, in as small a space as that which runs from the Alcayzería to the Xeres gate (no more than 900 steps), there are to be found so many and such sumptuous buildings and other houses, where so much gold and silver is kept, and such high rents are charged, or that has as its citizens such rich and wealthy merchants, besides many other grand and excellent things , thus Alonso Morgado des­cribed, in 1587, the city of Seville. During the 16th Century, Seville...+ info

Germán A. Beigbeder (1882-1968)

Orquesta de Córdoba

Conductor: Gloria Isabel Ramos

GERMÁN Á. BEIGBEDER (1882-1968)   Germán Álvarez-Beigbeder was born in Jerez de la Frontera, in the province of Cadiz, on 15 December 1882, and died in Madrid on 11 September 1968. He came from a wealthy family of French origin that had settled in Jerez in the 18th century. The family worked in the wine trade, and had founded an internationally renowned sherry bodega. Álvarez-Beigbeder belongs to what became known as the Generation of the Maestros, which also included figures such as Conrado del Campo, Julio Gómez, Joaquín Turina and s...+ info