Poder á Santa María

Sinfonye

Conductor: Stevie Wishart

THE MUSIC AND PERFORMANCE OF THE CANTIGAS The melodies of Alfonso's Cantigas tend to be more predictable and forward moving in comparison to the cansos of the Troubadours. They are more reminiscent of the provençal dansas with easily memorable, short-ranging phrases which suggest strong metrical feels even short though the rhythm is often ambiguously notated in the Cantigas manuscripts. The musical form of the Cantigas a is remarkably consistent, usually with the second half of the stanza sharing the same melody as the refrain, as in the French virelai. In contrast to this lengthy m...+ info

Don Chisciotte. Ópera en Dos Actos

Orquesta de Cámara Galega

Conductor: Juan de Udaeta

Manuel García    The tenor, composer, impresario and singing teacher Manuel del Pópulo Vicente García (Seville, 21-I-1775; Paris, 10-VI-1832), was one of the most important figures in nineteenth-century Spanish music. The father of Pauline Viardot-García, María Felicia, the legendary Malibrán, and of Manuel Patricio García, and the inventor of the laryngoscope, he was one of the great personalities in European operatic life of the nineteenth century. Both Rossini’s and Mozart’s favourite performer, he was one of the fathe...+ info

Angel Barrios

Esteban Sánchez
Fernando Turina
María José Montiel
Miguel Laiz

ANGEL BARRIOS (1882-1964) The music of Angel Barrios Fernández, born in Granada, arrives late to the public, but it comes genteel and fresh. His indolence, sloth and independence made him free from the bonds of profesionalism, being himself a whole musician with great inspiration. Angel Barrios was born at the very heart of the Alhambra. It was in 1882, when some artist of the Generation of the `98 were born. A year later was born Picasso. Some months later, Falla, and the same year Stravinsky. The guitar was long cultivated in his family. His father Antonio Barrios Tamayo, worshipp...+ info