Compositores Andaluces Actuales en el Festival de Granada

Manuel CASTILLO:   Concerto for piano and orchestra n. 3 Born in Seville in 1930, Manuel Castillo is one of the most widely-respected composers of the current “generation of maestros”. An excellent pianist, organist and teacher, he is an institution in the musical and cultural world of his home city, and his career and works have made him one of the most representative figures among the Andalusian composers in recent times. Manuel Castillo’s music has been included on several occasions in the programmes of the Festival of Granada, notably the recent world premiere o...+ info

De los álamos de Sevilla

Juan Carlos Rivera, Vihuela

TEMPORARILY SOLD OUT INSTRUMENTAL TRADITION IN SPAIN IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY Our knowledge of instrumental music in Spain or in Western Europe before the end of s. XV is very low for the simple reason that it is difficult for that type of music that we have arrived. All of that time there are some keyboard tabs Germany, England or Italy, but no music for other instruments. There to do a very simple explanation: that music was not written normally, or at least, if you used some kind of notation, this was basic, with mnemonics for, had written on slips of paper that have not withstood the ove...+ info

Agenda Defunctorum

Capilla Peñaflorida

Conductor: Josep Cabré

THE COMPOSER Juan Vásquez was born in Badajoz around 1510. His first association with music was recorded in 1530 when he gained admission as a chorister at Badajoz Cathedral, where five years later he served as the succentor. Evidence of his musical prowess is that he was engaged as the music master to teach the choirboys in the same year that he was admitted as a chorister. In 1533 he was taken on as the singing instructor to teach not only the choirboys but also the prebendaries. In keeping with the mobility that characterised professional Spanish musicians throughout the Old Regime...+ info