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concert hall in Barcelona, Spain
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Barcelona Youth Symphony Orchestra gives a Pablo Casals memorial concert in London
[…] was a close friend of Casals, who often played the cello and piano version of this work. Casals was also the first to record Bruch's Kol Nidrei, the work that closes the first half of the programme. The evening is completed with Brahm's Symphony No. 1.The Barcelona Youth Symphony Orchestra will also be giving this programme on 1 October at l’Atlàntida de Vic, Barcelona in benefit for Associació TEA/Asperger Osona, and on 8 October at Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona in benefit of AFAB (Barcelona Association for relatives of people that suffer Alzheimer and Dementia). An additional outreach concert in the UK is also planned.The orchestra was founded in 2015 by conductor Carlos Checa and it is currently made up of 60 young musicians.Full details from the Cadogan Hall website.
2022-07-02 05:33:00
Classical Music News of the Week, July 2, 2022
[…] (HHIPC) will present its 2022 First-Prize winner, Jaeden Izik-Dzurko, at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall on Friday, October 14, at 7:30 p.m. Mr. Izik-Dzurko will perform works by Albéniz, Scriabin, Beethoven, Hamelin, and Rachmaninoff.Mr. Izik-Dzurko says that he programmed his concert from a variety of considerations: "I learned Albéniz’s El Albaícin for the Maria Canals International Music Competition in Barcelona this year. My journey to Spain gave me the opportunity to play in the Palau de la Música Catalana, a venue that is iconic in the history of Catalan music. (I am delighted that I will perform a recital there next year as part of the competition’s grand prize.). Beethoven’s Andante Favori is the most ‘standard’ work on the program, and I love it for its lighthearted simplicity and lyricism. Marc-André Hamelin is a musical hero of mine, and his études exemplify his transcendent virtuosity and innovative compositional voice. The […]
2021-04-03 09:12:01
Bringing audiences into closer contact with the poetry: tenor Ilker Arcayürek on the art of the song recital and his new disc of Schubert songs
[…] one of the reasons that Ilker's programmes can seem a little dark, he wants the music to be as honest as possible. Looking ahead, he is due to be performing The Path of Life programme at the Schubertiade in Hohenems [on 30 May 2021, see Schubertiade website], and there is a tour planned in Belgium of Mozart's Requiem with Philip Herreweghe, and he has a performance of Bach's St Matthew Passion at the Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona. Though quite which of these will actually come to pass, it is difficult to be certain in the present climate. In person, Ilker is engaging and charming and this proves to be one of those interviews where I regret that we were not able to talk face to face. He has some thoughtful ideas about song and song recitals and has clearly considered […]
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2021-02-21 18:16:34
Scherzo reports that the Palau de la Música Catalana de Barcelona was stoned last night by protesters angry at the arrest of a rapper. Windows were smashed. There was a concert being given by the violinist Lina Tur Bonet and the group Vespres d’Arnadi. Nearly three hundred concert goers had to shelter inside the building […]
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