20€ Cervantes
10€ Sala Unicaja de Conciertos María Cristina and Cine Albéniz
15% discount for tickets for the 5 concerts.
I
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921). Sonata for violín and piano no. 1 in D minor, Op. 75
Erzhan Kulibaev violin / Misha Dacic piano
Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835). ‘Son geloso del zefiro errante’ from the opera La Sonnambula, duo for soprano and tenor with piano
Susanne Hvinden Hals soprano / Nils Georg Nilsen tenor / Sergio Montero piano
I I
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897). String sextet no. 2 in G major, Op. 36
Koh Gabriel Kameda violin / Anna Margrethe Nilsen violin / Chieh-Fan Yiu viola /
Eleanor Kendra James viola / Krzysztof Karpeta cello / Gabriel Ureña cello
Notice. Due to unforeseen circumstances, Jesús Reina will not be able to perform at the festival, and the violinists Laura Romero Alba, Beatrice Gagiu and Erzhan Kulibaev will perform in his stead.
Already from a very young age, Saint-Saëns was an admirer of composers like Schumann, Liszt or Wagner. Belonging to the romantic era, the French composer not only created a musical content full of beauty, sensibility and clarity, as the Sonata here presented, but he also was a strong influence on his pupil Gabriel Fauré (whose sonata you will hear later on in the festival) and on Ravel, who in turn studied with Fauré.
The program follows with composer Vincenzo Bellini, known to write long and beautiful melodies, following the line of what is defined as bel canto. In the moving duet, from the opera La Sonnambula, one can witness the promise from Elvino to Amina to control his extreme jealousy (he admits to being jealous of the “breeze that touches you”).
Brahms has had a very important role in the history of music from the romantic period. He is one of the pivotal figures of the time. As you can appreciate in this beautiful sextet, his work is full of open sounds, contrast of textures and rich and colorful harmonies.
20€ Cervantes
10€ Sala Unicaja de Conciertos María Cristina and Cine Albéniz
15% discount for tickets for the 5 concerts.
