Repertoire
Dmitri Shostakovich: March from Suite for Variety Orchestra (1956) 3’
Richard Wagner: Festive March from the Opera Tannhäuser (1845) 7’
Charles Gounod: Funeral March of a Marionette (1872) 5’
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Marche slave, Op. 31 (1892) 10’
Giuseppe Verdi: Triumphal March from the Opera Aida (1872) 6’
Edvard Grieg: “March of the Dwarfs” from the Lyric Suite (1891) 4’
Edward Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 (1901) 7’
Louis Armstrong: When the Saints Go Marching In (1938) 4’
ARTISTS
Barcelona Symphonic Band (BMB)
Rafael Agulló, conductor
Els Pirates Teatre
Programme
THE SESSIONS FOR THIS CONCERT WILL BE MORE RELAXED. RULES REGARDING NOISE AND MOVEMENT IN THE CONCERT HALL WILL BE MORE RELAXED THAN USUAL, AND SOME MINOR ADJUSTMENTS MAY ALSO BE MADE TO THE LIGHTING, SOUND, ETC. FOR THE WELLBEING OF ALL KINDS OF PUBLIC. THESE TYPES OF SESSIONS ARE FOR INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WHO PREFER A MORE CASUAL ATMOSPHERE, THEREBY REDUCING ANXIETY LEVELS AND MAKING THE EXPERIENCE BETTER FOR EVERYONE (E.G. FAMILIES WITH SMALL CHILDREN, PEOPLE WITH ALZHEIMER’S, PEOPLE WITH AUTISM, ETC.).
Marching music, generally two beats to a bar, is among the most popular and rousing rhythms. The march that opens the Suite for Variety Orchestra composed by Dmitri Shostakovich in 1956 is a fantastically festive example in a genre that can also be solemn, like the march Wagner composed for Tannhäuser, and even funereal, like Charles Gounod’s Marche funèbre d’une marionnette (Funeral March of a Marionette).
Marches such as Tchaikovsky’s Marche Slave have a magical ability to connect individuals and peoples. Meanwhile, grandiloquent or memorable marches like the triumphal march from the opera Aida, the “March of the Dwarfs” from Grieg’s Lyric Suite or the march composed by Elgar for Pomp and Circumstance have become part of the popular imaginary. The concert will conclude with When the Saints Go Marching In, a jazz perennial that will always be associated with Louis Armstrong.
With the support of the European Union through the Interreg VI-A Spain-France-Andorra Program (Poctefa 2021-2027).
