Repertoire
JULIO LAPORTA HELLÍN: Mi Barcelona. Pasdoble
FRANCO CESARINI: Greek Folk Music Suite
HARDY MERTENS: Xenia Sarda, Op. 197
FERRER FERRAN: Vents Catalans (Catalan winds). Symphonic Fantasy
RAFAEL MULLOR GRAU: Dansa Colorista (Dance of Colours)
EDUARD TOLDRÀ: Empúries. Free Sardana
EDUARD TOLDRÀ: La maledicció del Comte Arnau (The Curse of Count Arnau). Lyrical Impression
MIQUEL ASINS ARBÓ: El cant dels ocells (Birdsong)
Artists
Banda Municipal de Barcelona
José Rafael Pascual-Vilaplana, conductor
Program
The Mediterranean is the cradle of rhythms and sounds that are part of an idiosyncratic vital ecosystem. From Greece to Catalonia, passing through Sardinia and the Valencian lands, music bathes us in a festive light that turns into a clamour of joy. Today we will hear a pasodoble with sardana rhythms, three Greek dances that show us three moments of festivity, a bright frenetic Sardinian dance, winds laden with Catalan folk echoes, the colours of an ancient festival, the rhythm of the sardanes of a cult composer or a sentimental arrangement that has now become a universal melody.
