Tirant Lo Blanc, by Antoni Ros Marbà, published by Amalgama

Posted by Marcel Soleda on April 16, 2008  |  Leave a comment

Tirant lo Blanc was composed in 1975 by Antoni Ros-Marbá and Nuria Albó to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the Secretariat of “Children’s Choirs of Catalonia”. The work is based on the eponymous chivalrous romance by the Valencian writer Joan Martorell, the first proto-novel published in the West and a key piece in world literature.

The score was written as a cantata for narrator, children’s choir and orchestra and is inspired in some of the best known motifs from the story of “Tirant lo Blanc”. In order to broaden the range of its interpretation and reach among the public and music professionals, Tritó is also publishing a version for chamber orchestra.

Pippi Langstrum, the musical, now in spanish

Posted by Marcel Soleda on January 28, 2008  |  Leave a comment

Following its successful release in Catalan, Pippi Lansgtrump, Cuento con canciones, a musical based on the character “Pippi Longstocking”, is now available in Spanish. The Pippi character was invented by Astrid Lindgren in 1941 in order to entertain her 7-year-old daughter who was suffering a lung infection. The first Pippi book was published in 1945 by Rabén & Sjögren, who saw in Pippi’s seditious humour an anecdote for the bleakness of the child’s world in post WWII Europe. Soon the girl with red braids gained international fame, and reached the height of her popularity in the 1970s with her own television series. Pippi still retains her power to charm children round the world today.

This narrated version is based on Lindgren’s adaptation for the stage with music by Georg Riedel, first performed in Spain by the Lazzigags company with Lidia Linuesa in the role of Pippi.

Amalgama publish a book of traditional musical games, Ximic

Posted by Marcel Soleda on March 1, 2007  |  Leave a comment

XIMIC, Jocs Tradicionals is a unique collection of children’s songs and musical games intended for both the general public and educators.

Drawing on the Catalan oral tradition,  XIMIC is arranged into types of games: dancing, place-changing games and otherwise, with objects. The authors, Maria Antònia Pujol and Montserrat Busqué, are both educators with extensive experience in teaching music to children.

Viatge a la Lluna & L’arca de Noè by Montsalvatge

Posted by Marcel Soleda on December 14, 2006  |  Leave a comment

The recordings of the two Catalan tales feature narration with music composed by Xavier Montsalvatge. Viatge a la Lluna, written by Josep M. Espinàs, is narrated by David Planas and Cristina Cervià, backed by Eugènia Gassull on the piano. The arrangement is by Salvador Brotons. L’Arca de Noè is written and narrated by David Nel·lo.

David del Puerto composes for young pianists

Posted by Marcel Soleda on September 26, 2006  |  Leave a comment

Tritó presents three new works by David del Puerto (*1964), winner of the 2005 Spanish National Music Prize. Cuaderno para los niños (2005) is a set of short piano pieces aimed at exposing young people to contemporary music.

In Winter Suite and Dos preludios the Spanish composer returns to his principal instrument, the guitar. The three works are already available at the Tritó website.

La corxera juganera: A children’s tales CD collection

Posted by Marcel Soleda on September 1, 2006  |  Leave a comment

The CD collection LA CORXERA JUGANERA is specially dedicated to children aged between 3 and 12 years old, offering the best works for children by famous composers such as Debussy, Prokofiev,  Poulenc, Brotons, Benguerel or Emilio Aragón. These works are fantasy tales (La Caixa de joguines, Història de Babar, El soldadet de plom or En Pere i el llop), poems about friendship (Liliana) or classic texts (Les 7 Faules de La Fontaine).

Jesús Torres premieres music for public child with Cuentos de Andersen

Posted by Marcel Soleda on May 1, 2006  |  Leave a comment

This coming Sunday, 7 May, the Círculo de Bellas Artes de Madrid hosts the premiere of the first work by Jesús Torres for children. Cuentos de Andersen is a selection of stories put to music by Torres, including “La abuela” and “El ángel”. The performance features a narrator, Iñaki Alberdi on accordion, and the Trio Arbós (violin, cello and piano).