Xavier Benguerel premieres Palau d’hivern at La Pedrera

Posted by Marcel Soleda on February 8, 2006  |  Leave a comment

This 22 February at the auditorium of La Pedrera in Barcelona the composer Xavier Benguerel premieres his latest work Palau d’hivern, four poems for soprano, clarinet and string quartet based on texts by Àlex Susanna. The piece, which is roughly fifteen minutes long, will be performed by the Quartet Glinka with Josep Fuster (clarinet) and Mónica Luezas (soprano). The programme also includes the version for reciter plus ten instruments of Benguerel’s 7 Faules de La Fontaine, performed by Joan Borràs (reciter) and members of the Orquestra Julià Carbonell de les Terres de Lleida.

Xavier Benguerel will be celebrating his 75th birthday throughout the year 2006.

David del Puerto at the Alicante International Contemporary Music Festival

Posted by Marcel Soleda on October 5, 2004  |  Leave a comment

On the first of October, the 20th Alicante International Contemporary Music Festival presented the play Comedia (moments from “La vida es sueño” by Calderón de la Barca), with music by David del Puerto.

(Casino, Alicante, 1 October 2004, 6pm)

Meanwhile, in September David del Puerto’s two works for piano Alio modo and Rejoice were performed by Alberto Rosado in Chile.

Cadaqués Orchestra Tour

Posted by Marcel Soleda on December 1, 2003  |  Leave a comment

The Cadaqués Orchestra will be going on tour in January 2004. Under the baton of Sir Neville Marriner, the Orchestra will perform in several Spanish cities, including Zaragoza and Pamplona.

The featured soloist on this occasion will be the soprano Ainhoa Arteta, in addition to the Orchestra’s habitual soloists. The tour comprises two programmes, centring on the works of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.