Repertoire
David Mancini: Suite for Solo Drum Set & Percussion Ensemble
Shirley Caesar: Satan, We’re Gonna Tear Your Kingdom Down
Nolan Williams: Take It to the Lord in Prayer
Shirley Caesar: Yes Lord, Yes
Donald Lawrence: I am Healed
Fred Hammond: When You Praise
John P. Kee: I Believe
Artists
Barcelona Symphony Band
Barcelona Gospel Messengers
Ramon Escalé, choir conductor
Javier Eguillor, drums
José Rafael Pascual-Vilaplana, conductor
Javier Eguillor’s performance in this concert is sponsored by El Abuelo Bio and deliCatalia.
Program
The energy, rhythm and voices of gospel have a vital and infectious magnetism. Concerts become unforgettable group experiences in which the performers and the audience move together. “It brings us closer to what is usually referred to as catharsis; it raises your spirit to unexpected levels,” asserts Pascual Vilaplana. “It goes beyond the strict realms of music and reaches the domain of human emotion,” states Ramon Escalé.
DOWNLOAD THE PROGRAM HEREBarcelona Gospel Messengers join the Symphony Band to perform an unprecedented artistic creation of the highest standard. The repertoire includes traditional songs, such as Satan We’re Gonna Tear Your Kingdom Down and Yes Lord, Yes by the artist Shirley Caesar, whose track record includes 12 Grammy Awards; as well as contemporary ballads or new covers of classics of this genre.
The concert will start with a piece by David Mancini, originally written for drums and percussion, in a symphony band arrangement written by the Valencian composer Jesús Salvador “Chapi”.
