Repertoire

Carles Suriñach: Sinfonietta flamenca, suite for band (1971) 12’
Ernesto Aurignac: FlamenK, concerto for two alto saxes (2024) 20’
Paco de Lucía: Canción de amor (2006) 8’
Paco de Lucía: Zyryab (1990) 8’
Camarón de la Isla: La Primavera (1992) 7’
Joan Díaz: “Coplas de la amistad” from Rèquiem a Enrique Morente ‘In memoriam’ (2017) 6’. Verses by Lluís Cabrera, founder of the Taller de Músics.

ARTISTS

Barcelona Symphonic Band (BMB)
José R. Pascual-Vilaplana, conductor
Marta Romero and Daniel Molina, alto saxophones
Flamenco Ensemble Taller de músicos
David Leiva and Abraham Lojo, guitars
David Domínguez, flamenco percussion
Ana Lorenzo and Irene Ribas, flamenco choir
Rafael de Utrera, singing
Max Villavecchia, piano
Joan Albert Amargós and Joan Díaz, arrangements and orchestration
David Leiva, musical direction for flamenco part

Programme

This concert by the BMB, entirely dedicated to flamenco culture, will feature the exceptional talent of flamenco singer Rafael de Utrera. The performance will begin with the Sinfonietta Flamenca (Flamenco Symphony), a suite for band in three movements that combines elements of classical music with an unmistakable flamenco language, composed by Carles Suriñach in 1971. A similar essence will be evoked from a more contemporary perspective in the Concerto for two alto saxophones that Ernesto Aurignac named FlamenK in 2024.

Going back to the roots of the genre —or at least to one of its most internationally recognised names— the audience will hear versions of “Canción de amor”and “Zyryab”, written by the great Paco de Lucía, as well as “La primavera” by Camarón de la Isla, with whom the guitarist often tried to collaborate due to the inexplicably intense magic —the magnetism or the duende— of his singing. This tribute to the genre will conclude with “Coplas de la amistad” from the Requiem to Enrique Morente,written in memoriam by Joan Díaz in 2017, seven years after his death.

In collaboration with the Taller de Músics and the Festival Ciutat Flamenco