Escamillo – Carmen in Concert

Three thematic axes

‘Echoes of the  Belle Époque ‘  is the first narrative axis of the season, a musical approach to the interwar period, in which Paris became a city devoted to art: “peace, optimism, imagination and artistic ambition before the outbreak of the First World War”, in the words of  Pablo González .

Music by Bizet, Debussy, Ravel, Saint-Säens, Chausson, Paul Dukas, Cesar Franck, Stravinsky, Manuel de Falla and Joaquín Turina; and works like ‘Carmen’, ‘El Mar’, ‘Sinfonía No. 3’ with organ by Saint-Säens; ‘Symphony in D minor’, by Cesar Franck; ‘La Peri’, by Paul Dukas; or ‘The Fire Bird’, by Stravinsky, make up this block.

‘Planeta Earth’  is the second line: “At a time like the present, we remember the importance of our planet, not only as our biological home, but also as a source of inspiration for countless masterpieces in the history of music,” he says. Gonzalez. “A tribute to the evocative power of nature from the chaos prior to the explosion of life, portrayed by Haydn in ‘The Creation’, to the emotional farewell of the walker at the end of ‘The Song of the Earth’, by Mahler”, Add. In addition to the aforementioned works, there are others such as ‘The Sea’ by Debussy, ‘The Third’ by Mahler, ‘The Planets’ by Holst or ‘A Symphony of the Sea’, by Williams.

‘Brahms. The four symphonies’  is the last thematic axis. “Listening to his music is truly impregnating yourself”, affirms maestro González: “not a note is left over, everything has a reason; and he perfectly exemplifies the art of collecting the best of the past to build music that transcends time itself, and that is, above all, pure, beautiful, deeply emotional and human music”. The great romantic composer builds “a tremendously personal world and at the same time connected with his predecessors without the need to break schemes or rebel against any convention”.