Friedrich Nietzsche firmly believed that music was the authentic expression of the world, and did not hesitate to affirm that without it life would be “simply a mistake.” The German philosopher was clear that the works of composers such as Bach, Beethoven Mozart or Wagner (at least, before the friendship between the two was broken) managed to explore human nature as deeply, or more, than their philosophy. To confirm this particular vision of the author of Thus Spoke Zarathustra, there is nothing better than starting the new year enjoying a series of concerts, by great performers and orchestras from all over the world, which offers us the Palau de la Música Catalana.
After making his debut at the Palau in January 2021, even in the middle of the pandemic, the Mexican tenor Javier Camarena returns, on Wednesday, January 10, together with the Cuban pianist Ángel Rodríguez, to remember, with his velvety timbre, the excellences of bel canto, reviewing the songs of Francesco Paolo Tosti, a composer who is worth remembering, and who before They performed tenors of the stature of Caruso, Pavarotti and Josep Carreras. On Thursday, the 18th of the same month, the titular organist of the Basilica of the Sagrada Familia, Juan de la Rubia, will join the video artist Eugènia Balcellsto propose a heterodox and dazzling interdisciplinary dialogue entitled Sons per a imatges, imatges per a sons, where there will be space for Bach’s music or for musical improvisation, during the screening of the film Frecuencias.
Balthasar Neumann Chor & Ensemble, directed by Thomas Hengelbrock, will perform two exceptional concerts, dedicated to Brahms and Mendelssohn
On Monday, January 22, the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra, a formation with more than 150 years of history that on this occasion will be led by the Asturian Pablo González, a figure well known to the Barcelona public (not in vain, he was the main director of the OBC for some time). The program they will perform includes Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 25, which will feature the presence of the young Swiss pianist Francesco Piemontesi, the Adagio from the immortal Symphony No. 10 by Gustav Mahler and the symphonic poem Death and Transfiguration, by Richard Strauss.
Dresden Orchestra
Rittershaus Pauly
In addition, the Palau will host, on Friday, February 9, an exceptional guest, the Hungarian pianist András Schiff. We do not yet know the repertoire that he will address on this occasion, but his recital will surely be an unforgettable opportunity to meet the performer who has managed to shine in a special way interpreting Bach, Schumann or the complete cycles of Beethoven’s sonatas and concertos. Mozart piano.
The Capella Reial de Catalunya and Le Concert des Nations, under the direction of Jordi Savall, will perform the Passion according to Saint John, by Johann Sebastian Bach
Thomas Hengelbrock, for his part, will offer, together with the Balthasar Neumann Chor & Ensemble, two concerts, on February 13 and 14, which represent the culmination of the artistic residency that the groups founded and led by this prestigious German conductor and violinist will carry out the week before in Barcelona. During these days, its members will actively participate in Barcelona’s cultural life, with open rehearsals, chamber concerts in charitable institutions, as well as an exhaustive collaboration with the Orfeó Català promoted by Hengelbrock himself. With the Palau choirs, they will perform two symphonic-choral works that constitute undisputed peaks of German Romanticism: on the first day, A German Requiem, by Johannes Brahms; and the second, Lobgesang by Felix Mendelssohn.
Thomas Hengelbrock, for his part, will offer, together with the Balthasar Neumann Chor & Ensemble, two concerts.
Florence Grandidier
The splendor of the baroque
Lovers of the best baroque opera should note, in a prominent place, at least a couple of dates on the agenda. The first, on Tuesday, February 6, in which you can hear the Rinaldo de GF Handel, an early work by the German composer that became the most popular in his repertoire. It will be performed by Les Accents, an ensemble founded by Thibault Noally, and will feature a vocal cast that includes countertenor Carlo Vistoli, as Rinaldo, and soprano Emöke Barath. You shouldn’t miss either The coronation of Poppeaa mature work by Claudio Monteverdi that will address, on Saturday, March 16, The English Concert, a prestigious orchestra that stands out for its versions with historical criteria, together with the Cor de Cambra of the Palau de la Música Catalana and the soprano Jeanine De Bique, at the head of a luxury cast.
La soprano Jeanine De Bique.
Tim Tronckoe
The “passions” will occupy a prominent space in the Palau’s programming in the first part of 2024. On Sunday, March 17, La Capella Reial de Catalunya and Le Concert des Nations, under the direction of Jordi Savall, they will perform the Passion according to Saint John, by Johann Sebastian Bach. The same work will be reviewed on Saturday, March 23, in a special production with a new dramaturgy written by Sergi Belbel, with Jordi Boixaderas and Silvia Bel in the narrative roles, as well as prestigious voices, choirs and the Vallès Symphony Orchestra. Two days later, the Palau Chamber Choir, the Vespres d’Arnadí baroque orchestradirected by Christoph Prégardien, and several internationally renowned voices, will be in charge of making us relive the St. Matthew Passion.
These are just some of the gems that music fans will be able to discover in the new year, within the various cycles programmed by the Palau, such as Essentials 2024which will give space to luxury guests, from Camarena to Yuja Wang, including Sol Gabetta and Bertrand Chamayou; Palau 100where some of the most important orchestras and choirs in the world are brought together along with extraordinary soloists; Palau Operawhich hosts large samples of baroque opera in concert or semi-staged versions in subtitled productions; Palau Bach, with a cycle dedicated especially to the immortal composer born in Eisenach; either Palau Fronteras, where daring contrasts are offered between music from diverse origins. The complete schedule can be found at the website /www.palaumusica.cat.
2023-12-30 06:32:43
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