- The soprano performs songs by Giovanni Battista Bononcini, Ricardo Hernández Ruiz de Esparza and Gabriel Fauré, among others
With a repertoire of musical pieces that link literature and music, soprano Brenda Huitzil offered a concert in the Alfonsina Chapel, of the National Coordination of Literature (CNL) of the National Institute of Fine Art and Literature (Inbal), in collaboration with the CIM DARA Foundation.
The concert Literature and musicwhich is part of the transversal axis of inclusion of Inbal, through which literature and reading are strengthened.
For her part, Brenda Huitzil thanked Inbal for opening a space in the Alfonsina Chapel so that music and literature continue to spread in our society, because “as a country we have the need to cultivate ourselves.” She also emphasized that the concert is an approach to the requirements to study singing professionally, a career that lasts eight semesters and three previous preparatory years.
To begin the musical repertoire, he spoke about the ancient link that music has with literature: “It will not be a coincidence that, in many of these works, the composers were based on the most important poets and librettists of their time. generation. Since then there has been a great collaboration between writers and musicians.
In this way, he interpreted For the Glory of Adoravide Giovanni Battista Bononcini, y Away from youby Manuel M. Ponce, one of the most important musicians in Mexico.
In his second intervention, about music in the medieval period, he said that, although there are no records of the music that existed, there is a lot of literature on which religious music is based, which gave rise to singing Pie Jesusof the Requiem by Gabriel Fauré, based on the Divine Comedy. Later, he mentioned the importance of including pieces of a religious nature in the study of music, due to the knowledge that was concentrated within the church for many years.
The soprano emphasized two of the most important vocal genres, through the Moonlightalso by Fauré, insert piece in the melodyand which includes lyrics by the poet Paul Verlaine, as well as Restless loveFranz Peter Schubert.
In his interpretation of Oh come not delaybelonging to The Marriage of Figaroby Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, mentioned the collaboration between the Austrian composer and the librettist Lorenzo da Ponte, referring to the conjunction of music and literature: “The lyrics, the accents, the very meter of the text is very similar. hand with what Mozart wrote.
In the block dedicated to Mexican composers from different eras, he addressed the pieces Stolen kissesby Jorge del Moral, which is based on Mexican popular music; Sigh, song for a pandemic, by Ricardo Hernández Ruiz de Esparza, who was present during the concert; Marfa’s aria, from the opera Keofar, by Felipe Villanueva; and Desperateby Carlos Jiménez Mabarak.
To conclude the repertoire, Brenda Huitzil mentioned that “as long as there are people who write poems, stories, stories, there will always be someone who takes on the task of giving even more life through these beautiful sounds.” , giving rise to Juliet’s aria, I want to liveby Charles Gounod, based on the play by an Italian author before the playwright William Shakespeare.
Meanwhile, the president of the foundation, Víctor Sánchez Rueda, highlighted the extensive experience in ensembles and choirs of the teacher who graduated with a degree in Singing from the National Autonomous University of Mexico, and who has also set stories to music. and poems by Alfonso Reyes. Likewise, he clarified the objective of the repertoire: “We will delve into the journey that anyone who wants to study singing professionally in one of the schools and conservatories in Mexico City must take.â€
At the end, Víctor Sánchez Rueda presented him with recognition from the CIM DARA Foundation, as well as Javier Garciadiego, head of the Alfonsina Chapel, and Eduardo Mejía.
2024-02-24 22:37:54
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