Leticia Moreno & OCM: Palau de la Música Catalana
About the Event
Enjoy a superb performance with Spanish violinist Leticia Moreno at one of Barcelona's most beautiful landmarks, the Palau de la Musica Catalana.
SECOND VERSION EQUAL OR BETTER
Piazzolla, Ginastera and Stravinsky did not conceive these works originally in the way they are currently interpreted. The Four Buenos Aires Seasons are individual tangos composed by the Argentine composer Astor Piazzolla between 1965 and 1970, and which the Russian composer Leonid Desyatnikov arranged to give him the shape of an orchestral suite establishing a link with the famous Four Seasons of Vivaldi. The versatile and meticulous violinist Leticia Moreno plays this work like nobody else, extracting all the nuances of each one of the seasons of the year.
Igor Stravinsky and Alberto Ginastera have in common that both made a suite of pieces from ballets of their own creation, coinciding in the plot (the triumph of love between two young people from different backgrounds). The influence of The Firebird, a work that established new musical patterns expanding the horizons of the dancers and impacting the public's ears, is evident in the Estancia ballet suite. Although the atmosphere is very different (a fantasy story in Stravinsky, a story of gauchos in Ginastera) the rhythm is energetic and vigorous, and the scenes and characters are perfectly portrayed through the music.
Cast / Production
Orquestra Simfònica Camera Musicae
Orquestra Simfònica Camera Musicae (OCM), founded in 2006, enjoyed a great welcoming from the public due to their work in disseminating classical music among very diverse crowds, especially by targeting the young music‐lover audience. They have performed in venues such as Auditorio Nacional de Madrid, Auditori de Barcelona, Palau de la Música Catalana and Teatre Tarragona among others, having a stable musical season with their own productions at Palau de la Música and Teatre Tarragona.
Tomas Grau is the permanent artistic director and conductor, and since the 2017‐2018 season, Salvador Mas initiated the role of main conductor. OCM launched their resident project at Auditori del Tívoli in Vendrell during the 2009‐2010, currently ongoing.
Orquestra Simfònica Camera Musicae has collaborated with conductors such as Antoni Ros Marbà, Salvador Brotons, John Rutter, Diego Martin‐Etxebarria, Josep Vila i Casañas, Xavier Puig, Manel Valdivieso and Virginia Martínez, and soloists like Stephen Kovacevich, Sabine Meyer, Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Alexandra Soumm, Asier Polo, Judith Jáuregui, Massimo Spadano, Rafael Aguirre, Claudi Arimany, Albert Guinovart, Núria Rial or Àngel Òdena, among others.
Despite developing their main activities in Catalunya, OCM regularly performs around Spain and has toured Germany, Czech Republic and Switzerland. They have recorded Tempesta esvaïda (heritage recovery), De Catalunya al món, Un conte de Nadal and Mediterráneo.
