Extraordinary concert on saint cecilia day by the estepona municipal music band
The Municipal Band commemorates its 85th Founding Anniversary (1940-2025) in the Extraordinary Saint Cecilia Concert, with which it begins a new season of the 2025-26 symphonic cycle
The concert will take place on Saturday, November 22, at 8:00 p.m., at the Felipe VI Auditorium Theatre, under the direction of Maestro JA López Camacho, and will feature the historical recovery of the original manuscript of the posthumous work “Axarquía”, by Maestro Perfecto Artola Prats, and the tribute to the 175th anniversary of the birth of Maestro Tomás Bretón.
Invitations can be collected from Monday the 17th at the Padre Manuel Cultural Center, from 11:00 to 14:00 and from 17:00 to 20:00
The Estepona City Council informs that the Municipal Band will open the 2025-2026 season of the symphonic cycle next Saturday, November 22, in the traditional Extraordinary Concert in honor of Saint Cecilia, which will take place at 8:00 p.m. in the Felipe VI Auditorium Theatre, where it will commemorate the 85th anniversary of its founding.
The Santa Cecilia concert will be conducted by the principal conductor and artistic director of the Municipal Band, José Antonio López Camacho, and will be divided into two parts: a first part of symphonic music, in which the Band will perform the concert pasodoble “Música i Poble” by the Valencian composer Ferrer Ferran, and the historical recovery of the original manuscript of the posthumous work “Axarquía” by Maestro Perfecto Artola Prats, revised by the Estepona musician José Antonio Cervantes, and a second part, in which the voices of the Magnum Mysterium Choir will join the Band in a Lyrical Gala that will include a selection of choruses from zarzuelas and operas, such as the “Seguidillas” from the zarzuela “La Verbena de la Paloma”, in homage to the 175th anniversary of the birth of Tomás Bretón.
The concert will feature Paloma Artola Küstner, granddaughter of Maestro Perfecto Artola Prats and president of the La Artística Cultural Association of Malaga.
During the performance of the fandango from the zarzuela "Doña Francisquita" by Amadeo Vives, castanet soloist Soraya Chico will perform as a guest artist.
Invitations for this free concert can be collected from Monday, November 17th at the Padre Manuel Cultural Center, located at Calle San Fernando, 2, Monday to Friday, from 11:00 to 14:00 and from 17:00 to 20:00.
Program
EXTRAORDINARY CONCERT OF SAINT CECILIA
SYMPHONIC MUSIC Estepona Municipal Band Ferrer Ferran (1966-) MUSIC AND TOWN *** Concert Pasodoble, 2000 Perfecto Artola (1904-1992) Edition and revision: José A. Cervantes López, 2025 AXARQUÍA * Musical Panorama, 1990 1. Introduction 2. Romanes 3. Benajarafe
Perfecto Artola (1904-1992) GLORY TO THE PEOPLE
Pasodoble, 1932
LYRIC GALA Municipal Band of Estepona and Choir Magnum Mysterium of Estepona Francisco Asenjo Barbieri (1823-1894) EL BARBERILLO DE LAVAPIÉS Zarzuela, 1874 No. 1: Prelude and Chorus No. 2: Canción de Paloma - Soloist: Isabel Moreno
Federico Moreno Torroba (1891-1982) MAZURKA OF THE UMBRELLAS From the zarzuela “Luisa Fernanda”, 1932 Pablo Sorozábal (1897-1988) MADRID SALAD * From the zarzuela “Don Manolito”, 1943 Tomás Bretón (1850-1923)**
SEGUIDILLAS “For being the Virgin of the Dove”
From the zarzuela “La Verbena de la Paloma”, 1894
Amadeo Vives (1871-1932) ROMANTIC CHORUS * From the zarzuela “Doña Francisquita”, 1923
Amadeo Vives (1871-1932) FANDANGO * From the zarzuela “Doña Francisquita”, 1923
Soloist: Soraya Chico, castanets
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) GYPSY CHOIR * From the opera “Il Trovatore”, 1853 Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) THE TOAST * From Act I, Scene 1, of the opera “La Traviata”, 1853
Soloists: Isabel Moreno and Karl Svensson
Jacinto Guerrero (1895-1951) MARCH OF FRIENDSHIP From the zarzuela "Los Gavilanes", 1923 F. Asenjo Barbieri (1823-1894) MARCH OF THE MANOLERÍA From the zarzuela "Pan y toros", 1864
(*) First time by the Estepona Municipal Band.
(**) 175th anniversary of the birth of Tomás Bretón.
(***) 25th anniversary of the composition.