"holy week portico" concert by the estepona municipal music band
Processional marches take center stage at the 'Gateway to Holy Week' Concert by the Estepona Municipal Band
The 15th annual "Gateway to Holy Week" concert will take place on Saturday the 14th at 8:00 pm in the Felipe VI Auditorium. Admission is free, but tickets must be obtained in advance. The concert will feature the Sevillian flamenco singer Manuel Cuevas, who will perform a repertoire of saetas (traditional religious songs).
The Estepona City Council informs that next Saturday, March 14, at 8:00 p.m., the XV 'Pórtico de la Semana Santa' Concert will take place in the Felipe VI Auditorium, which has been established since 2011 by the artistic department of the Estepona Municipal Band (BME).
Led by its principal conductor and artistic director, Maestro José Antonio López Camacho, the Municipal Band of Estepona preludes Holy Week in one of its usual venues, with a new concert that will begin with the symphonic poem for band 'Holy Week in Malaga', by Perfecto Artola, composed by the Maestro in 1958. It will end with the processional march 'The Students' from 2024, by the composer from Úbeda, Cristóbal López Gándara.
In addition, the concert will feature the participation of flamenco singer Manuel Cuevas (Osuna, 1977), who will perform a repertoire of saetas.
The event, which will be presented by journalist José Joaquín Sánchez, will have free access until the capacity is reached, after collecting invitations, two per person, at the Padre Manuel Cultural Center, from Monday the 9th, from 11:00 to 14:00 and from 17:00 to 20:00.
XV CONCERT PRELUDING HOLY WEEK
ESTEPONA MUNICIPAL BAND
José Antonio López Camacho, Principal Director
Program
Perfecto Artola Prats
HOLY WEEK IN MALAGA
Symphonic poem for band, 1958
Germán Álvarez Beigbeder
Christ of the Expiration
Processional march, 1921
José de la Vega Sánchez
VALLEY OF SEVILLE *
Processional march, 1990
Saeta performed by MANUEL CUEVAS
Daniel Albarrán
THE GREATEST PAIN *
Processional march, 2024
José Antonio López Camacho
JESUS CAPTIVE **
Slow march, 2006 - revision 2026
David Hurtado Torres
RESIGNATION *
Processional March, 1999 - revised 2025
Saeta performed by MANUEL CUEVAS
Manuel Marvizón
CANDELARIA
Processional march, 2001
Cristóbal López Gándara
THE STUDENTS *
Processional march, 2024
* First time by the Estepona Municipal Band
** 20th Anniversary of the composition