MUSIC "Spanish music at the time of Velazquez & Calderón" by La Grande Chapelle, dir. Albert Recassens at Instituto Cervantes, 48, Hanuman Road, Connaught Place (CP) > 7:30pm on 25th November 2015

Time : 7:30 pm Add to Calendar 25/11/2015 19:30 25/11/2015 21:00 Asia/Kolkata MUSIC "Spanish music at the time of Velazquez & Calderón" by La Grande Chapelle, dir. Albert Recassens Event Page : http://www.delhievents.com/2015/11/music-spanish-music-at-time-of.html Instituto Cervantes, 48, Hanuman Road, Connaught Place (CP), New Delhi - 110001 DD/MM/YYYY

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Venue : Instituto Cervantes, 48, Hanuman Road, Connaught Place (CP), New Delhi - 110001
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Event Description : CONCERT TALK "Spanish music at the time of Velazquez & Calderón" by La Grande Chapelle, dir. Albert Recassens 

About the program: Although he is almost exclusively remembered as the creator – in collaboration with Calderón de la Barca – of zarzuela and Spanish opera, the vocal chamber music of Juan Hidalgo (1614-1685) – principally secular and sacred tonos [airs] – enjoyed undeniable success, as the the numerous copies that circulated in Spain and the Americas bear witness. His work as harpist at the Royal Chapel and chapel master of the Royal Chamber in the service of Philip IV and Charles II gave him a privileged position in the artistic world of his day. Less well-known is his religious repertoire, mainly composed for specific devotional practices in the palace, such as the “Forty Hours”, which likely perished in the blaze that destroyed the Real Alcázar in 1734. Nevertheless it has been possible to restore a part of this sacred work using copies that have been found, widely dispersed, in different archives and libraries. In this monographic programme, La Grande Chapelle has selected a varied group of tonos and villancicos that will delight us all while also filling important gaps in our knowledge of the Spanish baroque. 

About the artists: 

La Grande Chapelle is a vocal and instrumental early music ensemble with a European

outlook whose main objective is to apply new readings to the great vocal works of the 16th to 18th centuries with special emphasis on the polychoral productions of the Baroque period. At the same time it aims to contribute to the urgent task of reviving forgotten works from the Spanish musical repertoire. 

Albert Recasens was born in Cambrils (Tarragona). He began his musical studies early on, under the

auspices of his father, the teacher and conductor Ángel Recasens, principally in the Professional

Conservatory of Vilaseca y Salou. He perfected his knowledge of music at the Escola de Música in

Barcelona, the Stedelijk Conservatorium van Brugge and the Koninklijk Conservatorium in Ghent (piano, conducting, choir singing, history of music and music composition). 

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