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Homage to Catalonia - Tribute to Enric Granados at Trinity Laban

Music.  Londres, 27/06/2016

Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Drama presents 'Homage to Catalonia' in collaboration with Instituto Cervantes and the Institut Ramon Llull on 27 and 28 June. Two days of music and events around the figure of Enric Granados to commemorate the Centenary of the death of this magnificent composer with the participation of Professor Walter Aaron Clark, Granados's biographer, and pianist Marta Zabaleta, Director of the Academia Marshall in Barcelona and direct successor of Granados and Alicia de Larrocha.The programme also showcases music by Isaac Albéniz and Frederic Mompou among other contemporary Catalan composers. Admission free.


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Monday 27 June and Tuesday 28 June
Faculty of Music, Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music
King Charles Court, Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich SE10 9JF
Admission Free
For more information please visit www.trinitylaban.ac.uk/catalanfest

PROGRAMME

MONDAY 27 JUNE

Mon 27 Jun 13.00h
The Moor’s Last Sigh: The Music of Isaac Albeniz
A concert featuring some of the greatest music for piano and guitar ever written, including Rumores de la Caleta, El Albaicin, Tango & Asturias and Iberia Book I 

Mon 27 Jun 17.00h

Amor y Muerte (Love and Death):  Granados’ Goyescas Integral performed by Marta Zabaleta
A rare performance of Granados's greatest piano music given by Marta Zabaleta , Granados’s successor as Director of the Academia Marshall in Barcelona, and a leading interpreter of his music. 

Songs and Dances: The music of Federico Mompou
Featuring Variations on a Theme of Chopin, Landscapes and Songs and Dances 1, 2, 3, 6, 8 and 10 students and Elena Riu and Penelope Roskell.

TUESDAY 28 JUNE

Tue 28 Jun 10.30h
Piano Masterclass with Marta Zabaleta
Marta Zabaleta leads this Masterclass with students from Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance 

Tue 28 Jun 13.00h
Catalonia Nova 
New music and Improvisations from Balsach, Broton, Gerhard and Pueyo including Balsach’s humorous Suite Gastrica. 

Tue 28 Jun 5.30 pm
The Nittinghale's last song': A Prelude
Pull a tune out of a hat and be part of the performance as Douglas Finch improvises on themes inspired by Professor Walter Clark's talk as well as music by Granados, as chosen by the live audience. 

Tue 28 Jun 18.15h
The Death of Enrique Granados: Context and Controversy 
Professor Walter Aaron Clark 
A pre-concert talk by Granados’ biographer as he explores the many myths surrounding the composer’s death in the English Channel as he courageously tried to save his drowning wife. 

Tue 28 Jun 19.30h
Poetic Scenes : Granados and his Music
Pianist Elena Riu leads a celebration of Granados’ exquisite, colourful and evocative music a hundred years after his death, including The Maiden and the Nightingale, Eight Poetic Waltzes and selections from his Spanish Dances and his song cycle Tonadillas al estilo antiguo

A collaboration between the Instituto Cervantes London, the Institut Ramon Llull and the Piano, Guitar and Vocal Departments at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance.

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  • A consortium of:

  • Generalitat de Catalunya Govern Illes Balears Ajuntament de Barcelona

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