Cuando el acordeón se presenta ante el Renacimiento

By David Santana Cañas, 01 June 2019

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Reviewed at Auditorio Nacional de Música, Madrid on 31 May 2019

Anonymous, Ave maris stella

des Prez, Missa Ave maris stella

Victoria, Alma redemptoris mater

Victoria, Salve Regina

Victoria, Domine non sum dignus (Voz y acordeón)

Victoria, Domine non sum dignus (Acordeón)

Victoria, Et Jesum

Victoria, Duo seraphim

Victoria, Magi viderunt stellam

Bach, Die Kunst der Fuge (The Art of Fugue), BWV1080 (Contrapunctus I-XII, acordeón)

Bach, Violin partita no. 2 in D minor, BWV1004: Chaconne (Voz y acordeón)

Carlos Mena, Countertenor

Iñaki Alberdi, Accordion

Starry performance can’t lift Caldara’s Planets to the skies

Nicolas Nguyen, 28th April

Accomplished performances from the cast and La Cetra Baroque Orchestra can’t fully compensate the shortcomings of Caldara’s Harmony of the Planets.

***11

Vivaldi's La fida ninfa dazzles in Amsterdam

Jenny Camilleri, 18th April

Andrea Marcon leads La Cetra Baroque Orchestra and a group of accomplished soloists in an elegant and sensuous performance of Vivaldi's pastoral opera at the Concertgebouw.

****1

St Matthew Passion in Copenhagen

Cynthia Wilson, 10th April

Admittedly, it has been quite some time since I heard a St Matthew Passion in a concert hall as opposed to a church. The Concert Hall of the Danish Radio in Copenhagen is an impressive building both inside and out; it was well-filled and buzzing with excitement for a passion featuring the radio orchestra, choir as well as young and attractive international soloists.

**111

Lautten Compagney: Rinaldo

Nicolas Nguyen, 28th November

The Lautten Compagney performed Handel's Rinaldo at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw enjoyably, though without sweeping the audience off its feet.

***11

A One-Per-Part St Matthew Passion in Vienna

Zwölftöner, 6th April

Joshua Rifkin’s theory that Bach had no ‘choir’ in the modern sense may have gradually inched its way towards acceptance, but for all the heated discussion his research has generated, one-per-part Passions are rarer than one might suppose.

****1

Carlos Mena dirige un Handel muy bien construido en La Coruña

Pablo Sánchez Quinteiro, 23rd January

La Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia contó con la presencia del Coro para un programa dedicado a Handel que, dirigido por Carlos Mena resultó contenido y cuidadosamente construido.

****1

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David Santana Cañas

David Santana (Bilbao, 1996) comienza sus estudios de música en la especialidad de fagot en el Conservatorio Juan Crisóstomo de Arriaga de Bilbao. En 2014 se traslada a Madrid, donde cursa el grado en Musicología en la Universidad Complutense de Madrid y continúa y finaliza sus estudios musicales de fagot en el Conservatorio Adolfo Salazar de Madrid. Actualmente se encuentra ampliando su formación con la realización del Máster de Investigación de Música Española e Hispanoamericana en la UCM.

Cuando el acordeón se presenta ante el Renacimiento: Carlos Mena e Iñaki Alberdi