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En las sendas de la proporción: Mena e Isserlis visitan a la Orquesta Nacional de España

By Leonardo Mattana Ereño, 27 April 2025
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Reviewed at Auditorio Nacional de Música, Madrid on 26 April 2025
Programme
Vaughan Williams, Serenade to Music
Haydn, Cello Concerto no. 2 in D major, Hob VIIb:2
Mozart, Symphony no. 40 in G minor, K550
Performers
Coro Nacional de España
Steven Isserlis, Cello
Juanjo Mena, Conductor
Orquesta Nacional de España
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Cello Concerto no. 2 in D major, Hob VIIb:2Coro Nacional de EspañaJoseph HaydnJuanjo MenaOrquesta Nacional de EspañaRalph Vaughan WilliamsSerenade to MusicSteven IsserlisSymphony no. 40 in G minor, K550Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Leonardo Mattana Ereño
Leonardo Mattana Ereño

Leonardo Mattana (1988) es Doctor en filosofía por la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. También ha cursado estudios de piano, composición, teoría musical e historia de la música en el conservatorio de Sassari (Italia). Sus pasiones musicales son trasversales, privilegiando la música sinfónica y de cámara, pero sobre todo, buscando siempre en la experiencia estética de la música elementos de reflexión.