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Requiem Orquesta. Xavier Benguerel. Voice Solo sheet music.

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Requiem Orchestra. Xavier Benguerel. Voice Solo sheet music.

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Requiem Orquesta. a la memoria de Salvador Espriu. Composed by Xavier Benguerel. 1931-. For Orequesta sinfonica, Orquesta camara, voces y coro. Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra, Solo Voices and Choir. Vocal Music. Choir. Duration 85. 00. Published by Editorial de Musica Boileau. BO.B.3472. ISBN 84-8020-813-9. Choir. English comments. The Requiem in memory of Salvador Espriu by Xavier Benguerel was commissioned by the Torroella de Montgri International Music Festival for a double commemoration. on the one hand, to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Festival, and on the other, in remembrance of Catalan poet Salvador Espriu in the fifth year after his death. This concert, which was held on 5 October, was a brilliant closing gala performance and it was repeated twice on 6 and 7 October at the Palau de la Musica Catalana in Barcelona. It was performed by the Orchestra and Choir of the Gran Teatro del Liceo, with soloists Enriqueta Tarres, soprano. Nelibel Martinez, mezzo soprano. Eduard Gimenez, tenor. and Carlos Chausson, baritone, with the additional collaboration of baritone Lluis Llach, conducted by Romano Gandolfi. In my opinion, this work by Benguerel is a piece that was written with passion and sincerity, with great strength and depth, and it contains some very beautiful passages. It is written in a language through which, without abandoning his current musical thoughts, Benguerel manages to communicate with the audience in a dense work that lasts for an hour and a half. It is interspersed with seven poems by Espriu on the subject of death, some sung and others recited, which gives the Requiem great contrasts from a musical and linguistic point of view -in comparison with the Latin texts normally used in a requiem mass-, but within a successful and coherent unity. The performers certainly proved their worth, but much of the hard work that went into preparing the piece can be attributed not only to the performers, the composer and the poet in tribute to whom the work was written, but also to the conductor Romano Gandolfi, who is largely responsible for the success of the three performances of this Requiem. Benguerel himself says of the work. "This Requiem is linked to my previous work, the Llibre Vermell, and it has been written without making any concessions, but with a true wish to communicate with the audience. I've got past the stage of musical experiments and I'm now working on bridging the gap between composer and audience, which I'm sure will be good for both". --Comments written by Jordi Codina in the December 1990 issue of Nexus magazine. Comentarios del Espanol. El Requiem a la memoria de Salvador Espriu de Xavier Benguerel ha sido compuesto por encargo del Festival Internacional de Musica de Torroella de Montgri para una doble conmemoracion. por una parte, el decimo aniversario del Festival. por otra, el recuerdo de la figura del poeta catalan Salvador Espriu en el quinto ano de su fallecimiento. Este concierto, celebrado el dia 5 de octubre, constituyo una sesion de gala y de clausura brillante y tuvo una doble repeticion los dias 6 y 7en el Palau de la Musica Catalana de Barcelona. Fueron sus interpretes la Orquesta y el Coro del Gran Teatro del Liceo, con los solistas vocales Enriqueta Tarres, soprano. Nelibel Martinez, mezzo. Eduard Gimenez, tenor. y Carlos Chausson, baritono, con la colaboracion del tambien baritono Lluis Llach. Todos bajo la direccion de Romano Gandolfi. A mi entender, la obra de Benguerel es una partitura escrita con pasion y sinceridad, posee una gran solidez, es profunda y contiene pasajes de una gran belleza. Esta escrita en un lenguaje con el que Benguerel, sin renunciar a su actual pensamiento musical, alcanza la comunicacion con el publico en una obra densa que dura una hora y media. La intercalacion de siete poemas de Espriu relacionados con el tema de la muerte, en una interpretacion cantada o recitada, segun los casos, otorga al Requiem grandes contrastes desde un punto de vista musical y lingŸistico Ð en contraposicion con los textos latinos propios de una misa de requiem Ð, pero dentro de una unidad conseguida y coherente. La labor de los interpretes demostro su categoria y el trabajo exhaustivo en la preparacion de la obra, que, ademas de los interpretes, el compositor y el poeta homenajeado, tuvo otro gran protagonista en la persona del director Romano Gandolfi, a quien se debe una gran parte del exito obtenido en las tres audiciones de este Requiem. El propio Benguerel ha dicho de la obra. "Este Requiem entronca con mi obra anterior, el Llibre Vermell, y ha sido escrito sin concesiones, pero con una voluntad real de comunicacion con el publico. La epoca de los experimentos musicales ya se me paso y he entrado en una nueva etapa de acercamiento entre el compositor y el publico que, estoy convencido, beneficiara a ambos". --Comentario escrito por Jordi Codina en la revista Nexus en diciembre de 1990.

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Requiem Orchestra. to the memory of Salvador Espriu. Composed by Xavier Benguerel. 1931-. For Orequesta sinfonica, Orquesta camara, voces y coro. Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra, Solo Voices and Choir. Vocal Music. Choir. Duration 85. 00. Published by Editorial de Musica Boileau. BO.B.3472. ISBN 84-8020-813-9. Choir. English comments. The Requiem in memory of Salvador Espriu by Xavier Benguerel was commissioned by the Torroella de Montgri International Music Festival for a double commemoration. on the one hand, to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Festival, and on the other, in remembrance of Catalan poet Salvador Espriu in the fifth year after his death. This concert, which was held on 5 October, was a brilliant closing gala performance and it was repeated twice on 6 and 7 October at the Palau de la Musica Catalana in Barcelona. It was performed by the Orchestra and Choir of the Gran Teatro del Liceo, with soloists Enriqueta Tarres, soprano. Nelibel Martinez, mezzo-soprano. Eduard Gimenez, tenor. and Carlos Chausson, baritone, with the additional collaboration of baritone Lluis Llach, conducted by Romano Gandolfi. In my opinion, this work by Benguerel is a piece that was written with passion and sincerity, with great strength and depth, and it contains some very beautiful passages. It is written in a language through which, without abandoning his current musical thoughts, Benguerel manages to communicate with the audience in a dense work that lasts for an hour and a half. It is interspersed with seven poems by Espriu on the subject of death, some sung and others recited, which gives the Requiem great contrasts from a musical and linguistic point of view -in comparison with the Latin texts normally used in a requiem mass-, but within a successful and coherent unity. The performers certainly proved their worth, but much of the hard work that went into preparing the piece can be attributed not only to the performers, the composer and the poet in tribute to whom the work was written, but also to the conductor Romano Gandolfi, who is largely responsible for the success of the three performances of this Requiem. Benguerel himself says of the work. "This Requiem is linked to my previous work, the Llibre Vermell, and it has been written without making any concessions, but with a true wish to communicate with the audience. I've got past the stage of musical experiments and I'm now working on bridging the gap between composer and audience, which I'm sure will be good for both". --Comments written by Jordi Codina in the December 1990 issue of Nexus magazine. Spanish Comments. The Requiem in memory of Xavier Benguerel Espriu compound has been commissioned by the International Music Festival of Torroella de Montgri for a double commemoration. first, the tenth anniversary of the Festival. secondly, the memory of the poet figure catalan Espriu in the fifth year of his death. This concert, held on October 5th day, constitute a session of closing gala and bright and had a double repetition on 6 and 7in the Palau de la Musica Catalana in Barcelona. Were his interpreters Orchestra and Chorus of the Gran Teatre del Liceu, with Enriqueta Tarres soloists, soprano. Nelibel Martinez, middle. Eduard Gimenez, tenor. and Carlos Chausson, baritone, with the collaboration of baritone Lluis Llach also. All under the direction of Romano Gandolfi. In my view, the work of Benguerel is a written score with passion and sincerity, has great strength, is deep and contains passages of great beauty. It is written in a language with which Benguerel without giving up their current musical thought, achieves communication with the public in a dense work that lasts an hour and a half. The intercalation Espriu seven poems on the topic of death, in a performance sung or recited, as the case, gives the Requiem contrasts from a musical point of view and in contradistinction with lingŸistico Ð own Latin texts of Mass Ð requiem, but got into a coherent unit. The work of the interpreters showed its class and exhaustive work in the preparation of the work, which, in addition to the performers, composer and poet honored, had another big player in the person of the Director Romano Gandolfi, who is due one much of the success obtained in the three auditions this Requiem. The Benguerel himself has said of the work. "This Requiem connects with my previous work, the Llibre Vermell, and was written without compromise, but with a real desire to communicate with the audience. The era of musical experiments already happened to me and I have entered a new era of rapprochement between the composer and the public that, I believe, would benefit both ". - Review by Jordi Codina in Nexus Magazine in December 1990.