The Abierto por concierto (Open
for Concerts) programme at the Cathedral of Santa María will come to an
end this weekend with two new performances.
This Friday at eight o’clock in the evening, visitors can enjoy a
performance by the musical group Concejo Abierto, which specialises in
the Baroque repertoire from the late sixteenth to the early eighteenth
century and features the original instruments in its
performances. Its work includes a detailed search for
material, musicological research and subsequent performances, with
acclaimed musical experts lending their advice and collaboration.
The group is made up of musicians Ander Berrojalbiz (violín), Maider
López
(viola) and Virginia Gonzalo (harpsichord and organ), although in this
concert, they will be accompanied by four other musicians: Cristina
Bayón (soprano),
Soma Salat-Zakariás (viola da gamba), Thor-Harald Johnsen (theorboe)
and Roger
Junyent i Balsach (Baroque violín).
And on Saturday 29, the season’s last recital will feature
the group Les Saqueboutiers from Toulouse. Considered by experts and
the general public alike as a frame of reference in seventeenth-century
music, this group is made up of a series of ancient brass instruments
including a nucleus of cornets and sackbuts, which are joined, when
necessary, by others such as violins, violas, basses and
bagpipes. This concert will also begin at 8.00 p.m.
The concerts will take place in the portico of the Cathedral and are
free of charge, although invitations are required. Those
interested can collect invitations at the Cathedral’s Visitors
Reception Centre (Plaza de las Brullerías).