Connecting Neoclassicism

Four works of neoclassical language by Falla, Hindemith, Halffter and Stravinski, key pieces in the chamber music repertoire, make up the program of this concert.

These composers chose to conserve and reinvent tonality, taking as a reference the classical canons of the 18th century, in the midst of the human existentialist crisis experienced in the first decades of the 20th century.

Program
 

Paul Hindemith

Kleine Kammermusik Op. 24 No. 2

Lustig. Mässig schnell Viertel

Walzer. Durchweg sehr leise

Ruhig und einfach

Schnelle Viertel

Sehr lebhaft

Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon and Horn

Manuel de Falla

Concerto for harpsichord and five instruments

Allegro

Lento (giubiloso ed energico)

Vivace (flessibile, scherzando)

Harpsichord, Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Violin and Cello

Ernesto Halffter

Pastorals

Allegretto tranquillo

Cadenza - Quiet

In tempo moderato

Harpsichord and flute

Igor Stravinsky

Octet

Sinfonia

Theme with variations

Finale

Flute, Clarinet, Bassoon I, Bassoon II, Trumpet I, Trumpet II, Trombone, and Bass Trombone

The first decades of the twentieth century gave rise to a human existentialist crisis that resulted in a creative explosion in the world of the arts. The multiple creative quests led to the coexistence of different avant-garde movements that pursued the same goal: to provide answers. Within this framework, the group of Los Ocho de Madrid is paired with the European panorama, dividing its creation into two great compositional options: to preserve tonality or to destroy it. 

This concert explores the creations of Spanish and European composers who chose to preserve and reinvent tonality, taking as a reference the classical canons of the 18th century. The four works performed are works of neoclassical language, key in the chamber music repertoire. 

The program relates Spanish and European neoclassical creation with compositions by Manuel de Falla, Igor Stravinsky, Ernesto Halffter, who continue to be a reference of an era and a language, and Hindemith, considered one of the pioneers of musical modernism.

Beatriz Pomés

Beatriz is a flutist, researcher and humanist. Born in Pamplona, she is currently developing her professional activity in Spain, Holland and Australia.

He began his studies at the Pablo Sarasate Professional Conservatory of Pamplona and completed the Superior Grade at Musikene. Later she moved to Holland to do a Master in Music Performance with flutist Leon Berendse and pedagogue Wilhelm van der Vliet. Throughout her training as a performer, she has been awarded several international prizes (UFAM 2002, 2003, 2004; Léopold Bellan 2004, 2006; International Chamber Music Competition with harp, 2005). At the same time, she is completing her Bachelor's Degree in Humanities at the University of Navarra.

She moved to Australia where she has completed her PhD in Music Performance at the University of Melbourne. Recently, she has been distinguished by this University in the categories of performer and researcher.

Jesús Echeverría

He studied conducting at the Vienna Conservatory with Julius Kalmar and at the Royal Academy of Music in London with Sir Colin Davis and George Hurst. In 1988 he began his collaboration with the Orquesta Sinfónica de Navarra and in 1989 with the Orquesta Sinfónica de Euskadi. During his stay in London he founded The European Sinfonia and in 1995 he toured the Basque Country with the Russian National Orchestra. He has conducted other orchestras such as the Latvian National Orchestra and has toured Japan and Poland with the Musikene Symphony Orchestra, where he is Professor of Analysis and Coordinator of Orchestral Studies.

Jesús Echeverría is also an outstanding composer. Trained with Agustín González Acilu, Francisco Escudero, Tomás Marco and Cristóbal Halffter, he has won numerous awards, including the Pablo Sorozábal (1999), the Joaquín Turina and the Ciudat D'Alcoi (2000).

Currently, in addition to his teaching work at Musikene, he is the Principal Conductor of the Orquesta Sinfónica de La Rioja.