Symphony Orchestra of Navarra

Navarra Symphony Orchestra Concert

Directed by Iñigo Pirfano and performed by the mezzo-soprano Ahinoa Zubillaga.

The current OSN was founded by Pablo Sarasate in 1879 and is, at present, the oldest active professional orchestra in Spain.

Prices*: 24 euros (patio) and 18 euros (amphitheater). (amphitheater)

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*20% discount for students and employees of the University of Navarra.

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PROGRAM

PART 1
- The Prelude to El Caserío, Jesús Guridi
- El Amor Brujo, M. de Falla
Mezzosoprano: Ainhoa Zubillaga

PART 2

- Symphony No. 7 in D minor op. 70. A. Dvorák

Symphony Orchestra of Navarra

Director. Íñigo Pirfano
 

Ainhoa Zubillaga

Symphony Orchestra of Navarra

Íñigo Pirfano

AINHOA ZUBILLAGA

He performs an extensive repertoire in recitals as well as in symphonic and oratorio concerts.

He has participated in numerous Festivals, cycles, halls and auditoriums of Austria, Cuba, Spain, France, Great Britain, Holland, Mexico, Poland, Czech Republic 26 (Musikverein, Halle aux Grains, Teatro Real, Auditorio Nacional, Teatro Monumental, Quincena Musical, Festival Mozart de La Coruña, Festival de Nantes, Semana Música Religiosa de Cuenca 26) before prestigious orchestras (National of Russia, National of Latvia, National of Lyon, Capitol of Toulouse, Symphony of Vienna, Symphony of Galicia, Symphony of the Balearic Islands, Real Philarmonia of Galicia, RTVE 26) and conducted by maestros such as Ceccato, Griffiths, Kout, López Cobos, Mena, Victor Pablo Pérez, Pletnev, Pons, Ros Marbá, Wilson 26

In the operatic field, he has participated in several productions of A.B.A.O., Quincena Musical, Opera Season of Las Palmas, Malaga, Teatro Real de Madrid, Auditorio de Lyon, Halle aux grains 26, and the opera season of Las Palmas.

She collaborates as a guest soloist with various early music groups. 

SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA OF NAVARRA

The current OSN, the oldest active professional orchestra in Spain, was founded by Pablo Sarasate in 1879.

The OSN covers the widest repertoire, collaborates regularly with world-renowned soloists and conductors and is considered one of the best orchestras on the Spanish scene, assiduously invited to concert halls and festivals of the highest national and international rank, among which it is worth mentioning in recent years the repeated invitations to the Théâtre des Champs Elysées and the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, as well as its recent tour for Universal Music in the main concert halls of European capitals (Konzerthaus, Concertgebow, Gasteig, Smetana Saal, Festpielhaus-Baden Baden, etc..).

At present, the OSN's Principal Conductor and Artistic Director is Maestro Antoni Wit.

ÍÑIGO PIRFANO

In 1997 he entered the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst "Mozarteum" in Salzburg (Austria), where he studied Orchestra, Choir and Opera Conducting. There he graduated in conducting, obtaining the highest qualification(Auszeichnung). He conducts, with great success, the extraordinary concert of the Schloss Frohnburg of the Mozarteum of Salzburg, in which, besides interpreting works by Stravinsky and Falla, he premieres works by young composers of the Seminar für neue Musik of that school. Subsequently, he studied with Sir Colin Davis in Dresden and with Karl-Heinz Bloemeke and Kurt Masur in Detmold (Germany). He completed his academic training with a Master's degree in Choral Conducting at the Universität für Musik in Graz (Austria), and with a one-year internship(Hospitanz) at the Nuremberg Opera with Marcus Bosch.

He has conducted in some of the most important auditoriums in Spain, Germany, Austria, Poland and Brazil, with orchestras such as the Orquesta Sinfónica de Euskadi, Sinfónica de Bilbao, Stettin Philharmonic, Frohnburg Ensemble of Salzburg, Bundeswettbewerb Jugend Musiziert Orchestra, Blutenburg Kammerphilharmonie München, Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Colombia, etc., always obtaining the unanimous praise of the critics and the public. In 2002 he made his operatic debut with a production of El Retablo de Maese Pedro by Manuel de Falla, highly praised by the specialized critics, on the occasion of a tribute of the Círculo de Bellas Artes of Madrid to the figure of Miguel de Cervantes. He is founder and chief conductor of the Orquesta Académica de Madrid, with which he has given numerous concerts in recent years. For his work at the head of this orchestra, he received the 2011 Young Leadership Award from the Rafael del Pino Foundation.

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The symphonic program that closes the Cartographies cycle of the Museo Universidad de Navarra is structured around the concept of Earth, with all the richness of depth and extension that this word encloses. Because to speak of Earth is to speak of People, of Culture, of Tradition, of Language. But, beyond all that, the Earth refers to a common substratum that underlies the richness of a constitutive diversity. This diversity is the guarantee and seal of what makes us human, beings in relation; local and universal at the same time.

The works that make up the present program, which is based on a transversal vision of the concept of Tierra, offer three very interesting and complementary proposals from this point of view: that of three great figures of musical creation that can be considered as eminently nationalistic and, at the same time, universal.

The prelude to Act II of the zarzuela El Caserío contains some of the most evocative and successful pages of the magnificent composer Jesús Guridi. The piece begins with a beautiful czortziko, one of the most characteristic Basque dances, for its marked rhythmic structure in five-part meter. This beautiful section gives way to a second atmosphere, in which the composer masterfully introduces an imitation of the national instrument: the txistu. After a passage of great lyricism in which the string acquires prominence, the second section leads to the sizzling final dance, closing the prelude in a brilliant and brilliant way. The popular festivity, the local color, the weight and the presence of tradition come together in these inspired measures, which have already become a reference in the world panorama of symphonic literature.

Manuel de Falla's El Amor Brujo is part of the universal repertoire on its own merits. In this undisputed masterpiece - later reorchestrated from the first version of 1915, much more limited from the instrumental point of view -, the composer handles the themes and turns of flamenco and Andalusian folklore, and endows them with an essential and unique voice. Some of his pages -such as the Romance del Pescador- allow us to discover the most brilliant and unrepeatable Falla, capable of creating a transfigured and poetic atmosphere with a very small number of elements. 

Finally, Antonín Dvorák's 7th Symphony in D minor op. 70, a work, unfortunately, as perfect as it is little known to the general public, responds to the paradigm of local Slavic music. In fact, the composer himself referred to it in the following terms:

"The first theme of my new symphony flashed inside my mind like the arrival of a festive train bringing our peasants from Pest."

With this work, Dvorák intended to reflect, in a way, the political struggles of the Czech nation. This struggle was but a reflection of the composer's own inner tension; as a way of reconciling the peaceful feelings of a humble peasant with the patriotic sense of one who wished to see his beloved Czech nation prosper.

The fascination that the premiere of the 3rd Symphony by his friend and mentor Johannes Brahms had exerted on Dvorák, prompted him to work on this beautiful symphony, the result of a commission from the Philharmonic Society of London, which has little to envy. Reaffirming the interweaving of the local and the universal, which justifies the present program, Dvorák said:

"I'm busy now with this symphony for London, and wherever I go I can't think of anything else - God grant that this Czech music moves the world!".