VALENCIA. The Palace of Music It is already facing the final preparations for its reopening. Next Thursday, October 5 and Friday, October 6, the auditorium will once again welcome the general public after more than four years closed. It will do so with a special day that proposes a sound path that will go, through different performances of about 15 minutes, from the outside of the building to the Iturbi room. This trip wants to be a demonstration of what the Palau de la Música aspires to be: a place where diverse music can fit and that showcases the best local artists. And it will do so, also as a great tribute to the subscribers, “the people who have stayed by our side”, according to the director of the Palau, Vicent Llimerá.

Program for October 5 and 6

The Esplanade of the Palau Gardens will be the starting line, with the projects Alkharq y African Moon under the direction of Jesus Salvador ‘Chapi’. The program, Stochastic Africa, “aims to mix two sound worlds, the African resonant world as a universal rhythm and pay homage to the sinuous stochastic sound world devised by the creator of indeterminate music Xenakis,” as the Palau explains in a note. On the terrace of the Palau, the group MoonWindsunder the direction of Joan Enric Lunawill bring “a suggestive vision of wind instruments.”

Once inside the building, it will be the turn of Amores Percussion Groupwhich will accompany people from the hall to the balcony of the stalls. Mediterranean Consort, directed by David Anitch, will do the same on the balcony of the amphitheater area. In addition, Toni Aparisi will direct a group of 10 dancers who will accompany the groups. (836 subscribers—individuals—before closing, double the number of people compared to the previous season).

At 7:30 p.m., the Orchestra of Valencia He will take the stage of the Sala Iturbi and set the tone for the rebirth of the Palau. It will be done under the direction of Alvaro Albiach which will honor maestro José Serrano on the 150th anniversary of his birth. The symphonic band will be accompanied by soprano Maite Alberola and mezzo-soprano Sandra Fernández.

He program It will be made up of an eminently Valencian repertoire. Thus, you can hear the Fantasy on Serrano motifs of Ricardo Lamote de Grignon, father of the first member of the Orchestra; the romance Girls who sell flowers of The Crown Diamonds by Francisco Asenjo Barbieri, as well as by maestro Serrano What do you care if he doesn’t come?of The carnations; Scene and farrucaof Soul of God; y Venetian songof The chariot of the sun. It will also have its absolute premiere, The Valenciana recovery by Ramón Ahulló of the maestro’s repertoire that also aims to highlight the value of Valencian music scholars.

On the 6th, this same program will be repeated, but only the part of the concert by the Valencia Orchestra. Tickets are free and seats are limited for both Thursday and Friday. To attend the concert on the 5th, dedicated to subscribers and Friends of the Palau, the tickets that remain available can be obtained by prior reservation on the Palau de la Música website, starting on October 2, until capacity is reached.

For the concert on Friday the 6th, open to the general public, in-person pickup will only be on Sunday, October 1 at the Palau de la Música box office, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and from 5 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Starting on October 2, available tickets will be accessible on the venue’s website, until capacity is reached.

The OV will rehearse at Iturbi starting Monday

There are still some workers in the vicinity. Just as he published Culturplaza, the delivery was delayed again due to the lack of final touches. As confirmed by Llimerá, the Valencia Orchestra will rehearse, starting Monday, in the same Iturbi Hall, whose preparation will be assured before the 5th.

In fact, the contractor for the works will supervise the operation of the building for at least a month to check that systems such as the new air conditioning work.

Once this happens, the City Council will commission some tastings from an architectural studio to find out how to approach the so-called “second phase” of the rehabilitation. The idea would be to address it later, in phases and urgently, so it would not affect the programming and it could begin throughout 2024, a fact that the Councilor for Culture, Jose Luis Moreno, already announced in an interview. with this diary.

On the other hand, Vicente Llimerá has conveyed his optimism regarding the number of subscribers this season. With the provisional data, the figures from last season would have more than doubled and those from the season prior to the closure would have been exceeded. When the subscription campaign ends, the final figures will be known.

2023-09-30 07:22:42
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