Time to do lots of things! :) And have a little break.. In the mean time, this is what I have been up to..

This week we had our first concert with Legal Harmony, Stewarts Law's choir, that I have been working with for 6 six weeks now. I'm to this day astonished to the level of commitment, good singing and charisma displayed by my choir! They completely went for it, and I can't tell you enough how much fun it was! Looking forward to seeing them after the Easter break and prepare all the events we have lined up in June!

Also this week, Alba Acevedo and myself played at the Foundling Museum, as part of the Young Spanish Performers Concert series, supported by NLO, Instituto Cervantes and the Spanish Embassy. The atmosphere of that room is very special and unique, surrounded by original furniture and magnificent pictures. The piano is a jewel in its own right. I was going to take a picture of it to post it here, but forgot with the heat of the moment. I'm coming back next month with Carla Sabater (trombone) so, I'll shall not forget again. 

Alba and I had a great time at the Foundling Museum, and we believe that the programe was very well received, which being 100% Spanish is very nice to feel. We played Granados, Falla, Casals and Cassadó together, whilts Alba played to Suite for cello of Cassadó on her own, and I performed some pieces of Aita Donostia and El Puerto from Albéniz written for piano. We are very much looking forward to play the programme again soon!

And I think I'm going to leave it here for today! I'll be back shortly to give all the info about the Anglo Spanish Society concert this coming Thursday, 12th April at St Peter's Church in Eaton Sq. I was just reminded that I haven't been clear with the date and venue, since we had to make some adjusments.. My apologies. This is now the correct info, and I'm very much hoping to see you all there!

Happy Easter, 

Maite

Little programe notes.. 

Tomorrow flutist Kia Bennett and I are playing at St John's Fulham, at 6pm. The programe begins with Händel's beautiful and lyric Sonata in F Major, and finishes with the famous and buoyant Flute Sonata by Poulenc. Before that, the recital contains two other sonatas based in greek mythology and a legend respectively. La Flute the Pan by Jules Mouquet and Undine by Carl Reinecke. In La Flute the Pan, Mouquet portraits the Greek god of shepherds Pan. The first movement, Pan et le Bergers [Pan and the shepherds], shows the playful and joyful spirit of Pan and the lusty shpeherds upon he watched. The second movement, Pan et les Oiseaux [Pan and the birds], is a a dialog between Pan and the birds or the flute and the piano. It has a melancholic dream-like colour throughout. Finally during the third movement, Pan et les Nymphes [Pan and the Nymphes] we can can hear Pan being joyful again, chasing the nymphs through the woods. The next piece, as mentioned above, is Undine. The legend in which is based was written by de la Motte Fouqué. Undine is a nymph that is brought to the world by his father, in order to became an inmortal spirit. To acheive that a knight must show her true love. Years go by, and Huldebrad is in love with Undine. Unfortunately not all goes as planned for the water nymph. Huldebrad meets another girl, Berthalda and falls in love with her, rejecting Undine, who must return to her aquatic world. The day of their wedding, Undine leaves the water and gives Huldebrad a fatal embrace that finishes with his life. After his funeral, some flowers grew around his grave. These flowers never withered... They are Undines arms looking after her beloved.

Tomorrow at St John's Fulham!

M

Happy New Year!

... O month and a day late.. No excuse. Won't even try. 

2012 has stared absolutely full of energy and music. Lots of work and fabulous projects! 

We had the first run of our Seduction Recital with Sky Ingram at St Olave's Church a week ago. We had a lot of fun together, and have now even more ideas on how we could tailor the programe further in the future. From here, a big thanks to Tom Butler at St Olave's who invited us and whom is always a delight to work for. 

What else? Oh yes! Tenorissimi concert at the Girdlers Hall for the Beadles' Guild! wow.. now THAT was an audience! I think that at Tenorissimi we are very privileged to encounter a very welcoming audience wherever we go (and touch wood it stays like that), but last Friday, that was something else. And I can't complement the Beadles and their guests enough for their amazing sing along! Bravi

Worth mentioning too is that the engine for the Anglo-Spanish Society Annual Concert is now on. We have a date 11th April, a venue St Peter's Church in Euston Square and amazing músicos who are already sending their concert proposals. This year's theme wants to celebrate Montsalvatge's, Escudero's 100th an Debussy's 150th year after their births. Works or these composers are dearly welcome. However, all other Spanish music will be well received, and we are hoping to have a fabulous event as in the previous years. (If you want to participate send me an email with your proposed programme, cv and contact details to [email protected]) 

Quick mention to, to the big big project that the ILAMS is organising for May. I will post soon about that again. Very very promising!! So many fabulous things to come..

I will leave it here for today. If you have any questions or commets I'll try to answer them as soon as I can!

M.

Ps. .. Yes, I'm trying to ignore what is going on with the Liceo Theatre in Barcelona. Hopefully it's not the beginning of the end. As I said in my twitter.. SPAIN WAKE UP!