Beja: edit 2016 without Shadow Lands closed in the capital district.
The Festival without Shadow Lands ends with "golden key" a season of concerts that made history in Baixo Alentejo.
A cable led initiative in partnership with the Municipality of Beja, the cathedral of this city, restoration target and recently opened to the public, will be hosting the last show, on 18 June, 21h30, with the vocal and instrumental ensemble of ancient music La Grande Chapelle, Dirigido hair maestro Albert Recasens.
Natural Cambrils (Tarragona), Albert Recasens iniciou, in 2005, an ambitious project of recovery of the musical heritage peninsular, with the founding of La Grande Chapelle and Lauda label, whose artistic director is held since 2007. Paying particular attention to the repertoire of the sixteenth to seventeenth, He has made known unpublished works of the great masters of this period, premieres or world's first recordings.
The artistic excellence, the La Grande Chapelle records obtained awards and national and international prizes of recognized prestige within the early music, como have Golden Orpheus (Disco Academy Lyrical Paris, in 2007 and 2009), “4 stars†do BBC Magazine ou “Critic’s Choice†de Gramophone, etc.
Rediscovering a forgotten period of the Iberian music
The union of Portugal and Spain in the so-called "Hispanic Monarchy" or "Catholic Monarchy" (1580-1640), with the consequent loss of autonomy Portuguese, assim como a crise económica provocaram o êxodo de artistas e músicos portugueses para o reino vizinho.
La Grande Chapelle has revealed three Portuguese composers who have taken up residence in Madrid or Seville, in the seventeenth century - Manuel Machado, Fr. Manuel Correa and Fr. Filipe da Madre de Deus -, putting in confrontation to your music with the Spanish Juan Hidalgo, harper, at the time, Royal Chapel, which had become known as the creator, com Calderon de la Barca, the first two Spanish operas.
The program will be interpreted in Beja, large extent unprecedented, delights us with a selection of magnificent repertoire of some of the main Iberian musicians of the seventeenth century that reveal common stylistic features, including the use of gender in vogue (tones, vilancicos e romances), the harmonic boldness or the emphasis on rhetoric and text expression.
Is-is, no doubt, a unique collection, worthy of redemption, much more than the beauty of the music of these singular pieces joins the beauty of the letters, written by some of the best poets who wrote in Spanish at the time, whether they were Spanish or Portuguese. The translation into our language, she also unprecedented, due to the poet alentejano Ruy Ventura (Portalegre, 1973).
Between the Rivers and Terges Coppers: nature tourism and sustainability
Alongside the concerts, without the Shadow Lands Festival promotes knowledge of the biodiversity of the region through courses raising awareness of nature conservation and recognition of good environmental practices. So, in the morning 19 June, musicians, viewers, members of local communities, unite for a volunteer initiative, whose theme among Shores: At the confluence of the streams of Terges and Cobras - Nature Tourism and Sustainability.
This action takes place on a route between the waterways and a ravine tributary, whose vegetation has been safeguarding for generations by farm owners. no end, around an agro-tourism drive, called Xistos, expected in a number of discoveries: the natural potential and know-how. This has the collaboration of the Conservation Institute for Nature and Forestry (Parque Natural do Vale do Guadiana) and the Municipality of Beja.
It will make-se, at the end of the journey, an evocation, by his friends and colleagues, Armando Sevinate Pinto [1946-2015]. It will be also remembered another friend of FTSS, Manuel de Castro e Brito, born in 1950, in Beja, and died in March.
Closing Concert | Beja
18 June [21H30]
Cathedral (Church of Santiago Maior)
unexpected Rescue: Portuguese composers do na Espanha Golden Age
La Grande Chapelle
Direcção musical Albert Recasens
19 June [10:00]
among Shores: At the confluence of the streams of Terges and Cobras - Nature Tourism and Sustainability
