Tradicionàrius. Annual local folk festival. Well considered, with a strong emphasis on Catalan traditional music.

 

This is the tenth year of this festival focussing heavily on all things flamenco. De Cajón forms part of an association of flamenco festivals, along with the Festival of Jerez, the Malaga Festival and Flamenco Festival Caja Madrid.

 

A long-running festival which takes place in some of Barcelona's finest music venues, bringing some of the most famous exponents of guitar playing in the world to our doorstep. A welcome annual event. 2010 is the 21st edition.

 

 

The always welcome presence of the great Brazilian celloist Antonio Meneses in the soloist part of the always attractive, elegant concert of Saint-Saëns is a guarantee of a memorable performance. It will also be he who leads the version of the lyrical, poetical Tchaikovsky, all amidst a programme with works to awaken our imagination. The references to a hero of Byron in the overture by Berlioz, the exoticism of the music inspiring Kodaly in the Dances of Galanta, the place where he spent his infancy, and a magical tale on which Stravinsky based one of his most famous works.

 

Igor Stravinsky’s Firebird is to be performed during the second part of the concert, while images of the musicians, recorded live by a series of cameras, are projected on to a large screen. During the first part, six works by different composers with their stage settings, will help the audience enjoy and discover how this great instrument, namely the Banda, sounds and its unique characteristics.

 

Igor Stravinsky’s Firebird is to be performed during the second part of the concert, while images of the musicians, recorded live by a series of cameras, are projected on to a large screen. During the first part, six works by different composers with their stage settings, will help the audience enjoy and discover how this great instrument, namely the Banda, sounds and its unique characteristics.