The museum offers, during the month of May, a cycle of 4 chamber concerts, Music to frame, given by advanced level students from the Conservatori del Liceu. This year’s repertoire is linked to the new presentation of Renaissance and Baroque.

Everyone is invited, 4 Wednesdays during the month of May, at 7 o’clock in the evening, to enjoy some charming music in the museum.

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PROGRAMME

• Wednesday 2nd May

ARYAGA DUET (Agathe Moreau and Arielle Krebs, guitars: Students from the Masters Course in Chamber Music)

FRANÇOIS COUPERIN (1668-1733), Les Barricades Mystérieuses (Tr. Andrew Forrest)

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750), Invention VIII - BWV 779 (Tr. Anton Höger)

WILLIAM LAWES (1602-1645), Suite for two guitars

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH, Invention XIII – BWV 784 (Tr. Serge Robert)

JOHN DOWLAND (1563-1626), Come again (Tr. Andrew Forrest); My Lord Willoughby’s Welcome Home (Tr. Bernd Goldau), and The Frog Galliard (Tr. Andrew Forrest)

FRANÇOIS COUPERIN, Dodo ou l’amour au berceau (Tr. Andrew Forrest)

DOMENICO SCARLATTI (1685-1757), Sonata K381 (Tr. Aryaga Duet)

MARIO CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO (1895-1968), Prelude and Fugue Nº. 4 - Les Guitares bien Tempérées

DOMENICO SCARLATTI, Sonata K466 (Tr. Aryaga Duet)

MARIO CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO, Prelude and Fugue Nº. 7 - Les Guitares bien Tempérées

ANTONIO VIVALDI (1678-1741), Largo from the Concerto RV532 in G major (Tr. Aryaga Duet)

GASPAR SANZ (1640-1710), Canarios (Tr. Sergi Vicente)

• Wednesday 9th May

DUET OF COUNTERTENOR AND GUITAR (Sergio Monsalve, countertenor, and Francesco de Grazia, guitar: Students from the Master course in Interpretation of Classical and Contemporary Music, specialities of Singing and Guitar)

1st PART

JOHN DOWLAND (1563-1626), Songs for lute (trans. guitar); Flow my tears; Time stands still; Come again; I saw my lady weep, and Stay time still

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750), Suite for solo guitar BWV 1006/A; Prelude; Loure; Gavotte en Rondeau; Bourrée, and Gigue

2nd PART

Opera arias

G.F. HANDEL, Ombra mai fu from the opera Xerxes and Alto Giove from the opera Polifemo

• Wednesday 16th May

1st PART

DUET OF VIOLIN AND GUITAR (Priscilla Saray Valenzuela, violin and Laura Marcela Marín, guitar: Students from the Master course in Interpretation of Classical and Contemporary Music, specialised in Violin and Guitar)

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH, Sonata in E major BWV 1035

I. Adagio ma non tanto
II. Allegro
III. Siciliano
IV. Allegro assai

ARCANGELO CORELLI, Sonata in D minor, Op. 5 nº. 12 'La Folia' (Version for violin and guitar by Andrew Forrest)

GASPAR SANZ, Canarios (Version for violin and guitar by William Posada)

2nd PART

VOCAL QUARTET (Yolanda Sánchez, soprano, Mar Esteve, mezzosoprano, Emili Flórez, tenor and Adrián Bernal, bass: Students from the Higher studies course in Interpretation of Classical and Contemporary Music, specialised in singing)

PROGRAMA POLIFONIA VOCAL DEL RENAIXEMENT JACQUES ARCADELT (1505-1568), Il bianco e dolce cigno

JOSQUIN DES PRÉS (1450-1521), Mille regrets

HEINRICH ISAAC (1450 to 1517), Innsbruck, ich muss dich lassen

JOHN BENNET (1575 to 1614), Weep, O mine eyes

MATEO FLECHA “EL VELL” (1481-1553), La Bomba (Ensalada)

• Wednesday 23^rd May

String Quartet (Carles Ramos, violin, Georgina Muntadas, violin, Laura Jover, viola, and Paola Ríos, cello: Students from the Higher studies course in Interpretation of Classical and Contemporary Music, specialised in string instruments)

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750), Five fugues for harpsichord arranged for string quartet by W.A. Mozart KV 405

1. Fugue in C minor BWV 871

2. Fugue in E flat major BWV 876

3. Fugue in E major BWV 878

4. Fugue in D sharp minor (tr. E minor) BWV 877

5. Fugue in D major BWV 874

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750), The Art of the Fugue BWV 1080

Contrapunctus 13 - Rectus at 3 (violin viola and cello)

Contrapunctus 13 - Inversus at 3 (violin viola and cello)

Canon a l’Ottava (violin and cello)

Canon at the 12th in Contrapunto alla Quinta (violin and cello)

J. HAYDN (1732-1809), Quartet in G major Op.33 Nº. 5

I. Vivace assai

II. Largo e cantabile

III. Scherzo: Allegro

IV. Finale: Allegretto

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