On the occasion of the inauguration of the exhibition “Recovered from the Enemy”, the Francoist deposits at MNAC, along with their curators, Gemma Domènech and Eduard Caballé, director and researcher at the Catalan Institute for Cultural Heritage Research (ICRPC), will give a lecture exploring the origins and context of the exhibition, as well as the works on display.

Following the lecture, there will be a brief dramatized reading with music from Cantata on the Tomb of Federico García Lorca, composed by Jaume Pahissa (Barcelona, 1880 – Buenos Aires, 1969), who went into exile in Argentina after the Spanish Civil War. Premiered in Buenos Aires in 1937 by the company of Margarida Xirgu, no further performances are known. This presentation is by the Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya (ESMUC).

Cantata credits:

• Poem: Alfons Reyes

• Music: Jaume Pahissa

• Direction: Joaquim Rabaseda

• Performance: Nexus Artium

Artistic team:

• Sylvia Parejo, novia

• Clara Altarriba, hermana

• Elena Fortuny, madre

• David Mauricio, padre

• Eloi Cid, oboe

• Jaume Peña, trumpet

• Carles Puig, violin

• Elena Martínez, viola

• Edgar Casellas, cello

Image caption: Preservation of Catalan artistic heritage during the Spanish Civil War. Seizures installed at the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya, July 1936.