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The churches of San Miguel, Las Anas, San Juan de Dios, Santa Eulalia and El Carmen, together with the Hermitage of the Virgen de la Huerta, will host this new series of concerts on the third Thursday of each month, starting next week.
In November the IV International Cycle of Murcia Organ will be held in the Cathedral.
The Councilor for Economic Promotion, Culture and European Programs, Jesús Pacheco, presented this morning two initiatives, developed in collaboration with the Merklin Association of Friends of the Organ of the Region of Murcia, which will allow Murcia to enjoy the sound of organs every month until next summer.
Next week is born the new cycle 'The Organs in Murcia sound', with the aim of responding to the growing demand for concerts of this instrument that is appreciated in the city, encouraging that 'there is always an offer of quality music and they can know, listen and appreciate the different organs that exist in our churches, "explained Pacheco.
For this, it will be freely accessible and will be especially dedicated to the young public, with attractive programs for them.
This cycle, composed in this first edition for eight recitals, was born with a vocation for continuity and seeks to hold an organ concert each month in one of the existing ones in the municipality, always with outstanding performers at regional, national and international level .
Thus, the selected instruments are:
- Great Merklin Organ of the Cathedral of Murcia (1857)
- Organ of the Church of San Miguel (2017)
- Organ of the Church of the Convent of Dominicas de Murcia de Santa Ana (1763)
- Organ of the Church of Santa Eulalia de Murcia (Final s.XX)
- Organ of the Hermitage of the Virgen de la Huerta (Los Ramos) 2005
- Positive organ of the Church of San Juan de Dios of Murcia 1985
- Organ in construction of the Church of Carmen
The next day 18 will be the first of the concerts.
It will be in the Church of San Miguel, by Atsuko Takano.
The next one will take place on December 20, with CA Guerra, in Las Anas.
In 2019, six more have been programmed: January 17 in San Miguel, with A. Barba as interpreter;
on February 21 in San Juan de Dios, old music;
on March 21, in Santa Eulalia;
on April 5, in the Hermitage Virgen de la Huerta, concert of the orange blossom;
on May 16, in El Carmen, by Juan de la Rubia;
and on June 20, several organists will perform at Las Anas, on the occasion of the European Day of Music.
The Cathedral, unique setting
On the other hand, the Cathedral will host every Thursday of the month of November (except the 1st, All Saints' Day) the IV International Cycle of Organ Murcia Murcia 2018.
In total, four concerts will be offered, which are the following:
- Thursday November 8: Loreto Fernández Imaz (1956) organist and harpsichord player from San Sebastian.
He began his musical studies at age 7.
He teaches at Musikene (Higher Center for Music of the Basque Country).
- Thursday November 15: Stephen Tharp, American organist considered one of the most brilliant concert organists of today.
He has performed more than 32 solo tours and more than 800 concerts in North America.
Since November 2014, he has been an artist in Residence on St. James Madison Avenue in New York City.
- Thursday November 22: Alfonso Sáez Docón, organ teacher at the Professional Music Conservatory of Murcia, co-organist at the church of Santiago Apóstol de Liétor and member of the Antigua Chinchilla Chapel.
- Thursday November 29: Vicente Ros, organist with a great international career.
He has been director of the Conservatory of Valencia.
He is the titular organist of the monumental organ Cabanilles in the Church of the Society of Jesus of Valencia, from where he carries out a great activity in the dissemination of organ music.
The Councilor for Economic Promotion, Culture and European Programs, Jesus Pacheco, has indicated that "various actions held previously have shown that the regional landscape of the Region of Murcia, and more specifically in the city of Murcia, is changing, is a great cultural attractiveness and is creating a great interest towards the music of this instrument ".
The program has been made possible thanks to the collaboration between the Merklin Association of Friends of the Organ, the City of Murcia, the Institute of Cultural Industries and the Arts, the University of Murcia, the ONCE, the CajaMurcia Foundation and the Cabildo de the Cathedral of Murcia.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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