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The College of Physicians, the Brotherhood of the Holy Christ Refuge and José Sánchez Lozano, posthumously, will be distinguished with the Gold Medal and the title of Adoptive Son of the City.
The Orfeón Fernández Caballero will play the Murciana Coplas, from Massotti Littel, and the Hymn to Murcia, while Eduardo Paniagua, will offer a selection of "Cantigas de Murcia, the Heart of Alfonso X".
The City Council will celebrate next Saturday the institutional events organized on the occasion of Murcia Day, coinciding with the anniversary of the Council.
The Hall of Columns of the Palace Almudí will be the scene of the event, which will also proceed to the official delivery of Honors and Distinctions of the City to the College of Physicians and the Brotherhood of the Holy Christ Refuge, who will receive the Gold Medal, and José Sánchez Lozano, who will be named Adoptive Son, posthumously.
The Mayor, José Ballesta, expressed last year, on the occasion of the commencement of the 750th anniversary of the Council, the desire to constitute May 14 on the Day of the City of Murcia, as "with this commemoration we celebrate its place Outstanding in history and, above all, our long life as a people. "
The institutional event, chaired by the Mayor and with the assistance of the members of the Corporation, will begin with the interpretation of Orfeón Fernández Caballero of "Coplas Murcianas", Manuel Massotti Littel, distinguished last year with the title of Favorite Son of Murcia .
Before and during the delivery of the honors of the City Council, the act will continue with the song "Los siete Gozos", by Eduardo Paniagua, specialist in the music of medieval Spain, recognized for his musical work on the Cantigas de Alfonso X And Andalusian music.
In this case, it is the first song of the collection of 427 of the four preserved codices of the thirteenth century.
Next, the music will continue to be present with the interpretation of the 2nd cantiga, "La Arreixaca de Murcia", which, with autobiographical nuances, describes the historical vicissitudes experienced by Alfonso X on the Mozarabic church of Santa María in the Arrixaca of Murcia;
The 3rd, "The oath in Murcia," detailing the miracle of Santa Maria in Murcia Christian by a man who gave to save his money to another and this denied, swearing falsely before the image of the Virgin;
And the 4th, "Los corsarios", which tells how Alfonso X hires ships from the Moorish allies of Almeria and Murcia to transport European merchants to settle in Cadiz and El Puerto de Santa María.
As is standard in the institutional acts of the City Council, the act will conclude with the interpretation of the Hymn to Murcia by Orfeón Fernández Caballero.
On the other hand, the event can be followed through the YouTube channel of the Mayor, where it will be broadcast live.
Throughout this year, from May 2016, the City Council has organized a wide program of cultural, institutional and social activities, on the occasion of the celebration of the 750th anniversary of the founding of the Council of Murcia.
They have been acts of national and international character, including music, conferences, exhibitions, gastronomy, chess tournaments, workshops, publications and contests of shorts and stories, among other proposals.
All this, to commemorate that the 14 of May of 1266 the king Alfonso X granted to Murcia the 'privilege rolled' (the Fuero de Sevilla), since then.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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