Chamber music was the modality of the contest "Between Strings and Metals" in charge of putting the finishing touch, and never better said in its twenty-second edition.
The five groups that performed perfectly reflected the enormous work and number of rehearsal hours made by each one of them, seeing the result on stage last Tuesday making us enjoy the large audience and making it difficult for the Jury to decide the verdict.
Chamber Music is a relatively new modality, since the contest was included in the XX edition, which has been in demand for some years.
In this XXII edition, among the finalist groups we find groups of all kinds, from a duo of piano and clarinet, two percussionists, a percussionist with a saxophonist, a quartet of saxophones and a trio of barbed instruments, all fully interpenetrated showing his talent as a common element in each and every one of the components.
This was the program on Tuesday, April 30, with which we closed the contest, yes, until the day of the Closing and Awards Ceremony that will take place on May 17 at the Auditorium of El Batel, at 20 : 00 h., And where we will have the pleasure of listening to the winning group of chamber music of the last edition: The Scherzo Quintet composed by: María Conesa Vidal (clarinet), Ana Ros Hernández (Flute Travesera), Pablo Bernal Pozo (Oboe) ), Javier García Bas (Bassoon), Paula Cerdán Brau (horn)
Final Chamber Music Program:
SONATINA PARA CLARINETE Y PIANO BY MALCOLM ARNOLD
JOSÉ JIMÉNEZ ALARCĂ“N (piano) (3rd), ALBERTO NSĂŤ GÁMEZ (clarinet) (3rd).
From the conservatory of Murcia.
BLUE SO MUCH OF RUUD WIENER
PABLO CANO LIZA (percussion) (3rd) From the conservatory of Murcia, MARINA PÉREZ FERNÁNDEZ (percussion) (5th).
Of the conservatory of San Javier.
FUN OF AKIRA YUYAMA
MARIO MUĂ‘OZ ÁLVARO (percussion) (6th), ADRIÁN JOSÉ CARRETO CRESPO (saxophone) (6th).
Of the conservatory of Cartagena.
QUATOR POUR SAXOPHONES DE FLORENT SCHMITT
ROSA CÁNOVAS PALLARÉS (saxophone) (6th), JAVIER RUBIO ROMERO (saxophone) (5th), ANA ALARCĂ“N NAVARRO (saxophone) (5th), ANDREA SÁNCHEZ VIDAL (saxophone).
From the conservatory of Lorca.
WEAVING GIRL DE YASUO KUWAHARA
ÁNGELA PÉREZ GARRIDO (mandolin) (6th), CARMEN MARĂŤA MATEO OLMOS (guitar) (5th), CRISTINA NAVAJAS CASTILLO (mandolin) (5th).
From the Murcia Conservatory
You can listen to a few minutes of this wonderful concert in the instagram of the contest @cuerdasymetales
The jury was composed of: Gabriel Lauret Martínez, violinist, professor of Chamber Music at the Conservatory of Music of Murcia, member of the Saravasti Quartet;
Manuel José Rives Beneite, clarinet teacher, studied music in Murcia, Barcelona and Los Angeles (USA), he has performed in Spain, USA, France, Germany, Italy and Croatia with different orchestras and chamber music groups;
and Álvaro Pintado Hernández, saxophonist, awarded in the contest between strings and metals, Director of the Youth Symphony Orchestra of Cartagena, has also directed groups such as the Symphony Orchestra of the Conservatory of Music of Castilla-La Mancha, Quorum Orchestra of Albacete ...
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena