Monday, 30 September 2024

Free live music and stuff in Bilbao, Vitoria and Las Palmas, September 2024

We spent the first week of September in Basque Country. Here are some exhibitions we’ve seen in Azkuna Zentroa / Alhóndiga Bilbao, Plaza Arriquibar, 4, Bilbao:

  • 6 October 2022 — 29 September 2024: «Ur aitzak»
      Six sculptures by Elena Aitzkoa, in collaboration with artists Josu Bilbao and Leo Burge.

  • 20 June 2024 — 6 January 2025: «Allora & Calzadilla: KLIMA»
      Works by a collaborative duo of visual artists Jennifer Allora (1974, USA) and Guillermo Calzadilla (1971, Cuba).

...and in Artium Museoa, Francia Kalea, 24, Vitoria-Gasteiz:

  • 10 May 2024 — 22 September 2024: «Artxiboa/Archivo»
      The documentary collection of Néstor Basterretxea (1924—2014).

  • From 31 March 2023: «Bilduma Hau Colección. Movimientos elementales (1950—2000)»
      Works by Gabriel Aresti, Isabel Baquedano, Néstor Basterretxea, Gabriel Celaya, Eduardo Chillida, María Franciska Dapena, Esther Ferrer, Luis Peña Ganchegui, Agustín Ibarrola, Cristina Iglesias, Itziar Okariz, Merche Olabe, Jorge Oteiza, Blas de Otero, Álvaro Perdices, Juan Antonio Sistiaga, Susana Solano and others. Read more here.

  • 26 April — 29 September: «Unform»
      Works by Patricia Dauder.

Back to Las Palmas — and to live music.

  • 10 September: «Ars Polyphonica» @ Casa de Colón, Calle Colón, 1

  • 17 September: «Tríos de corno di bassetto en la Viena de Mozart» @ Casa de Colón, Calle Colón, 1
      Mayrhofer Trio featuring Eric Hoeprich, Kayo Nishida and Alejandro Fariña (basset horn). The programme included:
      • Divertimento No. 3, KV439b
          Allegro
          Menuetto
          Adagio
          Menuetto
          Rondo
      • Arrangements for three basset horns
        • Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja (Die Zauberflöte, KV620)
          Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen (Die Zauberflöte)
          Marsch der Priester (Die Zauberflöte)
          Voi che sapete (Le nozze di Figaro, KV492)
          Non più andrai, farfallone amoroso (Le nozze di Figaro)
      • Duets for two basset horns, KV487
          Allegro
          Larghetto
          Menuetto
          Polonaise
          Allegro
      • Divertimento No. 4, KV439b
          Allegro
          Larghetto
          Menuetto
          Adagio
          Rondo
      • Menuetto from Divertimento No. 4 (encore)

  • 19 September: Ángel Ravelo & Dani Cano @ Museo Castillo de Mata, Calle Domingo Guerra del Río, 147
      Another concert from the cycle «12 Noches de autor»; another mixed bag. When I thought it was all over and I was ready to leave, both cantautores performed the very last song. Turned out, Ángel Ravelo plays sax really well.

  • 28 September: Ensemble DifrAcción @ Conservatorio Superior de Música de Canarias, calle Maninidra, 1
      This concert was a part of the IV Festival Contemporáneo del Festival Internacional de Música de Canarias. Featuring Pablo Araya (violin), Verónica Cagigao (percussion), Laura Delgado García (oboe), Pablo Díaz Estrada (flute, pito herreño), Gustavo Díaz-Jerez (piano), Ciro Hernández Perdigón (cello), Ewa Moszczynska (viola) and Francisco Suárez Hernández (clarinet); conducted by José María de Vicente. The programme included:
      • Leandro A. Martín: Tal traje saliva (première)
      • Laura Vega: Like a tiny drop of dew (ensemble version)
      • Gustavo Díaz-Jerez: Yajna (première)
      • Olivier Messiaen: Abîme des oiseaux (clarinete solo)
      • Tristan Murail: Cloches d‘adieu, et un sourire (piano solo)
      • Toshio Hosokawa: Drawing

    I already commented on the state of ventilation in this auditorio a year ago. No, it didn’t improve. On top of that, when the concert was over, we (the audience) discovered that the gates were locked. It took about 10 minutes for the security guard to locate the spare set of keys and let the crowd out, to the roaring applause.

And that was it for September.

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