Aprile, dolce dormire.
This is what we’ve seen this unusually cold and rainy (by Canarian standards) April.
- 4 April: «La chica de Arlés» @ Sala Gabriel Rodó, Paseo Principe de Asturias, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
- Joven Orquesta de Gran Canaria conducted by Josep Gil played music by Mozart, Bizet, Joaquín Rodrigo, Richard Strauss and Andrea Venet. The full programme available here.
- 11 April: Sofar concert @ Casa de Colón, Calle Colón, 1
- With Anhelo, Hey Chabón and Barbara Calypso.
- 23 April: Jonay Mesa & Luis Sánchez @ Palacete Rodríguez Quegles, Calle Benito Pérez Galdós, 4
- Jonay Mesa (guitar) and Luis Sánchez (piano) present their forthcoming album Mind Trip. Postponed from 9 April.
- 24 April: «Cuentos y leyendas» @ Auditorio José Antonio Ramos, Parque Doramas
- Finally! Twice postponed (24 January and then 6 February), this concert did not disappoint. La Banda Sinfónica Municipal de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria conducted by Juan Roda Sapiña. The programme included
- James Curnow: To Fly Without Wings
- Steven Reineke: Pilatus: Mountain of Dragons
- Steven Reineke: The Witch and the Saint
- Mitch Leigh: Man of La Mancha
- Traditional, arr. Philip Sparke: Dafydd y Garreg Wen (David of the White Rock)
- Otto M. Schwarz: Around the world in 80 Days
- Encore: Gioachino Rossini: Galop from William Tell Overture
- 26 April: «Timples y otras pequeñas guitarras del mundo — 10º Aniversario» @ Auditorio José Antonio Ramos, Parque Doramas
- With Germán López, Althay Páez, Beselch Rodríguez and Yone Rodríguez (timple, cuatro, banjo, ronroco), Leandro Ojeda (double bass) and a guest singer.
Three exhibitions in Casa de Colón:
- 13 March — 27 April: «Diálogos de arte y moda: El guardarropa de concierto de Teresa Berganza en la Casa de Colón»
- 30 gorgeous dresses from the wardrobe of the famous mezzo-soprano Teresa Berganza, by designers such as Loris Azzaro, Balenciaga, Elio Berhanyer, Pierre Cardin, Christian Lacroix and Guy Laroche, juxtaposed with works from the collection of Cabildo de Gran Canaria.
- 26 March — 15 June: «El enigma Gina Berndtson»
- Works by Gina Berndtson (1909—2001).
- 23 April — 25 May: «De papel, tinta e imprenta. Fondo bibliográfico de la Casa de Colón. Siglos XVI al XVII»
- Some nice books from the Ballesteros Archive (now in the possession of Cabildo de Gran Canaria).
And two more:
- 27 February – 31 August: «Martín Chirino. Crónica del siglo» @ Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno (CAAM), Calle de los Balcones, 9
- A great retrospective celebrating the centenary of Martín Chirino.
- 10 April — 16 May: «Dámaso, una corpografía» @ Centro de Artes Plásticas (CAP), Calle Colón, 8
- A set of uninspiring photos by Elia Verona of not particularly interesting body of Pepe Dámaso. The last word of the title (invariably misread as coprografía) does not help.
And that was it for April.
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