What we’ve seen in October:
- 4 October: «Tránsito, Lienzo y Voz» @ Casa de Colón, Calle Colón, 1, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
- A concert of Camerata Lacunensis, a chamber choir of the University of La Laguna (Tenerife) lead by Jose Herrero. The programme included:
- O lux beata Trinitas (Andrej Makor)
- Wade in the Water (traditional, arr. Stacey V. Gibbs)
- Veni sponsa Christi (Albert Alcaraz). Soloist: Celia Martín
- Si ha de ser (Jose Herrero — Josefina de la Torre)
- Let My Love Be Heard (Jake Runestad — Alfred Noyes)
- Penas (Beatriz Corona — José Martí). Quartet of soloists: Amayra García, Lucía Torres, Pedro San Blas and Andrés Rodríguez.
- Verano (Jose Herrero — Félix Duarte Pérez). Soloist: Celia Martín
- El Guayaboso (Guido López-Gavilán)
- Folías (traditional, arr. Jose Herrero). Soloist: Vicky López
- El cuarto de Tula (Sergio González Siaba, arr. Jose Herrero)
- 6 October: 30MASDANZA @ Casa de Colón, Calle Colón, 1
- The programme included:
- Raquel Gualtero Soriano (Ibagué, Colombia — Barcelona, Spain): 360º
- Catarina Casqueiro & Tiago Coelho (Lisbon, Portugal): Forget Me Not
- Eugenio Micheli & Marta Papaccio (Catania, Italy): The Waiting
- Albert Hernández & Irene Tena (Madrid, Spain): No
- 8 October: Luis Quintana @ Palacete Rodríguez Quegles, Calle Benito Pérez Galdós, 4
- What I find irritating in a performer: (1) asking the audience to sing with, or instead of, them (90% of cantautores do it); (2) explaining what their songs are about; (3) wearing a hat on stage. LQ does all this and it is annoying. I liked Ángel Ravelo’s sax (he didn’t ask the crowd to play any with him).
- 9 October: MASDANZA Showcase I @ Sala Gabriel Rodó, Paseo Principe de Asturias
- The programme included:
- Kiko López (Valencia, Spain): Honest
- Charlotte Carpentier & Giovanni Molendi (Gzira, Malta): Silenced
- Olé Khamchanla (Saint Vallier, France): Cercle
- Cristina Roggerini & Gaia Mondini (Marano di Napoli, Italy): Last Movement of Hope: II Chapter — Organs
- Paula Comitre & Julio Ruiz; cante: Al Blanco (Seville, Spain): Un diálogo entre Paula Comitre y Julio Ruiz
- 12 October: The 5.6.7.8’s @ Parque de San Telmo
- The Big Bang Vintage Festival this year was not free. We discovered this on Sunday when the security guy told us that the concert was “a private event” and we were meant to purchase tickets. The prices were €50 (a four-day pass) and €20 (a one-day pass). We were not ready to pay €20 per person for just one concert, and, judging by the applauses, it didn’t look like there was great attendance. Timur and I stayed outside the bus station to listen for the fist few songs. The sound quality wasn’t impressive either.
- 28 October: «Arrudeio» @ Casa de Colón
- This concert was part of the 22nd (!) Festival Tensamba — why haven’t I heard of it before? With Camila Masiso (vocals, percussion) and Carol Benigno (accordion).
And exhibitions:
- 25 September — 24 October: «Caminar la forma» @ Centro Cultural CICCA, Alameda de Colon, 1
- Wood sculptures by Juan Carlos Déniz.
- 30 October — 28 November: Exposición del Concurso «Gran Canaria de Series de Obra Gráfica» @ Centro de Artes Plásticas (CAP), Calle Colón, 8
- ...where you can see some engravings by Tamara and Timur.
Bye, October.
