Multiple film music concerts at the festival ‘Musika-Música’ in Bilbao (Spain)

As it is usual in Bilbao (Spain), the first weekend of March, the “Musika:Música” music festival will be held at the Euskalduna Palace, which will begin on Thursday, February 28th and end on Sunday, March 3rd, which under the title “London: New York: 2019”, will be dedicated to those two great cultural centers of music in the nineteenth and twentieth century.

Musika:Música 2019 - Bilbao - Poster

 

The festival will offer a total of 70 concerts/meetings, distributed over 5 days in the multiple halls of the Euskalduna Palace, with popular prices between 5 € and 12 €, and with names of famous composers such as Barber, Elgar, Britten, Gershwin, Korngold, Bernstein, Copland, Nyman, Herrmann, Glass or Williams in the programs.

Musika:Música 2019 - Bilbao - Palacio Euskalduna Jauregia

 

If we only talk about film music, the highlights of the festival would be the concerts dedicated to the work of John Williams with the Orquestra Simfònica Camera Musicae under the baton of Tomàs Grau on Saturday the 2nd and the silent film Sherlock Jr. – Buster Keaton with live music by the Trío Arbós also on the same day.

Musika:Música 2019 - Bilbao - Banner

 

But if we look at the program in detail, we can see that the festival contains more than one concert partially related to film music, so here you have a summary of the events that include interesting pieces in their programs:

THURSDAY 28/02/2019 & FRIDAY 1/03/2019

Concert 1 – 28/02/2019 – 20h – Auditorium

Artists: Coral de Bilbao, Bilbao Orkestra Sinfonikoa, Stefan Asbury (dir.), Olga Kern (piano)

Content: G. Gershwin: Rhapsody in blue and others

 

Concert 2 – 1/03/2019 – 19h – Auditorium

Artists: Les Dissonances, David Grimal (violin)

Content: E. W. Korngold: Concerto for violin, op 35 and others

 

Event 6 – 1/03/2019 – 19:30h – Barria Hall

Speakers: Patricia Sojo, César Coca

Content: Music, cinema and literature – Great musicians on the big screen

SATURDAY 2/03/2019

Concert 13 – 2/03/2019 – 11h – A3 Hall

Artists: Fretwork, Michael Chance (Countertenor)

Content: M. Nyman: Music after a while / If / Why and others

 

Concert 17 – 2/03/2019 – 13h – Sala A1

Artists: Trío Arbós, Pablo Quintanilla (violin), Laure Gaudron (viola)

Content: S. Prutsman: Buster Keaton – Sherlock Jr. (Silent movies with live music)

 

Concert 22 – 2/03/2019 – 13h – A3 Hall

Artists: Rubik Ensemble

Content: G. Gershwin: I got rhythm and others

 

Concert 24 – 2/03/2019 – 17h – Auditorium

Artists: Coral de Bilbao, Bilbao Orkestra Sinfonikoa, Stefan Asbury (dir.), Olga Kern (piano)

Content: G. Gershwin: Rhapsody in blue and others

 

Concert 26 – 2/03/2019 – 17h – A3 Hall

Artists: Schumann Quartett

Content: B. Herrmann: String quartet “Echoes” and others

 

Concert 31 – 2/03/2019 – 18:30h – A3 Hall

Artists: Fretwork, Michael Chance (Countertenor)

Content: M. Nyman: No time in eternity and others

 

Event 33 – 2/03/2019 – 18:45h – Barria Hall

Speakers: César Coca

Content: Music, film and literature – Gershwin, Holst, and Elgar meet to go to the cinema

 

Concert 37 – 2/03/2019 – 20:00h – A4 Hall

Artists: Eduardo Fernández (piano)

Content: Works by H. Arlen, J. Kern, D. Ellington, M. Ellington, G. Gershwin, L. Bernstein & K. Weill

 

Concert 39 – 2/03/2019 – 21:45h – Auditorium

Artists: Orquestra Simfònica Camera Musicae, Tomàs Grau (dir.)

Content: J. Williams: Star Wars Suite / Schindler’s List, “Theme” / E.T., “Flying Theme” / Jurassic Park, “Theme” / Star Wars, “Rey’s Theme”, Episode VII / Star Wars, “Duel of the Fates”, Episode I

 

Concert 41 – 2/03/2019 – 21:30h – A3 Hall

Artists: Gerhard Quartet

Content: S. Barber: Adagio from string quartet, op 11, works by Philip Glass & G. Agirbas: Pulp Fiction Misirlou

SUNDAY 3/03/2019

 Concert 46 – 3/03/2019 – 11h – A4 Hall

Artists: Rubik Ensemble

Content: P. Glass: Pieces from the quartet “Drácula” &  S. Barber: Adagio from string quartet, op 11, among others

 

Concert 48 – 3/03/2019 – 12:30h – Auditorium

Artists: Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias, Rossen Milanov (dir.), Daniel Rowland (violin)

Content: L. Bernstein: West Side Story, suite for violin and orchestra and others

 

Concert 49 – 3/03/2019 – 12:30h – A1 Hall

Artists: Bilbao Orkestra Sinfonikoa (dir. Stefan Asbury), Fumiaki Miura (violin)

Content: B. Herrmann: Vertigo, love scene & J. Williams: Close encounters of the third kind – suite, among others

 

Concert 54 – 3/03/2019 – 14:00h – A1 Hall

Artists: Münchener Kammerorchester

Content: S. Barber: Adagio from string quartet, op 11 and others

 

Concert 55 – 3/03/2019 – 13:45h – A3 Hall

Artists: Fretwork, Michael Chance (Countertenor)

Content: M. Nyman: Balancing the books and others

 

Concert 59 – 3/03/2019 – 17h – A3 Hall

Artists: Athenäum-Quartet (Berliner Philharmoniker) & Eduardo Fernández (piano)

Content: G. Gershwin: Rhapsody in blue & M. Nyman: String quartet #5

 

Concert 62 – 3/03/2019 – 18:30h – Auditorium

Artists: Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia, Rumon Gamba (dir.), Josu de Solaun (piano)

Content: G. Gershwin: Concert for piano & L. Bernstein: Symphonic Dances of West Side Story

 

Concert 66 – 3/03/2019 – 19:15h – Auditorium

Artists: Ainhoa Zubillaga (mezzosoprano), Mikel Andueza (saxo), Iñaki Salvador (piano)

Content: Film music voices – Works by: H. Mancini, G. Gershwin, K. Weil, S. Sondheim, H. Arlen & J. Kander

 

Concert 68 – 3/03/2019 – 20:00h – A1 Hall

Artists: Orquestra Simfònica Camera Musicae, Tomàs Grau (dir.), Iñaki Alberdi (acordeón)

Content: S. Barber: Adagio from string quartet, op 11 and others

 

Also, highlight the following conferences/meetings:

FILM MUSIC

Sunday 3/03/2019 – 18:00h – B Hall – Terraza Aretoa

Aránzazu Calleja (composer), Ernesto del Río (director, scriptwriter, and producer) y Faustino Núñez (host)

 

ENCUENTRO CON LOS ARTISTAS

Sunday 3/03/2019 – 12:00h – B Hall – Terraza Aretoa

Orquestra Simfònica Camera Musicae hosted by Mercedes Albaina

 

More information about concerts and ticket sales:

http://www.bilbao700.eus/musika-musica/2019/

https://www.euskalduna.eus/eventos/musika-musica-2019-londres-y-nueva-york-2/

 

Full program:

http://www.bilbao700.eus/musika-musica/2019/wp-content/files_mf/programamusikamusica2019.pdf