Today is #tbt Thursday, and with great emotion I want to share this anecdote made music that happened in May 2022. A concert that we really do not remember much because the whole group was focused on other events, such as the preparation of our last national tour through the center and west of the country, plus the assembly of this work was only two weeks and with many interruptions, and wow, the choral reading was very, very complex. I don't think we have ever sung such dense harmonies.
¡Hoy es Jueves de #tbt!, y con mucha emoción quiero compartir esta anécdota hecha música ocurrida en Mayo del 2022. Un concierto que realmente no recordamos mucho porque toda la agrupación estaba enfocada en otros eventos, como la preparación de nuestra última gira nacional por el centro y occidente del país, además de que el montaje de esta obra solo fue de dos semanas y con muchas interrupciones, y vaya que la lectura coral era muy, muy compleja. Creo que nunca hemos cantado armonías tan densas.
The thing is that since a few years ago we have become the symphonic choir of the Requiems; these beautiful funeral masses that although they share the same text always have a different atmosphere depending on the composer. We have performed Mozart, Verdi, we sing Fauré's in almost all our concerts in Spain, but without orchestra, only with piano, which is a different experience both for the audience and for us, and right now we are reading and assembling Brahms' Requiem, which seems to be one of the most complex and has the peculiarity of being in German and not in Latin. The fact is that these days we have inevitably talked about this concert we had two years ago, when against all odds we performed Leoncavallo's Requiem.
El caso es que desde hace unos años para acá nos hemos convertido en el coro sinfónico de los Réquiem; estas hermosas misas fúnebres que aunque compartan el mismo texto siempre tienen una atmósfera distinta dependiendo del compositor. Hemos interpretado a Mozart, Verdi, cantamos el de Fauré en casi todos nuestros conciertos de España, pero sin orquesta, solo con piano, lo cual es una experiencia distinta tanto para el público como para nosotros y justo ahora estamos leyendo y ensamblando el Réquiem de Brahms, el cual parece ser uno de los más complejos y tiene la peculiaridad de ser en alemán y no en latín. El caso es que estos días inevitablemente hemos hablado de este concierto que tuvimos hace dos años, cuando contra viento y marea interpretamos el Réquiem de Leoncavallo.
Maestro Janos Acs
The conductor of this concert was the Hungarian Janos Acs, who is with me in the picture above. I remember that this was a premiere in the American continent, since this revised version had not been performed on this side of the Atlantic, so all eyes were on us. The Venezuelan soloists were my Maestra Betzabeth Talavera, Baritone Gaspar Colón and the young tenor Reinaldo Droz, all in our home, the "Simón Bolívar" Concert Hall in the city of Caracas.
El director de este concierto fue el húngaro Janos Acs, quien sale junto a mí en la fotografía de arriba. Recuerdo que se trataba de un estreno en el continente americano, ya que esta versión revisada no había sido interpretada de este lado del atlántico, así que todas las miradas estaban sobre nosotros. Los solistas venezolanos fueron mi Maestra Betzabeth Talavera, el Barítono Gaspar Colón y el joven tenor Reinaldo Droz, todo en nuestra casa, la Sala de Conciertos "Simón Bolívar" en la ciudad de Caracas.
Soprano Betzabeth Talavera y Maestra María Maneiro
As I told you, this week we have been talking about all the requiems we have sung, at least we tenors who have had individual work and we all agree that Leoncavallo's Requiem was one of the most complicated to understand and that that time was very difficult for us. It has been one of our biggest challenges, but honestly we do not remember even one of its phrases, it was not melodic at all and everything happened in a very short period of time, but what we did made us grow as a group and gave a new achievement to our musical institution, as well as new agreements.
Como les dije, esta semana hemos estado hablando de todos los réquiem que hemos cantado, al menos nosotros los tenores que hemos tenido trabajo individual y todos coincidimos que el Réquiem de Leoncavallo fue uno de los más complicados de entender y que esa época fue muy difícil para nosotros. Ha sido uno de nuestros retos más grandes, pero sinceramente no recordamos ni una de sus frases, no era nada melódica y todo ocurrió en un lapso d tiempo muy breve, pero lo que hicimos ahí nos hizo crecer como agrupación y le dio un nuevo logro a nuestra institución musical, además de nuevos convenios.
Tenor Reinaldo Droz
Baritone Gaspar Colón
After this concert there was so much, but so much work that this folder with the photographs has been forgotten in my computer for years and this week I decided to look for it and write my post, although I do not remember exactly all the feeling 😅 it has been nice to go to youtube and find several excerpts of the concert like the one I have shared above, even the full concert I will leave here below for those who want to enjoy this work of Italian composer Ruggero Leoncavallo. I hope you liked this post, I wish you a happy Thursday everyone!...
Luego de este concierto hubo tanto, pero tanto trabajo que esta carpeta con las fotografías se ha quedado olvidada en mi computadora por años y esta semana he decidido buscarla y escribir mi post, aunque no recuerdo con exactitud todo el sentimiento 😅 ha sido grato ir a youtube y encontrarme con varios extractos del concierto como el que les he compartido arriba, incluso el concierto completo que dejaré aquí abajo para quienes quieran disfrutar de esta obra del compositor italiano Ruggero Leoncavallo. ¡Espero que les haya gustado este post, les deseo un feliz Jueves a todos!...
Good day friend
Yes some events might not be as famous as others but it is spectacular in one way or the other
Indeed, the video entails the power of harmony, it's just so beautiful, the voice and pathing
Nice pictures friend
Have a nice weekend
Thank you very much bro! It was a very important concert, but in the middle of many other commitments that made me forget it easy hahaha. Thanks for your love my friend 🙏
What a thrill and what an experience to share with very talented people from whom you can learn many things and improve.
Excellent TBT.
Rosana, working in El Sistema has brought us closer to many artists who really nourish us with information and complement our studies with everything they teach us, it is a gift from God for us. Thank you for stopping by, and we look forward to seeing you in the community, I know you will have many things to share here 😘
How are you dear friend@jesuslnrs good morning
How beautiful it is to read how your musical career has been and the challenges that you have had to overcome like the “Leoncavallo Requiem” so that as an individual musician, or as a group, you have grown and at the same time reached new agreements.
Thank you very much for sharing these memories of your artistic career.
I love that although we sing the same liturgical text over and over again, each composer gives it a different meaning with his inspiration and perspective. This has been one of the most powerful Requiem, although it came into our lives at a time of stress and I have forgotten many of its phrases hehe, thanks for commenting my friend 🙏
Good day sir
What a great throwback you brought us this week, thanks for your consistency and imparts over the years. Celebrate you sir 👏
Thanks to you for your visit and your beautiful friendship Tayor, I send you a fraternal embrace.
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Muchas gracias por tanto Paloma 😘
How good @jesuslnrs that thanks to music you are living these experiences, and meeting such important people
I feel proud to know a person like you with great talent.
Thank you very much for those beautiful words my friend. I really enjoy these gifts that God has sent me through music and I also feel proud to know my co-workers, because together with them is that we achieve so many good things. I send you a hug, it is also nice for me to meet you 😘
This is indeed a memorable day, I haven't attended concerts in years now, the one I attended was three years ago, I wish I could have time to attend any this year, more so the blazer looks good on you.
Hello dear, thank you very much for your words. I also wish you can attend this kind of concerts, they always fill us with a very high and positive vibe, as it is music that feeds the soul. I send you a hug! 😘
Que maravilla de recuerdo Jesús, el video esta precioso y emociona mucho. Que lindo conservar todas esas fotografías porque recordar es volver a vivir. Te mando un fuerte abrazo!
Este es uno de esos post que en su momento dije: un día de estos lo escribo... Y aquí está, después de 84 años 😅 en una comunidad de recuerdos 🤣 Gracias por ver el video, en ese tiempo el uniforme me quedaba muy apretado jaja, ya que era el mismo que usaba desde que me operaron 😵💫
Como 84 años jajajaja, pero llegó el día y es lo importante! Abrazo!
2022 - the time when I was preparing for exams of university and you guys were entangled in diverse and dense harmonies.
I am thinking that in your professional years you may have met so many professional people from other nationalities. It's interesting. I always remain curious to meet people from other sides of borders.
I hope I could also save my all photos in laptop and hope those all will not be lost.
Yes brother, that has happened since I joined the institution in 2009. There are many agreements with artists from other countries. In a couple of weeks we will have a concert directed by the French Christophe Talmont, and each of these artists brings a different perspective of the music and the regions where they come from; that makes us grow professionally as a group and have a high level seen from the international point of view. I feel that I am nothing special 😅 so I enjoy being here and I consider it a gift from God to me 🙏
Que bonito, son estas experiencias las que enriquecen nuestra vida, aprender cosas nuevas, hacer cosas diferentes a las que acostumbramos 😊
Hola amiga! Tienes mucha razón aquí. Puedo decir que gracias a Dios mi vida no es monótona y siempre hay un regalo nuevo y una nueva aventura. Gracias por estas palabras tan bonitas y por leer mi post, lo aprecio mucho y te mando un gran abrazo 😘
La música fúnebre y del estilo sacro siempre me han cautivado. Muchos de los compositores que mencionas los recuerdo cuando me pasaba en los conciertos clásicos acompañando a un novio que era pianista, pero no tocaba en la orquesta, era estudiante.
Me imagino lo difícil que debe ser cantar y recordar la melodía de palabras que uno no conoce, debes tener una gran memoria. @jesuslnrs 😉
Hay amiga, qué sería de nosotros sin esas partituras jajajaja... No hay nada más maravilloso que cantar de memoria, pero en nuestra institución como que creen que somos máquinas 🤣 no hay tiempo de memorizar nada. Los réquiem son muy especiales y amo descubrir lo que cada compositor tiene para aportar a la misma letra en latín que se escribió hace tantos años, es mágicos que todos sintamos el arte de manera distinta. Un abrazote mi amiga ❤️