Date: 11/20/2024
Time: 8:15 p.m.
Location: Basílica de Santa Maria del Mar
Santa Maria del Mar is a unique site with an exceptional heritage, both architecturally and musically. The organ of Santa Maria del Mar has a long history: it was built around 1740 for the Trinitarian Convent of Vic. Following its dismantling near the time of the Spanish Civil War and subsequent period of neglect, it was rediscovered and restored by organ builder Gerhard Grenzing, and installed in the Basilica, which had been left without its great organ due to the fire. Beyond this current instrument, several other organs are known to have occupied a space in Santa Maria del Mar, and some never even reached installation. Each chapter of this history will guide the concert, accompanied by organ music performed by the Basilica’s titular organist, Joan Seguí.
Programme:
Red Book of Montserrat (14th century)
– Cuncti simus concanentes
Pere Alberch Vila (1517–1582)*
– Tiento de primer to
Gabriel Menalt (1657–1687)*
– Gaitilla de mà esquerra
Francesc Valls (1671–1747)*
– Tiento (from Mapa Armónico-práctico)
Francesc Espelt (16??–1712)*
– Kyrie de primer to
Johann Caspar Kerll (1627–1693)
– Battaglia (historically attributed to Joan Cabanilles as Batalla Imperial)
– Canzona terza
Georg Muffat (1653–1704)
– Toccata prima (Apparatus Musico-Organisticus)
Johann Jakob Froberger (1616–1667)
– Fantasia sopra sollare, FbWV 204
Dietrich Buxtehude (1637–1707)
– Präludium in g, BuxWV 163
*Chapel masters, organists, or organ consultants of Santa Maria del Mar
This concert is organised by the Penya Barroca del Cercle del Liceu and performed on the historic organ of unknown builder at Santa Maria del Mar (c. 1740), restored by Gerhard Grenzing in 1996 and 2005.
Approximate duration: 55 minutes.
Tickets are available online and also at the Basilica during visiting hours and before the concert.
General admission: €7
Reduced admission: €5 – for under 26s, university or music students with valid ID, unemployed persons, or holders of a large or single-parent family card. All situations must be verified at entry; if verification is not possible, the difference in fare must be paid. Available for on-site purchase only.
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