December 9, Saturday. 7:30 p.m. ALMODÍ
€10
Chamber in the Palace
CHAMBER OCTET
(Raúl Arias and Vicente Balaguer, violins; Isabel Lopez, viola; Jorge Fanjul, cello; Javier Sapiña, double bass; Juan Antonio Fenollar, clarinet; Juan Enrique Sapiña, bassoon and Juan Pavía, horn)
Franz Schubert – Octet in F major, Op. 166
Schubert’s Octet in F major is a masterpiece commissioned by Count Ferdinand von Troyer, a former student of Beethoven. It is currently one of the most performed chamber works in the repertoire, although its parallelism and its relationship with Beethoven’s Septet overshadowed it after composing it. It will be performed by violinists Raúl Arias and Vicente Balaguer, viola Isabel López, double bass Javier Sapiña, bassoon Juan Enrique Sapiña and horn Juan Pavía, professors of the Valencia Orchestra, as well as the clarinet soloist of the Municipal Symphonic Band Juan Antonio Fenollar and cellist Jorge Fanjul.
December 10, Sunday. 7:30 p.m. ITURBI ROOM
Free entry (limited locations)
SOCIEDAD MUSICAL UNIÓN DE PESCADORES
December 14, Thursday. 7:30 p.m. ITURBI ROOM
BONUS 12. €20/€15/€10
Antoine Tamestit, viola
VALENCIA ORCHESTRA
Pierre Bleuse, conductor
Maurice Ravel – Le tombeau de Couperin
Béla Bartók – Concerto for viola and orchestra, Sz. 120, BB 128
The Wonderful Mandarin (Suite)
Maurice Ravel – Spanish Rhapsody
First concert of the viola Antoine Tamestit as artist in residence of this season of the Palau de la Música and the Orchestra of Valencia. He is a concert performer internationally appreciated for his virtuoso technique and highly praised sound beauty. He will perform with the Valencian symphonic formation, under the direction of Pierre Bleuse, who also debuts at the Palau, the Concerto for viola and orchestra by the Hungarian Béla Bartók, written shortly before his death and very rhythmic, described by the composer himself as of a “quite virtuoso style”. Another work by Bartók, the suite from “The Wonderful Mandarin” and the “Spanish Rhapsody” by Maurice Ravel, make up the program.
December 15, Friday. 7:30 p.m. ITURBI ROOM
Free entry (limited locations)
Christmas concert
VALENCIA MUNICIPAL SYMPHONIC BAND
Miguel Rodrigo i Tamarit, conductor
December 16, Saturday. 11.30 hours. RODRIGO ROOM
Free entry (limited locations)
Celebration of the traditional Christmas Concert
GRUP DE DANSES, GRUP DE CANT VALENCIÀ AND RONDALLA DE LO RAT PENAT
December 16, Saturday.7:30 p.m. ALMODÍ
€10
Chamber in the Palace
JULIA FARRÉS-LLONGUERAS, soprano
MASSIMO FELICI guitar
“Sapphire Sky”
Joaquín Rodrigo – Romance de Durandarte
Tres canciones españolas
Christmas villains
Luis Blanes – Tres canciones andaluzas
Vicente Asencio – Tango of the unfaithful married
Matilde Salvador – Canciones de nana y desvelo
Endechas y cantares de Sepharad
Enric Morera – Street songs
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco – Old romances
Enrique Granados – Tonadillas
Soprano Julia Farrés-Llongueras and guitarist Massimo Felici, present the program “Cel de Safir” in the cycle “Cambra al Palau” that takes place in the Almudí. It is a program formed by songs that evoke the blue sky of the Mediterranean, which is the common thread about the composers that make up the program, such as Joaquín Rodrigo, Luis Blanes, Vicente Asencio, Matilde Salvador, Enric Morera, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco and Enrique Granados.
December 17, Sunday. 11.30 hours. ITURBI ROOM
Free entry (limited locations)
XXVII Festival of Christmas Popular Song
FEDERATION OF FOLKOLE OF THE VALENCIAN COMMUNITY
December 17, Sunday. 19.00 hours. ITURBI ROOM
BONUS 13. 30/ 23/ 15 €
Louise Alder, soprano
Christine Rice, contralto
Nicholas Mulroy, tenor
Matthew Brook, baritone
THE ENGLISH CONCERT CHOIR & ORCHESTRA
Harry Bicket, director
Georg Friedrich Handel – Messiah, HWW 56
The British ensemble The English Concert Choir & Orchestra, under the direction of Harry Bicket, will perform the famous oratorio “Messiah” by George Frideric Handel, one of the traditional events in the Valencian auditorium’s programme as Christmas approaches, which has been present since its inauguration in 1987 and which returns with force to the Sala Iturbi. After four years closed for renovation. Soprano Louise Alder, contralto Christine Rice, tenor Nicholas Mulroy and baritone Matthew Brook complete the show’s vocal cast. “Messiah” is a Baroque masterpiece that reviews the life of Christ, with a simplicity and monumentality marked by the peculiar sound of the Orchestra and the use of choirs. As in the famous “Hallelujah” before the conclusion of the second part, in which the choir is accompanied by trumpets and timpani.
December 20, Wednesday. 7:30 p.m. ITURBI ROOM
10/8/5 €
Christmas concert
UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
ROPES ACADEMY ALUMNI
LA NAU CHORAL SCHOOL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA
Hilari García, director
December 21, Thursday. 7:30 p.m. ITURBI ROOM
Free entry (limited locations)
Christmas concert
VALENCIA MUNICIPAL SYMPHONIC BAND
Miguel Rodrigo i Tamarit, conductor
December 22, Friday. 7:30 p.m. ITURBI ROOM
ABONO 14. 25/ 19/ 12 €
Isabelle Faust, violin
VALENCIA ORCHESTRA
Alexander Liebreich, conductor
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Nutcracker (Suite selection)
György Ligeti – Concerto for violin and orchestra
Johannes Brahms – Symphony No. No. 2 in D major, Op. 73
The Orchestra of Valencia and its conductor Alexander Liebreich perform one of the symphonic masterpieces of the repertoire, Symphony No. 2 by Johannes Brahms. It is undoubtedly a score of enormous difficulty, vital, melodic and, in short, the pinnacle of German synphonism and romanticism in all its extension. The program, which will begin with another work of Romanticism, well known and appreciated, such as the suite from Tchaikovsky’s ballet “Nutcracker”, will have as soloist the excellent violinist Isabelle Faust, who will perform Ligeti’s Violin Concerto, which, although it is an unmistakably modern work, has its roots solidly planted in tradition. Not surprisingly, Ligeti stated that before embarking on the creation of this work, he thoroughly studied the most important catalog of the instrument, as well as its particular technique.
December 23, Saturday. 8:00 p.m. ITURBI ROOM
20/15 €
Christmas concert
“JAZZY CHRISTMAS VALENCIA 2023”
PEDRO RUY BLAS · MARÍA DE MEDEIROS · MILES GRIFFITH
DAVID PASTOR · NACHO MAÑÓ · TEBAR· CHIMO WILL MARTZ MARIANO DIAZ · IGOR TAVAN
December 28, Thursday. 7:30 p.m. ITURBI ROOM
15/12/8 €
Benefit concert for the Nueva Opción Association (Association of acquired brain injury in Valencia)
Christmas Carol Festival
SMALL SINGERS OF VALENCIA
December 30, Saturday. 9:00 p.m. ITURBI ROOM
55/45/40/35 €
THE ROYAL TRIBUTES ORCHESTRA
“Harry Symphony”