February 1, Thursday. 6:15 PM. RODRIGO HALL
Free admission (limited seating)
Lecture
Speaker: Dr. José Antonio Calañas, Director of the Department of English and German Philology. University of Valencia.
“Consonances and Transfers: The University in the Palau.”
Salomé: A Textual Journey from the Bible to the Score
Moderator: Dr. Guillem Escorihuela, Director of the Music Room. University of Valencia.
February 1, Thursday. 7:30 PM. ITURBI HALL
Subscription 19. €20/15/10
Michael Weinius, tenor/ Herod, tetrarch of Judea
Stefanie Iranyi, mezzo-soprano/Herodias, wife of Herod
Lise Lindstrom, soprano/Salomé, daughter of Herodias’ First Marriage
Michael Nagy, baritone/Jokanaan, prophet (John the Baptist)
Jon Jurgens, tenor/Narraboth, chief of the guard
VALENCIA ORCHESTRA
Alexander Liebreich, conductor
Richard Strauss – Salomé, op. 54 (opera in concert version)
Opera in concert returns to the Palau de la Música, featuring Richard Strauss’s “Salomé,” a true musical marvel of German expressionism, ideal for the excellent acoustics of the Iturbi Hall. The Valencia Orchestra, along with a stellar cast including soprano Lise Lindstrom, baritone Michael Nagy, tenors Michael Weinius and Jon Jurgens, and mezzo-soprano Stefanie Iranyi, will be under the direction of Alexander Liebreich, a Strauss expert and president of the Richard-Strauss-Gesellschaft e.V. (RSG), founded in 1976 to research, promote, and cultivate the work of Richard Strauss. This opera is inspired by Oscar Wilde’s “Salomé,” and Strauss, after seeing it, decided to adapt it to the libretto of his own opera, resulting in a title that scandalized Europe and America. Tremendously sensual, its orchestration is rich, and its brutal and impactful ending cannot leave anyone indifferent.
February 2, Friday. 7:30 PM. RODRIGO HALL
Free admission (limited seating)
MUNICIPAL CONSERVATORY “JOSÉ ITURBI”
February 3, Saturday. 11:30 AM. RODRIGO HALL
Free admission (limited seating)
Young talents from CSMV at the Palau
Students from the Chamber Music Department
February 3, Saturday. 7:30 PM. ITURBI HALL
20/15/10 €
Extraordinary Concert
Michael Weinius, tenor/ Herod, tetrarch of Judea
Stefanie Iranyi, mezzo-soprano/Herodias, wife of Herod
Lise Lindstrom, soprano/Salomé, daughter of Herodias’ First Marriage
Michael Nagy, baritone/Jokanaan, prophet (John the Baptist)
Jon Jurgens, tenor/Narraboth, chief of the guard
VALENCIA ORCHESTRA
Alexander Liebreich, conductor
Richard Strauss – Salomé, op. 54 (opera in concert version)
Second interpretation of Richard Strauss’s opera “Salomé” in concert version at the Palau de la Música. A true musical marvel of German expressionism, ideal for the excellent acoustics of the Iturbi Hall. The Valencia Orchestra, along with a stellar cast, will be under the direction of Alexander Liebreich, a Strauss expert and president of the Richard-Strauss-Gesellschaft e.V. (RSG), founded in 1976 to research, promote, and cultivate the work of Richard Strauss. This opera is inspired by Oscar Wilde’s “Salomé,” and Strauss, after seeing it, decided to adapt it to the libretto of his own opera, resulting in a title that scandalized Europe and America. Tremendously sensual, its orchestration is rich, and its brutal and impactful ending cannot leave anyone indifferent.
February 4, Sunday. 6:30 PM. ITURBI HALL
54/51/47/43/39 €
FILM SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Constantino Martínez-Orts, conductor
“Henko”
February 6, Tuesday. 7:30 PM. ITURBI HALL
Subscription 20 / ET MUSICA ET ANIMA 5
50/38/25 €
Joyce DiDonato, mezzo-soprano / Dido
Fatma Said, soprano / Belinda
Andrew Staples, tenor / Aeneas
Hugh Cutting, countertenor / Spirit
Carlotta Colombo, soprano / Second Woman
Beth Taylor, mezzo-soprano / Witch
Massimo Altieri, tenor / Sailor
Alena Dantcheva, soprano / First Sorceress
Anna Piroli, soprano / Second Sorceress
IL POMO D’ORO (Orchestra and Choir)
Maxim Emelyanychev, director and harpsichord
Giacomo Carissimi – Jephté (oratorio in concert version)
Henry Purcell – Dido and Aeneas (opera in concert version)
The first and only time the great mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato took the stage at the Iturbi Hall was 11 years ago with Il Complesso Barocco and a repertoire called “Drama Queens,” which earned admiration from critics and audiences. This diva of singing, a regular in all major world theaters, possesses a warm tone, a wide vocal range, immense musicality, overwhelming breath control, and impeccable diction and phrasing. She returns to the Palau de la Música with the prestigious ensemble Il Pomo D’Oro, directed by Maxim Emelyanychev, to star in the opera in concert “Dido and Aeneas” by Purcell, an essential Baroque title. She, as Dido, the Queen of Carthage, will sing alongside tenor Andrew Staples in the role of “Aeneas.” A rich vocal cast makes up this program of undeniable interest for Baroque enthusiasts.
February 7 to 9. 10:00 AM and 11:30 AM. RODRIGO HALL
For 1st and 2nd-year ESO students
Children’s Palace 2024
Educational Project
“RE-CI-CLART”
AMORES, percussion group
February 7, Wednesday. 7:30 PM. RODRIGO HALL
€10
Chamber at the Palau
JOSEP COLOM, piano
The Visionary Mozart and His Heirs
Ludwig van Beethoven – Sonata in C Minor op. 10 no. 1
Wolfgang A. Mozart – Sonata in C Minor K. 457
Frédéric Chopin – Scottish in D Major op. 72 no. 3
Wolfgang A. Mozart – Rondo in D Major K 485
Frédéric Chopin –
Waltz in A Minor op. 34 no. 2
Wolfgang A. Mozart – Rondo in A Minor K511
Frédéric Chopin – Mazurka in A Minor op. 17 no. 4
Frédéric Chopin – Andante spinato and grand polonaise brillante op. 22
Josep Colom is one of the most renowned Spanish pianists with a solid international career, awarded the National Music Prize in 1998. In the 70s, he studied at the French Ecole Normale de Musique, founded by Alfred Cortot, developing an intense musical activity in France. He inaugurates a new edition of the “Chamber at the Palau” cycle, returning to its origins, at the Rodrigo Hall, with the ambitious program “The Visionary Mozart and His Heirs,” bringing together sonatas and rondos by Mozart, along with masterpieces by composers like Beethoven or Chopin, who admired the Salzburg genius.
February 9, Friday. 7:30 PM. ITURBI HALL
Subscription 21 / VOZ 5
20/15/10 €
Christina Daletska, mezzo-soprano
VALENCIA ORCHESTRA
Alexander Liebreich, conductor
Ludwig van Beethoven – Coriolan Overture, op. 62
Pascal Dusapin – Wenn Du dem Wind. Three scenes from the opera, Penthesilea
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, op. 67
The Valencia Orchestra, under the direction of Alexander Liebreich, performs a program of undeniable interest that combines German romanticism with French avant-garde. A concert that includes the beautiful “Coriolan” Overture by Beethoven and one of his most important symphonies, known and beloved by the general public, the Fifth Symphony, with its famous and powerful beginning (G-G-G-E), which the composer himself defined as “Thus fate knocks at the door.” Also included is “Wenn Du dem Wind. Three scenes from the opera Penthesilea” by Pascal Dusapin, composer in residence in the current season and one of the most recognized contemporary composers internationally. It is no coincidence that he shares the program with Beethoven, as the French composer is a fan of Beethoven’s quartets and, like the German, desires his music to provoke changes in the audience.
February 10, Saturday. 7:30 PM. RODRIGO HALL
€10
Chamber at the Palau
LUIS FERNANDO PÉREZ, piano
Isaac Albéniz – Iberia Suite
Isaac Albéniz’s “Iberia Suite” is one of the most important piano works ever written for this instrument. Composer Olivier Messiaen described it as “this marvel of the piano perhaps occupies the highest place among the most brilliant samples of the instrument par excellence,” while Manuel de Falla called it “what makes the beauty of this music and its incomparable value for Spain is that it truly represents for us the clear and twilight image of an environment and an era that we will never see again.” It is a work admired by performers, a true tour de force for the concert pianist, full of beauty, complexity, and difficulty. Luis Fernando Pérez, a specialist in this work, a concert pianist highly valued by both the public and critics for his pianistic technique and winner of awards such as the Franz Liszt (Italy), Enrique Granados de Barcelona (Alicia de Larrocha Award), and the Albéniz Medal for his recording of the “Iberia Suite,” will face this masterpiece.
February 11, Sunday. 11:30 AM. ITURBI HALL
Free admission (limited seating)
MUNICIPAL SYMPHONIC BAND OF VALENCIA
Cristóbal Soler, conductor
Antonio Álvarez – Suspiros de España (pasodoble)
Joaquín Rodrigo – Per la flor del Lliri blau (symphonic poem)
Joaquín Turina – Danzas Fantásticas op.22 (I. Exaltación, II. Ensueño, III. Orgía)
Manuel de Falla – The Three-Cornered Hat Suite No. 2 (1. Dance of the Neighbors (Seguidillas), 2. Dance of the Miller (Farruca), 3. Final Dance (Jota))
The Municipal Symphonic Band of Valencia and its conductor, Cristóbal Soler, tackle a program from the first half of the 20th century, distinctly Spanish, starting with the famous pasodoble “Suspiros de España” by Antonio Álvarez and continuing with the symphonic poem “Per la flor del lliri blau” by Maestro Rodrigo, who celebrates the 25th anniversary of his death. The exuberant “Fantasy Dances” by Joaquín Turina and the famous and spirited Suite No. 2 of “The Three-Cornered Hat” by Manuel de Falla make up this program that brings together the essences of an era, with music composed by the most recognized Spanish composers.
February 11, Sunday. 7:00 PM. ITURBI HALL
Royal Economic Society Friends of the Country
PROFESSIONAL CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC OF VALENCIA
February 13, Tuesday. 7:30 PM. ITURBI HALL
Subscription 22. €40/30/20
SWR STUTTGART SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Andrés Orozco – Estrada, conductor
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 6 in F Major, op.68 “Pastoral”
Igor Stravinsky – The Rite of Spring
The SWR Stuttgart Symphony Orchestra returns to the Iturbi Hall, leaving pleasant memories from eight years ago under the baton of Christoph Eschenbach. This time it will be conducted by the energetic and elegant Colombian conductor Andrés Orozco-Estrada, the conductor of the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai, who will also lead the Vienna and New York Philharmonics this season. The program consists of two masterpieces related by their theme, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6 “Pastoral” and Igor Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring.” The first is one of the utmost romantic expressions of nature, beautiful and captivating, while the second is groundbreaking, frenetic, and an apotheosis of rhythm that scandalized the society of its time.
February 14, Wednesday. 7:30 PM. RODRIGO HALL
€10
Chamber at the Palau
Èlia Casanova, soprano
Pino de Vittorio, tenor
MINISTRERS CAPELLA
Carles Magraner, conductor
Mediterrània. A Sea of Music
Capella de Ministrers and its director Carles Magraner star in the new installment of “Chamber at the Palau,” held in the Rodrigo Hall. “Mediterrània. A Sea of Music” is the title of the program presented by the Valencian formation specialized in ancient music, in which it claims its Mediterranean identity
It is a journey through Italy and, in particular, Naples. Along with soprano Èlia Casanova and tenor Pino de Vittorio, they will interpret works by 16th and 17th-century authors such as Antonio Valente, Athanasius Kircher, Giovan Leonardo Primavera, Lucas Ruiz de Ribayaz, Vincenzo Fontana, Andrea Falconieri, Girolamo Frescobaldi, Claudio Monteverdi, Stefano Landi, as well as songs by Pino de Vittorio with arrangements by Magraner, and other anonymous works.
More information at https://www.palauvalencia.com/