Taking place in the Maestranza Theatre Seville is a concert with the Tokyo Quartet and Javier Perianes
The Tokyo Quartet was formed 44 years ago in the Julliard School of New York by four young Japanese students who have been a point of reference for chamber music for the past four decades.
The Tokyo Quartet have announced their retirment in June 2013 and, accompanied by Javier Perianes, give a farewell concert playing one of Brahms best-loved pieces, his fifth for piano and string
Zarzuela (Spanish operata originating in the 17th Century) ENTRE SEVILLA Y TRIANA by Pablo Sorozabal
This zarzuela, performed in the Maestranza Theatre Seville, has not been seen in Spain for more than half a century. It was considered avant garde when it was first performed, distancing itself from the rigid moral code of the time. It takes place in two acts in the Seville barrio of Triana.
The Princess of Navarra by Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764)
Seville Baroque Orchestra
This work was originally created at the request of Cardinal Richelieu, as entertainment for the wedding celebrations of the Dauphin Luis, son of Luis XV and the Infanta Maria Teresa of Spain (the Princess of Navarra).
Seville´s Holy Week (Semana Santa) is a passionate recreation of the drama of the last week of Jesus life on earth. The streets of Seville are filled with hooded penitents, exquisitely carved images of the Virgin Mary and Jesus, flowers, candles and the smells of burning incense.
The week features the procession of pasos, floats of lifelike wooden sculptures of individual scenes of the events of the Passion, or images of the Virgin Mary showing restrained grief for the torture and killing of her Son. Some of the sculptures are of great antiquity and are considered artistic masterpieces, as well as being culturally and spiritually important to the local Catholic population.
If you are interested in a personal guide to show you some of the wonderful pasos and explain the rich heritage and culture of Semana Santa, please let us know.
On Resurection Sunday the first bull fight of the season takes place at the Maestranza in Seville. This is a very atmospheric event and tickets are highly saught after. Aficionados tend to go very well dressed and it is very much a social event.