Mar de Mars

Repertoire

Concert introduction: Beginning of Talassa’s journey across the Mediterranean

Eduard Toldrà: Vistes al Mar, First movement (Allegro con brio). Based on Joan Maragall’s poem La ginesta. 5’
Feliu Gasull: Mabre. Based on poems by Joan Vinyoli and Jacint Verdaguer. 10’. World premiere. Commissioned work.
Soloist: Germán de la Riva.

Second stop of Talassa’s journey

Eduard Toldrà: Vistes al Mar, Second movement (Lento). Based on Joan Maragall’s poem Allà a les llunyanies de la mar 5’
Ferran Cruixent: Mare Nostra. Based on the poem by Manuel Forcano. 15’. World premiere. Commissioned work.
Soloist: Roger Padullés

Third stop of Talassa’s journey

Eduard Toldrà: Vistes al Mar, Third movement (Molto vivace). Based on Joan Maragall’s poem La mar estava alegre 5’
Anna Campmany: Mare Mortuum. Based on the poem by Manuel Forcano. 15’. World premiere. Commissioned work.
Soloists: Irene Mas, Roger Padullés and Germán de la Riva

Performers

Irene Mas, soprano
Roger Padullés i Soler, tenor
Germán de la Riva i Herrera, baritone
Àngels Gonyalons, rapsoda / Talassa
The Choir Sings
Orquestra de Cambra Terrassa 48
Laura Domènech, stage direction

MUSICAL AND ARTISTIC DIRECTION:
Elisenda Carrasco i Ribot
Eva Martínez i Tomé
Jordi Lluch i Arenas

Programme

The El Cor Canta Foundation presents Mar de Mars, a symphonic choral performance dedicated to the Mediterranean. Àngels Gonyalons as Talassa, the goddess who personifies the sea, will guide us on this poetic and symbolic journey through this cradle-of-civilizations sea, a path of hope and, at the same time, a space of destruction and death. The poetic commission to Manuel Forcano, author of El mar a la mirada, shapes three pieces set to music by Feliu Gasull, Ferran Cruixent, and Anna Campmany: Mar de tots (Mabre), a mosaic of Mediterranean voices; Mare Nostra, a plea for forgiveness for the mistreatment of the sea; and Mare Mortuum, a denunciation of the migration drama.