Early music recital at the Cervantes Institute in Bucharest

Newsroom 16/04/2015 | 12:45

The Cervantes Institute in Bucharest, with the support of the “George Enescu” Philharmonic, organizes on Tuesday, April 21, at 7 pm, at the Romanian Athenaeum, the early music recital “Cervantes and the music. Donde no hay música no puede haber cosa mala / Where’s music, there can be no harm” performed by ZARABANDA band from Spain (photo).

According to a press release, the recital takes place on the occasion of the celebration of the fourth centenary since the publication of the second part of the “Don Quixote de la Mancha” novel by Miguel de Cervantes y Saavedra (1615-2015).

“Where’s the music, there can be no harm” – the title of the recital is nothing but the famous phrase of Cervantes enunciated by Sancho Panza in Chapter XXXIV of the “Don Quixote de la Mancha”, part two.

Musicians Alvaro Marías, the band leader – Flauto dolce, Alejandro Marías – viola da gamba, Gerardo Arriaga- vihuela and Jordan Fumadó- harpsichord, will present a program with works from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries signed by composers such as Antonio de Cabezón, Diego Ortiz, Bartolomé de Selma y Salaverde, Luis de Narváez.

Tickets can be purchased from the Romanian Athenaeum’s ticket office on 1 Franklin St. and can be booked online on the “George Enescu” Philharmonic website.

The event is part of the Cervantes Week (April 20 to 24), a series of activities organized by the Instituto Cervantes in Bucharest on the occasion of Cervantes Day – World Book Day, April 23.

Staff