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Romance of the Moon presented at the MusicaLatitudes Stage. July 17, 2010. ______________________________________________________________________ Musicalatitudes to perform at The University of Santa Barbara, UCSB
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MusicaLatitudes took this book as a basis to prepare a Latin American concert to remember one of the exemplary men in the history of the continent. Poetry and songs come together to celebrate his bequest, which nowadays guides the new awakening of Latin America in its search for its definitive socio-political and cultural independence. IN SPANISH: El camino del cuaderno verde era un misterio. Una mañana de 2002, Jesús Anaya, editor y viejo amigo del escritor mexicano Paco Ignacio Taibo II, le mostró un paquete de fotocopias con textos cuidadosamente escritos a mano. Era, evidentemente, la letra del Che Guevara. Se trataba de poemas que el Che había copiado en los últimos dos años de su vida; una selección de poemas de César Vallejo (Perú), Pablo Neruda (Chile), Nicolás Guillén (Cuba),y León Felipe (España). Era a poesía que el Che cargaba en su mochila. Su antología personal… MusicaLatitudes tomó como base este libro para preparar un concierto latinoamericano para recordar a uno de los hombres ejemplares de la historia contemporánea del continente. Poesía y cantos se unen para celebrar su legado, que hoy guía el nuevo despertar de América Latina en busca de su independencia socio-política y cultural definitiva. Cuatro cantantes, ocho músicos y tres actores en escena, interpretarán una selección de poemas del Libro Verde del Che, y canciones latinoamericanas representativas de las luchas de los pueblos latinoamericanos. MusicaLatitudes le invita a acompañarnos en esta celebración el sábado 22 de Agosto de 2009, a las ocho de la noche, en la nueva escena cultural de Oxnard, MusicaLatitudes Stage, en 1681 Beacon Place, en Oxnard. Para reservaciones llame al 1-800-7924855. Para más información visite el portal www.musicalatitudes.com.
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The first concert of the 2008 season of MusicaLatitudes, from the series Music spanning the equator is “Yours truly, Frida” (Sinceramente suya, Frida). After last year’s success of Lorca: Sueños de mar amarga (Lorca: Dreams of a bitter sea) a pop-oratorio on the poetry of Federico Garcia Lorca (Spain), MusicaLatitudes continues its presentation of widely acknowledged world artists with a café-concert dedicated to Frida Kalho.
International singer Marta Santamaria (Spain), accompanied by Mexican actress Rachel Garcia and Mexican guitarist Mario Gonzales will take us on a journey of Frida Kahlo’s world of passion and struggle through her letters and paintings, blended with popular Latin American songs and songs specially written to celebrate her life.
Wines and appetizers will be served. Maximum capacity is 60 persons per show. Reading of Frida’s letters will be in mostly in English. Songs will be performed in Spanish. Rock City Studios will be the stage for the performance, on June 22nd, 2008 at 5.30 p.m. Rock City Studios is located at 2258 Pickwick Road in Camarillo (next to Camarillo’s Post Office). Tickets are $20 (includes wines and appetizers).
Reservations for the café-concert can be made by e-mail at musicalatitudes@yahoo.com or by phone at (800) 792-4855.
| The first concert of the 2007 season of MusicaLatitudes, from the series Music spanning the equatoris Lorca: Sueños de mar amarga (Lorca: Dreams of a bitter sea) is a co-production with “Perfiles” Theater Company. Two singers, six actors, ten musicians and a choir will be on stage for a tribute to Federico Garcia Lorca, one of the greatest poets and playwrights of the twentieth century in Spanish language. Guest artists are from diverse countries as Venezuela, Greece, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Puerto Rico and the greater Los Angeles and Ventura County areas. A blend of rhythms and sentiments from Latin America and the Mediterranean embrace the songs of composer Pantelis Palamidis based on Lorca´s poetry. The oratorio will be performed in Spanish, with printed English translation of the songs and poems, on April 29th, 5.00 p.m., at the Oxnard High School Performing Arts Center, 3400 W. Gonzales Road, Oxnard. Lorca: Dreams of a bitter sea, features guest international sing artist Alkis Kollias, actors/actresses Marcela Urrutia, Claudia Volpe, Enoc Cortez, Iriany Pellican, Elizabeth Rosello and Paul Rivero and guest musicians Marcos Moscat, Steve Grafos, Fundi Legohn, Rodney Torres, Clara Alvear and Nelson Alvear and members of the Oxnard High School Jazz Band. MusicaLatitudes was created by five Ventura County musicians: Greek-Venezuelan-American composer/singer Pantelis Palamidis (Piano, Keyboards), Hawaiian-American composer-guitarist Pete Goleta, Ecuadorian-American bassist Juan Carlos Rosales, American drummer-percussionist Bill Davis, and Canadian-American sound engineer and bassist Pierre Allard. The purpose of the MusicaLatitudes Ensemble is to research and perform concerts presenting selected musical and poetic expressions around the globe. The series of performances includes original compositions by the members of the ensemble and the music and poetry of great popular composers and poets from around the world. Based on a core group of five American musicians of diverse cultural and professional backgrounds, MusicaLatitudes Ensemble also invites other artists to join their performances based on the content of each show.
Program
Romance of the moon, moon (Music: Hristos Leontis)
A minor twist (Music: Pete
Goleta)
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A blend of rhythms and sentiments from countries of the Caribbean and Mediterranean seas are performed in English, Spanish and Greek. Songs of Mediterranean spirits are dressed in Caribbean and Latin American rhythms and vice versa. The words of renowned contemporary poets, such as Federico García Lorca (Spain), Constatine Cavafys (Greece) and Otto René Castillo (Guatemala) take a new dimension with music of Greek-Venezuelan-American composer Pantelis Palamidis. Songs of famous Greek composers are versioned and performed in English. Instruments like the bouzouki and baglamas from Greece merge with Venezuelan Cuatro, and the Afro-Caribbean percussion in an extraordinary musical voyage. Echoes of the Caribbean and the Mediterranean , features international singing artists Alkis Kollias (Greece) and Nieffe Peña (Mexico/Venezuela); and local singer Robin Briceño (USA, Ventura, California). Reservations for the concert can be made by e-mail at info@musicalatitudes.com or by phone at (800) 792-4855. Tickets are only $20 general public, and $15 students and seniors. Ventura County charity projects will benefit from a percentage of the profits raised during this concert. The Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza is located at 2100 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd., Thousand Oaks, CA 91362. |
Part I *Canción de la novia (The bride's song) - Pantelis Palamidis / Poetry: Federico García Lorca (Spain) Part II *A solitary sparrow (Ένα το χελιδόνι) - Mikis Theodorakis / Odysseus Elytis |
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