The first will take place on Tuesday, January 31 at 8:30 p.m., by Roberto Fresco, in the Church of San Miguel
The Merklin Association of Friends of the Organ of the Region of Murcia (AMAORM) and the Culture Department of the Murcia City Council are organizing a new edition of the ‘Sound the organs’ cycle. It once again brings together prominent artists of national and international prestige in the city. The program covers the whole year 2023 with more than a dozen classical music concerts on the organs of the churches of El Carmen, San Miguel, San Juan de Dios, Las Anas, Virgen de la Huerta hermitage and in the cathedral of Murcia.
The activity was presented this Monday in the Corregidores Hall by the Councilor of Culture, Tourism and Sports, Pedro García Rex and by the President of AMAORM, Carlos Rafael Pérez. Rex stressed the importance of an event “recognized in Spain as an example of promoting organ music and which also contributes to the dissemination of the organ heritage of the municipality, as well as its preservation.” Also. He thanked the organizers “for the dissemination work they carry out and their care so that the organs of the city continue to play, and for this they have the strong support of the Department of Culture.”
The first concert of this cycle will take place this Tuesday, January 31 at 8:30 p.m. in the Church of San Miguel, by Roberto Fresco, Titular Organist of the Cathedral of Santa María la Real de La Almudena. The program continues on February 16 with the performance of Vicenzo di Betta in the church of San Juan de Dios. On March 16, José Luis Echechipía will be in the church of Carmen, while on April 14 and 21 it will be Carlos Rafael Pérez’s turn in the hermitage of Virgen de la Huerta.
As part of the Murcia Tres Culturas Festival, the performance of Las Ministriles de Marsias will take place in Las Anas on May 18. In June, on June 15, the Schola Gregoriana de Murcia and Javier Sáez give a concert in the church of San Miguel. Already in October, on October 19 and 20, the Iglesia del Carmen will host the Satoka Kawagoe concert, to give way to the month of November when the International Cycle will take place with the Merklin Organ of the Cathedral as the protagonist and of which the program will be announced later. .
‘The organs sound’ culminates in December with Benatzi Bilbao’s performance in Las Anas. Admission to the concerts will be free. A novelty introduced by the organization is the holding of ‘online’ meetings with the invited organists, a few days before the concerts take place, with the aim of bringing the performers closer to the interested public, expressing their vision of organ music, as well as explanations and comments about each organ and the program they will develop.
Source: La Verdad
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