María Bayo, Maciej Pikulski

María Bayo, soprano | Maciej Pikulski, piano

PROGRAMME

L.V. Beethoven: «Che fa il mio bene?» (de L'amante impaziente I) / «Che fa il mio bene?» (de L'amante impaziente II) / «T'intendo, sì, mio cor» / «Dimmi, ben mio» / W.A. Mozart: Ridente la calma, K 152 / F. Schubert: La pastorella, D 528 / Non t'accostar all'urna, D 688, núm. 1 / Guarda, che bianca luna, D 688, núm. 2 / Mio ben ricordati, D 688, núm. 4 / Da quel sembiante appresi, D 688, núm. 3 / Lachen und Weinen, D 677, núm. 4 / F. Mompou: «Damunt de tu, només les flors» / «Aquesta nit un mateix vent» / «Jo et pressentia com la mar» (de Combat del somni, sobre sonets de Josep Janés)/  C. Guastavino: Piececitos / Siesta/ Mi garganta/ Viniendo de Chilecito/ Se equivocó la paloma/ Apegado a mí/ Violetas / Alegría de la soledad/ E. Lecuona: Canción del amor triste / Quiero ser hombre / Señor jardinero / La señora Luna / Balada de amor (sobre versos de Juana de Ibarbourou)

It has been said that instrumental music seeks out the human voice, and the human voice, in poetry, seeks out music. The search for perfect unity between text and poetry is the quest that has most characterised Western art ever since the musical experiments of the Bardi Camerata at the end of the 16th century. In this recital by María Bayo, we will be taken on a journey in quest of unity between text and music, passing through works by Mozart and Italian songs by Schubert, until we arrive at Mompou's magnificent song cycle, Combat del somni, composed between 1942 and 1950 on texts by Josep Janés. Sixty years on, Combat remains one of the most loved of all Catalan song cycles.