Aida Gimeno, soprano & Carlos Sanchis, piano

PROGRAMME

Francis Poulenc: Les chemins de l’amour / Henri Duparc: Chanson triste / Soupir / Au pays où se fait la guerre / Joaquín Turina: “Dedicatoria”, from Poema en forma de canciones, Op. 10 / Frederic Mompou: “Damunt de tu només les flors” from Combat del somni / Antón García Abril: “Alba”, from Canciones del recuerdo / “Si fueras un crisantemo”, from Siete canciones de amor / Xavier Montsalvatge: Cinco canciones negras

With Souvenirs in song form, the soprano Aida Gimeno, winner of the Joventuts Musicals de Catalunya Prize for the best performance of a Catalan composer at last year’s Primer Palau cycle, presents a sample of Spanish popular song and mélodie française from the 19th and 20th centuries, when Paris was one of the world’s leading art centres. The concert opens with a presentation of the influence of cabaret on the mélodie française, with works by Francis Poulenc and Henri Duparc. The central part is given over to Mediterranean composers, Joaquín Turina, Frederic Mompou and Antón García Abril, with two jewels from the latter’s vocal production, and the programme closes with Xavier Montsalvatge’s famous Cinco canciones negras.