A la luz del dia - The Kapsber'girls: focus program
In this final instalment of the trilogy devoted to popular repertoires revived throughout Europe at the beginning of the 17th…
Read moreIn this final instalment of the trilogy devoted to popular repertoires revived throughout Europe at the beginning of the 17th century, Les Kapsber'girls take us on a journey to the end of the Spanish Golden Age, focusing on one of the most important genres of the period: the Tonos Humanos.
In contrast to the Tonos Divinos, the term Tonos Humanos covers the vernacular strophic songs appropriated by Spanish composers of the period, such as the Villanelles in Italy and the Brunettes in France.
In this programme, with the shimmering colours of a Spain still ablaze, the quartet pays tribute to the key composers who shaped the Iberian musical repertoire: Juan Arañés (...-1649), José Marin (1619-1699), Mateo Romero (1575-1647) and others.
With their characteristic taste for sonic textures, Les Kapsber'girls invite two additional instruments to join them: the harp and percussion, offering themselves the opportunity to enrich their palette of colours. Instrumental music was not forgotten by composers such as Gaspar Sanz (ca 1640-1710) and Diego Fernandez De Huete (1635-1713), who drew inspiration from fashionable songs and dances, leaving in their wake a wealth of tunes for guitar and harp, two emblematic instruments of Spanish Baroque music.
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Photo H. Caldaguès
