The Municipal Band commemorates its 85th Founding Anniversary (1940-2025) in the Extraordinary Concert of Santa Cecilia, with which begins the new season of the symphonic cycle 2025-26

The concert will take place on Saturday, November 22, at 8:00 p.m., at the Teatro Auditorio Felipe VI, under the direction of Mtro. J.A. López Camacho, and will feature the historical recovery of the original manuscript of the posthumous work “Axar

Invitations can be picked up from Monday 17 at the Centro Cultural Padre Manuel, from 11:00 to 14:00 and 17:00 to 20:00 hours.

The City Council of Estepona informs that the Municipal Band will open the season 2025-2026 of the symphonic cycle 2025-2026 next Saturday, November 22, in the traditional Extraordinary Concert in honor of Santa Cecilia, which will take place at 20:00 hours in the Teatro Auditorio Felipe VI, where it will commemorate the 85th anniversary of its founding.

The concert of Santa Cecilia will be conducted by the titular and artistic director of the Municipal Band, José Antonio López Camacho, and will be divided into two parts: a first of symphonic music, in which the Band will perform the concert pasodoble “Música i Poble” by the Valencian composer Ferrer Ferran, and the historical recovery of the original manuscript of the posthumous work “Axarquía” by the maestro Perfecto Artola Prats, revised by the Esteponero musician José Antonio Cervantes, and a second part, in which the Band will be joined by the voices of the Magnum Mysterium Choir in a Lyrical Gala that will include a selection of zarzuela and opera choruses, such as the “Seguidillas” from the zarzuela “La Verbena de la Paloma”, in tribute to the 175th anniversary of the birth of Tomás Bretón.

The concert will be attended by Paloma Artola Küstner, granddaughter of Maestro Perfecto Artola Prats and president of the Asociación Cultural La Artística de Málaga.

During the performance of the fandango from the zarzuela “Doña Francisquita”, by Amadeo Vives, will perform, as guest artist, the castanet soloist Soraya Chico.

Invitations for this free concert can be collected from Monday, November 17 at the Padre Manuel Cultural Center, Calle San Fernando, 2, from Monday to Friday, from 11:00 to 14:00 and from 17:00 to 20:00 hours.

Program

EXTRAORDINARY CONCERT OF SANTA CECILIA

SYMPHONIC MUSIC Banda Municipal de Estepona Ferrer Ferran (1966-) MUSIC I POBLE *** Pasodoble de Concierto, 2000 Perfecto Artola (1904-1992) Edition and revision: José A. Cervantes López, 2025 AXARQUÍA * Panorama Musical, 1990 1. Introduction 2. Romanes 3.

Perfecto Artola (1904-1992) GLORIA AL PUEBLO (GLORY TO THE PEOPLE)

Pasodoble, 1932

GALA LÍRICA Banda Municipal de Estepona y Coral Magnum Mysterium de Estepona Francisco Asenjo Barbieri (1823-1894) EL BARBERILLO DE LAVAPIÉS Zarzuela, 1874 Nº 1: Prelude and Chorus Nº 2: Canción de Paloma – Soloist: Isabel Moreno

Federico Moreno Torroba (1891-1982) MAZURCA DE LAS SOMBRILLAS From the zarzuela “Luisa Fernanda”, 1932 Pablo Sorozábal (1897-1988) ENSALADA MADRILEÑA * From the zarzuela “Don Manolito”, 1943 Tomás Bretón (1850-1923)** SEGUIDILLAS “Por ser ser sero de los SOMBRILLAS” From the zarzuela “Luisa Fernanda”, 1932 Pablo Sorozábal (1897-1988)

SEGUIDILLAS “Por ser la Virgen de la Paloma” (For being the Virgin of the Dove)

From the zarzuela “La Verbena de la Paloma”, 1894

Amadeo Vives (1871-1932) CORO DE ROMÁNTICOS * From the zarzuela “Doña Francisquita”, 1923

Amadeo Vives (1871-1932) FANDANGO * From the zarzuela “Doña Francisquita”, 1923

Soloist: Soraya Chico, castanets

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) CHORUS OF GYPSIES * From the opera “Il Trovatore”, 1853 Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) THE TOAST * From Act I, Scene 1, of the opera “La Traviata”, 1853

Soloists: Isabel Moreno and Karl Svensson

Jacinto Guerrero (1895 -1951) MARCHA DE LA AMISTAD From the zarzuela “Los Gavilanes”, 1923 F. Asenjo Barbieri (1823-1894) MARCHA DE LA MANOLERÍA From the zarzuela “Pan y toros”, 1864

(*) First time by the Municipal Band of Estepona.

(**) 175th anniversary of the birth of Tomás Bretón.

(***) 25th anniversary of the composition.