The XII Concert “Portico de la Semana Santa” of the Municipal Band of Estepona will be dedicated to the ‘Masterpieces of the Funeral Genre’.

The event will take place on Sunday 17 at 8:00 p.m. in the Felipe VI Auditorium and will be presented by José María Guerrero Montes.

The City Council of Estepona informs that next Sunday, March 17, Passion Sunday, at 20:00 hours, will take place in the Felipe VI Auditorium the celebration of the XII Concert “Portico de la Semana Santa” that, since 2011, the artistic department of the Banda Municipal de Estepona (BME) has established in the town.

Directed by its chief conductor and artistic director, Mtro. José Antonio López Camacho, the Municipal Band returns to one of its usual stages with a new concert, which will begin with the main theme of the 1956 film ‘The Ten Commandments’, composed by Elmer Bernstein.

The concert will be presented by historian José María Guerrero Montes.

Access is free until full capacity, after collecting invitations at the Centro Cultural Padre Manuel, from Monday 11 to Friday March 15, from 11:00 to 14:00 and 17:00 to 20:00 hours.

XII PORTICO CONCERT OF THE HOLY WEEK

Program

Elmer Bernstein (1922-2004)

PRELUDE OF “THE TEN COMMANDMENTS

BSO

Concert: “Masterpieces of the Funeral Genre”.

Mariano San Miguel Urcelay (1879-1935)

MEKTUB *

Funeral March, ca. 1925

Ricardo Dorado (1907-1988)

GETSEMANÍ ** GETSEMANÍ

Funeral March, ca. 1960

(Dedicated to the memory of his beloved wife).

Joaquín Turina (1882-1949) | inst. Manuel Font Fernández de la Herranz (1862-1943)

FUNERAL MARCH TO OUR FATHER JESUS OF THE PASSION *.

Funeral march, ca. 1899

(Dedicated to the Hdad. de Pasión de Sevilla).

Joseph Fernando Macario Sors (1778-1839) | inst. Ricardo Dorado (1907-1988)

FUNERAL MARCH *.

Funeral march, ca. 1835

Enrico Petrella (1813-1877) | inst. Álvaro Milpager (1840-1889)

FUNERAL MARCH IN THE OPERA JONE * * FUNERAL MARCH IN THE OPERA JONE * FUNERAL MARCH, CA. 1835

Funeral march in the opera “Jone, or The last day of Pompeii”, ca. 1858.

Francisco Soler Ridaura (1867- ¿?)

LA GRAVE * * FUNERAL MARCH, COMPOSED IN THE OPERA “JONE, O EL ÚLTIMO DÍA DE POMPEYA”.

Funeral march, composed in the first decade of the 20th century.

Francisco Soler Ridaura (1867- ¿?)

TO THE MEMORY OF THE GENERAL CHINCHILLA *.

Slow march with cornet, ca. 1902.

(Dedicated to General José Chinchilla y Díez de Oñate)

Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849) | inst. Fernand Andrieu (1863-1935)

FUNERAL MARCH *.

From Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 35, ca 1837.

Sigismond Thalberg (1812-1871) | inst. Ricardo Dorado (1907-1988)

FUNERAL MARCH

Funeral march variée, op. 59

Enrique Arbós Adami (1835-1922) inst. Enrique Damian Blasco (-1959)

FUNERAL MARCH (“LA LÁGRIMA”)

Dedicated to the death of the Illustrious Duke of Tetuán D. Leopoldo O’Donnell, ca. 1867.

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

(**) Recovery of the repertoire of the Municipal Band of Estepona.