Jordi Savall, viola da gamba, Hesperion XXI, Carlos Nunez, bagpipes
Organization:
San Francisco Performances
Category:
Music
Geographical Area:
San Francisco
Start
Date:
5/3/2018
End Date:
5/3/2018
Start Time:
7:30 PM
End Time:
9:30 PM
Event
Info:
Early music titan and visionary performer Jordi Savall makes his San Francisco Performances debut with his Celtic Universe program, collaborating with Carlos Nunez and an ensemble of wind players, harp and bodhran. Together they trace the route of Celtic migration, from Ireland to Iberia, through music.
For more than 50 years, Jordi Savall, one of the most versatile musical personalities of his generation, has rescued musical gems from the obscurity of neglect and oblivion and given them back for all to enjoy. A tireless researcher into early music, he interprets and performs the repertory both as a gambist and a conductor. His activities as a concert performer, teacher, researcher and creator of new musical and cultural projects have made him a leading figure in the reappraisal of historical music. Together with Montserrat Figueras, he founded the ensembles Hesperion XXI (1974), La Capella Reial de Catalunya (1987) and Le Concert des Nations (1989), with whom he explores and creates a world of emotion and beauty shared with millions of early music enthusiasts around the world.
Hesperion XXI is the leading early music organization of the Iberian peninsula. It is a small mixed ensemble of about 12 players and singers and varies somewhat depending on the repertory chosen. From the beginning, Hesperion was known for its lively, dynamic performances.
When the Los Angeles Times suggested that "if it's possible to become a pop star playing traditional music on bagpipes and recorder, Carlos Nunez could be the man," it may have been an understatement. Few pop stars pack the energy, virtuosity, imagination, daring, and charisma into their concerts and recordings as Galician multi-instrumentalist Carlos Nunez does. He is the world's most famous player of the gaita, the bagpipes of Galicia, Spain's northwest, Atlantic Ocean-abutting region rich in vibrant, uniquely expressive Celtic traditional music.
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