Nuria Rial, soprano / Juan Carlos Muñoz / Mari Fe Pavón

Nuria Rial, soprano

Artemandolin

Juan Carlos Muñoz and Mari Fe Pavón, direction

On the agenda:

Falconieri, Ribayaz, Scarlatti, Marin, Santiago de Murcia, Araja...

Naples to Madrid

The so-called learned music has never ceased to draw its inspiration from the melodies and dances, even the sounds, of the popular traditions. This was especially true in the Baroque period, with the great journeys between the Ancients and Nouveau Mondes adding an extra dimension made of shimmering rhythms and colors (Ribayaz is the magnificent example). The mandolin was the embodiment of this mix, Neapolitan in its most widespread identity, sailing between Naples and Spain. If Italy gradually asserted its musical supremacy – especially vocal – throughout the continent, the Iberian Peninsula retained its sound specificity: Andrea Falconieri or Domenico Scarlatti superbly illustrate this phenomenon.

It is an exciting musical journey on the shores of the Mediterranean that invites us to the very brilliant Artemandolin ensemble directed from the mandolin by Juan Carlos Muñoz and Mari Fe Pavón, surrounding the luminous Nuria Rial, true icon of Spanish singing.