Sunday, October 07, 2007

4th programme of musical interchanges

Bands from the different towns in the region are taking part in the programme. Last night it was the turn of Bigastro to host the band from San Miguel de Salinas along with it's own town band.

The Unión Muscal San Miguel de Salinas played the first half. They opened with the pasadoble "Tercio de Quites" by Rafael Talens. They then moved onto a very interesting arrangement of music from Charlie Chaplin movies by Marcel Peeters. Finally they played an arrangement of tunes from West Side Story by Naohiro Iwai.

Then it was the turn of the Sociedad Unión Musical de Bigastro. They also opened with a pasedoble - "El Mago de la Muleta" by R. Oropesa. Their second piece was "El Caserío" by J. Guridi. The final piece from the their programme was "Oregón" by Jacob de Haan.

Pam and I preferred the music of the San Miguel band, possibly because it was more familiar. We found Bigastro's second piece, El Caserio difficult to listen to. It was probably difficult for them to play. It did, however, highlight the daughter of our hairdresser on flute and piccolo. It must have been a very proud moment for Juan, who was there to support her.

It still amazes us that in such small towns there is so much talent. Thank you to both bands for an enjoyable evening.

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