The Donostia-born musician and the Catalan ensemble bring works by Schumann, Schubert, Liszt, Granados and Dvořák to the Auditorio on Thursday.

 

The Auditorio de Tenerife is proud to announce the concert Romancero Bohemio, which will take place next Thursday [20th] at 7.30 p.m. This homage to love will be interpreted by the pianist Judith Jáuregui, born in San Sebastián, and the Catalonian ensemble Quartet Gerhard, with works by Robert Schumann, Franz Schubert, Franz Liszt, Granados, and Antonin Dvořák. The tickets can be purchased at a single price of 15 euros and 5 euros for audiences under 30 years.

The programme combines interpretations for concert piano, string quartet, and quintet, all paying tribute to love and its many moods, yearnings, and dreams.

Robert Schumann composed Myrthen in 1840, a collection of songs with texts written by Goethe, Rückert, Byron, Th. Moore, Heine, Burns and J. Mosen, which he dedicated and presented to his future wife Clara Wieck (subsequently Clara Schumann, according to German tradition) on the eve of their wedding. Among the pieces of this collection, Widmungconstitutes a direct declaration of love and intentions after a protracted legal dispute with the bride's father. Years later, the bride herself would arrange this piece to transform it into the solo piano version we shall hear in this recital.

Ständchen is the most popular of the songs from the Schwanengesang collection, composed by Schubert towards the end of his life. Nostalgia and sadness impregnate the piece, which on this occasion shall be the solo piano arrangement of Liszt, another great composer who dedicated some of his works to love. Among them, LiebestraumNo. 3 represents passion and unconditional love. Initially intended for soprano and piano, O lieb, so lang du lieben kannst was adapted for solo piano by Liszt himself.

Granados’ Piano Quintet in G minor represents delicacy and fragility, as well as the composer’s freshness and experimentation in his youth. It contrasts with the maturity of Dvořák in both Cypresses for String Quartet and his piano quintet, both composed in 1887. Cypresses is the composer’s arrangement of his collection of songs for soprano and piano, written when he was a young man. Retitled by Dvořák as Echo of Songs, the work exudes intimacy and serenity as it pays tribute to love from the perspective of maturity and the passing of time.

The recital will conclude with his Piano Quintet No. 2, one of the masterpieces of chamber music. Featuring a highly expressive piano, its four movements are imbued with the bohemian folklore that had a tremendous bearing on Dvořák’s artistic career throughout his life.

Born in San Sebastián in northern Spain, Judith Jáuregui has a multicultural background derived from her Basque mother and her Mexican father, who grew up in France. After initial studies in San Sebastián, she moved to Munich, Germany, to study with the Russian maestro Vadim Suchanov. An artist involved with chamber music, her most recent projects were in collaboration with the Mandelring Quartett, the Signum Quartett, the Gerhard Quartet, the violinist Soyoung Yoon and the cellist Nadège Rochat.

Quartet Gerhard has received several awards and is comprised of the violinists Lluis Castán and Judit Bardolet, the violist Miquel Jordà and the cellist Jesús Miralles. As a quartet, they were mainly influenced by Basel (Rainer Schmidt) and Berlin (Eberhard Feltz). In 2018, they graduated from a master’s programme at Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media with first-class honours.

The tickets are available on the website www.auditoriodetenerife.com, at the auditorium's box office or by dialling the phone number 902 317 327 from Monday to Friday from 10.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m., Saturdays from 10.00 a.m. to 2.00 p.m. There are discounts for students, unemployed and large families.