The week-long event concluded Saturday with a sold-out family-oriented concert

 

The Sinfónica de Tenerife continues reaching out to new audiences with associated undertakings, such as its recent concerts for schoolchildren and families. The events, which met with enough enthusiasm to sell all tickets, were designed to appeal to families, children and adults alike. The evocatively titled concert Caracol, saca la tuba al sol (Snail, play your tuba under the sun!) brought generations together to enjoy classical music. It was specially presented to capture the imagination of spectators of all ages.

The work was interpreted, scripted and narrated by Ana Hernández Sanchiz, who thrilled audiences with a magical listening experience. She dedicated the work to preschool students and families with young children. Special emphasis was placed on the tuba, an instrument whose size and sound often fascinate children. the youngest audience participated in the concerts, singing and clapping throughout the musical story.

The concert for preschool students was held on Wednesday and Thursday in the Chamber Hall of the Auditorio de Tenerife, where 1,549 children from 26 schools and 9 municipalities attended the four concerts. The concerts were also held at the Auditorio of Guía de Isora last Friday, 15 November, before a public of 139 students, and two sold-out concerts were performed on Saturday morning, one for infants and toddlers and another for older children.

The concerts were performed by the Chamber Quintet of the Sinfónica de Tenerife orchestra, composed of Eduardo Langarica and Laura Espinos on violins; The Chamber Quintet of the Sinfónica de Tenerife orchestra performing this concert comprises the violinists Eduardo Langarica and Laura Espinos, the violist Álvaro Godoy, the cellist Joanna Hetherington, double bass Aron Taylor, and finally Eduardo Martín on tuba. The program of this top cast included Antonín Dvořák's Humoresque, the Polka pizzicato by Johann Strauss (Jr.) and Josef Strauss. The orchestra performed the Suite Concertante by Christer Danielsson and the Chinese Dance from The Nutcracker by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky to finish the concert.