Concert-Tribute to Ernesto Bitetti for his 80th birthday

The Academy, in collaboration with a large group of artists, pays tribute to guitarist Ernesto Bitetti on the occasion of his 80th anniversary.

The Spanish-Argentine guitarist Ernesto Bitetti has been one of the most active performers on the international guitar scene, endowed with exceptional technique, a beautiful sound and great interpretive maturity.

Program
Federico Garcia Lorca (1898-1936)
Old Spanish Songs (1931)
[Selection and arrangement by Francisco Javier Jáuregui] (10')

Chinitas Coffee
the four muleteers
lullaby of seville
The Kings of the Deck
[Guðrún Ólafsdóttir (mezzo-soprano) and Francisco Javier Jáuregui (guitar)]

Ralph Vaughan-Williams (1872-1958)
Six Studies in English Folk Songs (8') (1926)
[María Martínez (cello) and Ignacio Prego (piano)]

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Allemande and Sarabande from Partita No. 2 in D minor BWV 1004 (10’) (1717–1723)

[Anabel García del Castillo (violin)]

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
2 Duets for 2 violins KV. 487 (7') (1786)
Carlos Gardel (1890-1935)
For a head (tango) (1935)
[Arrangement for 2 violins by Diego Collati] (2'30)

[Anabel García del Castillo (violin) and Laura García del Castillo (violin)]

Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983)
Song of the Tree of Oblivion from two songs op. 3 (3') (1938)

[Guðrún Ólafsdóttir (mezzo-soprano) and Santiago Serrate (piano)]

Mauro Giuliani (1781-1829)
Great Overture, Op. 61 (8') (1814)

[Hayoung Lee (guitar)]

Manuel María Ponce (1882 – 1948)
Sonatina Meridional (9’) (1930)

[Javier Somoza (guitarra)]