Contemplation: Music for quiet reflection

As part of the programme of activities taking place over Easter week in Madrid this year, the Eresma Guitar Duo will be giving two concerts titled Contemplation: Music for quiet reflection. The first will take place on Monday 23 March at the Parish Church of Santa Cruz and the second on Wednesday 25 March at the Royal Church of San Andrés Apóstol.

Programme for Contemplation: Music for quiet reflection

• I. RENAISSANCE PRELUDE (The arriving procession)
  The Flat Pavan – John Johnson (c.1545–1594)
• II. THE ROMANTIC LAMENT (Pain and memory)
  Nänien Trauerlieder – Johann Kaspar Mertz (1806–1856)
  I. Am Grabe der Geliebten (At the Grave of the Beloved)
  II. Ich denke dein (I think of you)
• III. INTIMATE BAROQUE (Spirituality in Europe)
  Sonata K.9 in E minor – Domenico Scarlatti (1685–1757)
  Les Tendres Plaintes – Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683–1764)
  Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ (Coral BWV 639) – J.S. Bach (1685–1750)
• IV. CLASSIC ELEGANCE (Dialogue between two guitars)
  Sonata No. 55: Largo – Domenico Cimarosa (1749–1801)
  Sonata No. 28 – Domenico Cimarosa
  Duo op. 34 No. 2 in G Major – Ferdinando Carulli (1770–1841)
• SPANISH EPILOGUE (The light behind the shadow)
  Introduction and Fandango - Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805)