'Gragera possesses innate musicality bordering on the magnetic.''

El País

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Spanish mezzo-soprano Elena Gragera is known for her themed programming and her long-standing commitment to Spanish music. Accompanied by Antón Cardó on the piano, she offers a programme celebrating two of 2016's most important anniversaries: Spanish Golden-Age author, Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616) and Romantic Spanish composer, Enrique Granados (1867-1916), whilst also giving a taste of her broad discography, which champions the song catalogues of lesser-known Hispanic authors such as Joaquín Nin-Culmell, Ernesto Halffter and Robert Gerhard, and also includes Canciones para Don Quijote (Songs for Don Quixote) released on the Columna Música label.

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Roberto Gerhard Por do pasaré la sierra

Federico Mompou Cantar del alma

Enrique Granados Canciones amatorias (Selection) | Tonadillas en estilo antiguo (Selection) | Cançó d´amor | Canto gitano
Joaquín Rodrigo Villancicos: 'Pastorcito santo'

Leonardo Balada Tres cervantinas: 'Bailan las gitanas'

Ernesto Halffter Canción de Dorotea

Joaquín Nin-Culmell Canciones de la barraca: 'Siempre escogen las mujeres' | Vete, vete pícaro hablador

Hugo Wolf Spanisches Liederbuch: 'Köpfchen, köpfchen, nicht gewimmert'

 

Elena Gragera mezzo soprano

Antón Cardó piano

 

Organised by ILAMS in collaboration with St James's Piccadilly and the Spanish Song and Zarzuela Festival with the kind support of Acción Cultural Española and the Instituto Cervantes