65th San Sebastian Festival

AUDIOVISUAL PLEASURE. The Basque National Orchestra, the Fundación SGAE and the San Sebastian Festival present the concert of film music given by the Basque Orchestra in the framework of the Festival. This year too, on the first Saturday of the Festival the Velodrome opens its doors at midday to music lovers, film buffs and the general public in an event combining the symphony performance of soundtracks with scenes from their corresponding films. This will be 90 minutes of “audiovisual pleasure”.

The concert combines adaptations of music composed for the films El laberinto del fauno (Pan’s Labyrinth) (by Guillermo del Toro), Bienvenido Mr. Marshall (Welcome Mr. Marshall!) (by Luis García Berlanga), O Apóstolo (The Apostle) (by Fernando Cortizo), Nur eta herensugearen tenplua (Nur and the Dragon Temple) (by the recently deceased Juanba Berasategi, to whom a tribute is paid) and Los Borgia (The Borgia) (by Antonio Hernández). Said scores are the work of Javier Navarrete, Jesús García Leoz, Xavi Font, Joserra Senperena and Ángel Illarramendi; some of the composers will attend the concert and take to the stage to present their work.

Under the baton of José Miguel Pérez-Sierra, the Basque National Orchestra will be accompanied by the solo voices of Nora Goyalde (mezzo-soprano) and Sergio Falque (bass), and the Orfeón Donostiarra choir. The amalgam of images screened simultaneously on the 400m2 screen was created specifically for this concert by Morgan Crea.

Admission is free although an invitation must be collected from September 16-22 from the San Sebastian Festival information points in the Kursaal Centre and the Plaza Okendo, from 9:00-20:00, or from the Donostia Turismo office from Monday to Saturday, 9:00-20:00 and Sunday, from 10:00-19:00. Tickets will be available until all seats are taken.