The Basque National Orchestra and Robert Trevino launch to the international market their new album, ‘Ravel 2’
The Ondine record label signs this album that includes the world's first recording of the orchestration by Pierre Boulez for the work ‘Frontispice’, as well as a complete recording of the ballet score ‘Ma mére l’Oye’.
It has already received the recognition of "excellent album" in the prestigious Gramophone Magazine. The album is available on all the main digital platforms.
More than 40 activities during the 22-23 Season of the Music Room series
The Basque National Orchestra presents and premières four productions in this new Season of its educational series: ‘Ondinaren magia’, a music, magic and fantasy show that will be launched these days; ‘Living Room Music’, a production cancelled last Season but is now restored; ‘Boléro’, with the great work by Ravel as the centrepiece; and ‘Elkarrekin sortu’, an audience-musicians collaborative technological-musical show.
The wide offering of Concerts for Schoolchildren and Family Concerts in San Sebastian and Vitoria-Gasteiz, which together form the main core of the series, will be completed with three open rehearsals and other activities.
The Miramon Matinées are back next Saturday 8 October
The Akelarre Abesbatza and Vocalia Taldea choirs, the ‘Living Room Music’ percussion show, the brass instruments of Cuivres en Pays Basque and many chamber ensembles with members of the Basque National Orchestra make up the 16 musical events of the new Miramon Matinées season, for which tickets are on sale.
Ensemble Oiasso will kick off the season next Saturday 8 October at 11:00, with a concert that includes Beethoven’s Septet as the main feature. Tickets are on sale at 11 euros for this event and for all others in the Season.
‘Concert & Screening’ in the Velodrome
The Basque National Orchestra, the SGAE Foundation and the San Sebastian Festival present the film music concert that the Basque National Orchestra is offering within the framework of the Festival.
After an absence of two years due to the pandemic, the first Saturday of the Festival, the Velodrome will open, as it has usually done, at noon for music lovers, film buffs and the general public, with a performance blending a symphonic interpretation of soundtracks and a medley of scenes from the films they belong to.
It will be an hour and a half of audio-visual delight on Saturday 17 September at 12 o’clock noon. Admission is free of charge.
Tickets for the 22-23 Season on sale
Tickets for all the 22-23 Season concerts are now on sale through the usual sales channels.
‘¡De película!’, film music with Hollywood stars
On 1 September at 20:00 in the Kursaal Auditorium, the Basque National Orchestra will turn out in its finest to perform the scores of the biggest box-office hits: ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’, ‘Titanic’, ‘Child's Play’, ‘The Mask’, ‘The King's Speech’, ‘Life is Beautiful’ and many more. Two dub actors will voice characters such as Jack Sparrow, Forrest Gump, George VI and Chucky and will add maximum authenticity to an exciting film music concert.
Tickets are already on sale for €25 on euskadikoorkestra.eus and at the Kursaal ticket booth.