A Russian and an Australian meet in London on October 27, 2009 to perform together works by Joaquín Rodrigo

Brilliant concert by the young artists Lena Semenova and Edward Neeman to a full house at St. Martin-in-the-Fields that acclaimed their masterful performance of Joaquín Rodrigo’s works for violin and for piano:

Siete canciones valencianas (violin and piano)
Preludio al gallo mañanero (piano)
Capriccio (violin)
Sonata pimpante (violin and piano)

October 27, November 3 and 5:

Masterclasses for studens of Dept. of Vocal and Operatic Studies given by Patricia Rozario.

November 5 :

Evening recital of Rodrigo's songs
Birmingham Conservatoire Recital Hall, 19:30

Lecture with Graham Wade: 'Perspectives on Joaquín Rodrigo, ten years after his death'.
7.00 pm, Canning House (2 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8PG)

'Aranjuez mon amour': The life and music of Joaquín Rodrigo in his own words, with Cecilia Rodrigo and Carlos Bonell.

Cecilia Rodrigo introduces and reads a fascinating collection of letters and essays written by her father, composer Joaquín Rodrigo, with a script compiled by guitarist Carlos Bonell. Narration in English.

Programme to include:
· Zarabanda lejana
· Fandango (from Tres piezas españolas)
· Sonata a la bolero
· Ya se van los pastores
· Pequeña sevillana
· En los trigales
· Adagio (from Concierto de Aranjuez)
· Peteneras (Regino Sainz de la Maza)
· Gaspar Sanz (Selection of pieces that inspired Fantasía para un gentilhombre)
· Manuel de Falla (Homenaje a Debussy)

The Spanish Moreno Gistain Piano Duo perform Rodrigo and other four-handed works inspired by Hispania

Capriccio brillante on the Jota Aragonesa (Mikhail Glinka)
Maurische Fantasie (Moritz Moszkowski)
Capriccio Espagnol (Nicolai Rimsky Korsakov)
Sonatina para dos muñecas (Joaquín Rodrigo)
Juglares (Joaquín Rodrigo)
Rapsodie Espagnole (Maurice Ravel)
Two Spanish dances from La vida breve (Manuel de Falla)
Tanguitis (Alfredo Rugeles)

7.30 pm
Bolivar Hall (54&58 Grafton Way, London W1T 5DL)

Coro Cervantes: 'The Sacred made music'
Conductor: Carlos Fernández Aransay
Guitar: Fábio Zanon
Baroque harp: Frances Kelly
Soprano: Debra Skeen
Shawn: Sally Jackson
Piano: Helen Glaisher-Hernández

Part I
Meditations on Death (T. Luis de Victoria)
Versa est in luctum (Miguel Juan Marqués)
¡Ay, qué dolor! (Joan Cererols)
O Crux (Fernando Sor)
Christus factus est (Vicente Goicoechea)
Salmo VI del Oficio de Difuntos (Isaac Albéniz)
Via crucis (Carlos Suriñach)
Romancero gitano (Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco)

Part II
O vos omnes (Pablo Casals)
Cantal del alma (Federico Mompou)
Ave María (Tomás Luis de Victoria)
Soberana María (Mateo Romero)
Salve Regina en Ecos (Joan Cererols)
Ave María (Joaquín Rodrigo)
Vos en Belén, Si quieres subir al cielo (Antón García Abril)
¡Terremoto, qué ruido! (Juan Bautista Comes)

7.30 pm
St John's Square (London SW1P 3HA)

International Joaquín Rodrigo Competition Winners I:
Lena Semenova, violin, and Edward Neeman, piano.

Siete canciones valencianas (piano)
Preludio al gallo mañanero (piano)
Capriccio (violín)
Sonata pimpante (violin)

St. Martin-in-the-Fields
Trafalgar Square (London WC2N 4JJ)

International Joaquín Rodrigo Competition Winners II:
Edward Neeman (piano)

Sonata Ballade (Roy Agnew)
Sonata in C major, Op. 1 (Johannes Brahms)
Bachangó (Ricardo López)
Fantasía Betica (Manuel de Falla)
Cuatro estampas andaluzas (Joaquín Rodrigo)

Bolivar Hall (54&58 Grafton Way, London W1T 5DL)

Featuring daughter, Cecilia Rodrigo, and guitarist Carlos Pérez

Three days dedicated to:

The life story and less familiar works of Joaquin Rodrigo

Performances by students, faculty members and invited musicians

A special concert by the University Orchestra and guitarist Carlos Pérez, performing Rodrigo's Concierto para una fiesta
At the Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall at UTEP

Alicia Alonso, director of the Ballet Nacional de Cuba, premiered her choreography of Joaquín Rodrigo's "Concierto Serenata" for harp and orchestra on June 4, 2008 in Havana, Cuba.
The ballet, under the title of "Serenata Goyesca", will take place in the Sala García Lorca of the Gran Teatro de La Habana, as part of the 20th Festival La Huella de España. It was presented again during the Festival Internacional de Ballet de La Habana, which started October 28, 2008.

On February 28, 2008, a group of Professor Ana Benavides’ students from the Joaquín Turina Conservatory of Madrid visited the headquarters of the Victoria and Joaquín Rodrigo Foundation, the composer’s home which is preserved as a museum, and gave a recital, on the Maestro’s own piano, together with a series of comments on his life and works, in a festive celebration of Joaquín Rodrigo’s music.

El MIDEM celebra al Maestro Joaquín Rodrigo en formato audiovisual, y lanza la recién descubierta Toccata

Cecilia Rodrigo and the RNE-Radio 3 journalist, José Miguel López, during the interview broadcasted life from the Radio France stand at MIDEM.

Published by Susaeta, within the collection Making music with..., this charming book for children with text by Montse Sanuy and illustrations by Violeta Monreal. Includes a CD with fragments of music by the composer.

On September 21, 2006, the Mayor of Aranjuez presented Cecilia Rodrigo the
Tourism Prize "City of Aranjuez", awarded to Joaquín Rodrigo.

In the first edition of the Tourism Prizes "City of Aranjuez" the winner was
given a small statue, created by the artist Mauricio Jimenez Larios.

The City Council of Almenara, Castellón, has given the name of Joaquín Rodrigo to a plaza in one of the new expansion areas of the city. A sculpture was commissioned as a tribute to the composer.

The tribute took place on July 1, 2006, together with the ceremony whereby the town of Quartell was declared sister city to Almenara. The Band from Quartell performed several pieces together with the Band of the Santa Cecilia Musical Association of Almenara.