Nurial Rial, Artemandoline - Entre Voix et Mandoline

Nuria Rial, sopranoArtemandolineJuan Carlos Muñoz et Mari Fe Pavón, direction FALCONIERI, RIBAYAZ, SCARLATTI, MARIN, SANTIAGO DE MURCIA, ARAJA…From Naples to Madrid So-called learned music has never ceased to…

Nuria Rial, soprano

Artemandoline

Juan Carlos Muñoz and Mari Fe Pavón, direction

FALCONIERI, RIBAYAZ, SCARLATTI, MARIN, SANTIAGO DE MURCIA, ARAJA…

From Naples to Madrid

So-called learned music has never ceased to draw its inspiration from the melodies and dances, and even the sonorities, of popular traditions. This was particularly true in the Baroque era, when the great voyages between the Old and New Worlds added a further dimension, woven from rhythms and shimmering colours (Ribayaz is a magnificent example of this). The mandolin was the very embodiment of this cross-cultural blend, Neapolitan in its most widespread identity, moving between Naples and Spain. While Italy gradually asserted its musical supremacy, especially in vocal music, over the entire continent, the Iberian peninsula retained its distinctive sound: Andrea Falconieri and Domenico Scarlatti superbly illustrate this phenomenon. It is on a fascinating musical journey along the shores of the Mediterranean that the very brilliant ensemble Artemandoline invites us, directed from the mandolin by Juan Carlos Muñoz and Mari Fe Pavón, joined by the luminous Nuria Rial, a true icon of Spanish singing.