Pax-salon Mailing List: Fwd: Garcia Lorca in Saint Paul!

[patty (pattypax]

since the Salon has a poetry night once a month, i wanted you all to  
know about this poetry eve.  patty

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> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 
> > Media Contacts:  Pat Courtemanche / (612) 746-1776 / >  
> pat_court [at] yahoo.com        
> >                                Melis Arik / (612) 384-4122 / >  
> birchswinger2 [at] gmail.com                     
> >   
> > Minnesota sur Seine Music Festival presents an evening of Federico >  
> Garcia Lorca 
> >   
> > When: Friday, May 16, 2008 at 8:00 PM 
> > Where:           Central Presbyterian Church  St Paul, MN 55101 
> > Price:  $12; All ages 
> > Information:  www.surseine.org or (651) 292-9746 
> >   
> > Minnesota sur Seine devotes a very special night to the art of >  
> Federico Garcia Lorca (b. 1898, d. 1936).  Garcia Lorca was a Spanish  
> > poet and dramatist, also remembered as a painter, pianist, and >  
> composer. An emblematic member of the Generation of '27 (a group of >  
> writers who embraced the avant-garde), he was killed by Nationalist >  
> partisans at the age of 38 at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War.   
> > Although the Nationalists may have seen him as a left-wing enemy, >  
> history has treated him as possibly the greatest poet and dramatist of  
> > 20th century Spain.  This special evening will celebrate Garcia >  
> Lorca’s songs (Tony Hymas, Jef Lee Johnson, Michelle Kinney, >  
> Jacqueline Ultan), his poetry (Violeta Ferrer & Raymond Boni) and the  
> > Flamenco culture (Gabriel Gonzalez & Miguel Linares) that influenced  
> > his work. 
> >   
> > Songs of Federico Garcia Lorca arranged by Tony Hymas 
> > Tony Hymas (piano); Jef Lee Johnson (guitar); Michelle Kinney  
> (cello), > Jacqueline Ultan (cello) 
> >   
> > Pianist Tony Hymas began exploring the rich depths of the poetry of  
> > Federico Garcia Lorca when he joined the French/English/Spanish >  
> collective ensemble Los Incontrolados – a project which includes two >  
> other artists from this evening’s showcase, Violeta Ferrer and Miguel  
> > Linares. The first performance of this evening highlights Hymas’ >  
> talent as a composer, opening with a suite of his own arrangements of  
> > songs collected or written by Lorca and played by a quartet  
> including > Hymas on piano, Philadelphia guitarist Jef Lee Johnson and  
> the two > Twin Cities cellists of JelloSlave, Michelle Kinney and  
> Jacqueline > Ultan. 
> >  
>                                                                         
> >                                  
> > Poemas de Federico Garcia Lorca 
> > Violeta Ferrer, poetry; Raymond Boni, guitar 
> > 
> > Violeta Ferrer performs her first American recital since a New York  
> > appearance in 1962.  Ferrer grew up in Spain, a child of libertarian  
> > dreams and actions; her parents were anarchist teachers working to >  
> develop rationalist schools in pre-Franco Spain. In this evening’s >  
> performance, through the poems of Federico Garcia Lorca and other >  
> Spanish anarchist writers, Ferrer pays tribute to the ideals of the >  
> fight against fascism during the Spanish Civil War – a struggle that >  
> ended in the victory of Franco and the Nationalist forces, >  
> establishment of the dictatorship in 1939, and the displacement of >  
> countless refugees, including Ferrer and her mother, who settled in >  
> France. 
> >   
> > In exile, Garcia Lorca’s poems continually linked Ferrer to the  
> Spain > of her heart. In 1945, she began performing his poetry to  
> support > Spanish refugees and resisters rescued from Nazi  
> concentration camps > in Germany. In the 1950s, she recorded several  
> albums of Lorca’s > poetry with guitarist Paco Juanas. In the 1980s,  
> producer Jean Rochard > recorded her Poemas de Federico Garcia Lorca  
> with pianist Francois > Tusques and guitarist Raymond Boni. In 1996,  
> Ferrer and Boni > participated in the “Buenaventura Durruti” recording  
> project, a > tribute to the memory of the Spanish anarchist killed in  
> the Civil > War. Ferrer feels a particular affection for Boni, a  
> guitar genius > with whom she shares a gypsy sensitivity. In Minnesota  
> sur Seine, they > reunite for an intense, intimate, and personal view  
> of Lorca’s deep > song. 
> >   
> > Flamenco music 
> > Gabriel Gonzalez, vocals; Miguel Linares, guitar 
> >   
> > Born in 1979, by age 15 Gabriel Gonzalez was singing in Jerez de la  
> > Frontera, the ne plus ultra Flamenco city. His skill and passion put  
> > him in great demand throughout Cadiz province and shortly he was >  
> performing to great applause in Madrid clubs such as Casa Patas, Las >  
> Tablas, and El Corral de la Moreria. In 2000, Gonzalez performed for >  
> six months at a Flamenco club in Osaka. Back in Spain, he sang with >  
> dance master “El Guito” while continuing to tour Europe, Asia, and >  
> America. Currently residing in Cadiz, Gonzalez continues to perform >  
> and to teach Flamenco dance. 
> >   
> > Miguel Linares 
> > Impressing a guitar star such as Al Di Meola when you are 11 years  
> old > is a good start to a musical career. That’s just what Miguel  
> Linares > did in 1981, when he took part in guitar festivals in Liège,  
> Vienna, > and Paris. Soon he was playing professionally in the Arte  
> Flamenco > ensemble with Juan Maria “Marote” Chaqueton and Antonio  
> Reyes. From > 1984 through 1987, he performed at the famous Zambra in  
> Madrid with > great dancers such as Cristobal Reyes, Joaquin Cortés,  
> Adrian Galia, > Joaquin Grilo, and Antonio Canales. His guitar playing  
> also took him > to Tokyo, where he accompanied the now sadly missed  
> dancer Raul. Later > adventures found him mixing flamenco and jazz  
> with Jorge Pardo. In > 1999, he joined Los Incontrolados with Violeta  
> Ferrer and a collective > of English, Spanish, and French jazz and hip  
> hop musicians. Miguel > Linares plays today with the company of Rafael  
> Aguilar. 
> >   
> > More Information.  An Evening of Federico Garcia Lorca is part of  
> the > Minnesota sur Seine Music. For complete information on the >  
> performance, tickets, or the Minnesota sur Seine Festival, please >  
> visit the website, www.surseine.org or call (651) 292-9746.  Minnesota  
> > sur Seine runs from May 15 – 25, 2008, featuring improvisational  
> jazz, > hip-hop, Celtic, rock, world music, spoken word performances  
> and more. 
> >   
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