Concerts
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ECHOES FESTIVAL | Mario Prisuelos | Adalid: The Great Spanish Romantic | |
Thu 30 April 2026, 7.30pm |
'Prisuelos displays the sweetest expression and the most delicate touch.' Scherzo Magazine The distinguished Spanish pianist Mario Prisuelos guides us on a journey of lyricism, elegance, and depth in a programme that pays tribute to the bicentenary of Marcial del Adalid (1826-1881), considered the foremost exponent of Spanish Romantic piano music. A pupil of Ignaz Moscheles — himself an illustrious student of Ludwig van Beethoven — Adalid developed a unique musical language that blends Central European elegance with a deeply Spanish sensibility. Through Prisuelos’ interpretation, Adalid’s music — refined, evocative, and richly expressive — re-emerges with renewed vitality, inviting audiences to discover one of the most distinctive and captivating voices of the 19th century. Mario Prisuelos is widely regarded as one of the most relevant and versatile pianists of his generation — an international reference in Spanish piano repertoire and a committed advocate for the rediscovery of Spain’s musical heritage. His busy concert schedule and his commitment to contemporary music and interdisciplinary projects has taken him to some of the world’s leading venues, including Carnegie Hall in New York, the Auditorio Nacional in Madrid, IRCAM–Centre Pompidou in Paris, and the Teatro Solís, among many others. Marcial del Adalid Romances Without Words | Lament | Soirées d´automne à la ferme | Scherzo No. 3, Op. 24 in Eb Major Mario Prisuelos piano SNEAK PEEK Video Clip This is an ILAMS event organised in collaboration with the Instituto Cervantes and St Clement Danes as part of Echoes Festival 2026 TICKETS IN ADVANCE: £20 | £15 Concessions | £10 ILAMS Members | FREE to Friends of Echoes Festival (email info@ilams.org.uk to join) ON THE DOOR: £30 | £25 Concessions | £20 ILAMS Members | FREE to Friends of Echoes Festival (email info@ilams.org.uk to join) BOOKINGS MORE INFORMATION ilams.org.uk | londres.cervantes.es | stclementdanesraf.org | marioprisuelos.com
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ECHOES FESTIVAL | Alternative History Quartet: 'Amores pasados' | |
Wed 17 June 2026, 7.30pm |
'So compelling.’ Gramophone Alternative History are a unique quartet employing British Rock and Art Song to illuminate the music of the Renaissance, combining the collective sensibilities of singer John Potter, violinist-singer Anna Maria Friman and lutenists Jacob Herringman and Ariel Abramovich. Their ground-breaking work is inspired by the practice of Renaissance musicians rearranging the acappella polyphony of their predecessors and contemporaries for voices and lutes, envisioning a parallel universe where the Early Music movement happened in the 1920s, when songs and choral music by Warlock and Moeran are re-imagined as the lute songs these composers never actually wrote but might have heard in their heads. What results is a journey into the imagination; a sound picture of an alternative history. The programme 'Amores pasados' takes its name from the title piece by John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin) on the ensemble's eponymous second album - a work setting poetry from the three great ages of Spanish literature. The work is complemented by pieces dedicated specially to the ensemble by two other grandees of British Rock: Sting and Tony Banks (Genesis) - songwriters who more than hold their own with their British Renaissance predecessor also featured here, Thomas Campion. Known also for their celebrated recordings of Spanish Renaissance music, the quartet complete this musical gesture of British-Spanish cultural exchange with intabulations of works by Victoria and Morales, visualising them as they might have been performed in 17th-century England. John Paul Jones Amores pasados Anon Inviolata integra et casta es Tomas Luis de Victoria Inviolata integra et casta es Cristobel de Morales O magnum mysterium Ernest John Moeran River God’s Song | Oh Fair Enough are Sky and Plain | Under the Greenwood Tree Thomas Dunhill Had I the Heavens Embroidered Cloths Peter Warlock Corpus Christi Arvo Pärt Pari Intervallo Sting Bury me Deep Thomas Campion Oft have I Sighed Peter Erskine Ash and Snow Gavin Bryars Sonnet 128 Tony Banks That Time of Year Alternative History Quartet SNEAK PEEK! Video Clip This is an ILAMS concert organised in collaboration with the Instituto Cervantes and St Clement Danes with the kind support of the Continuo Foundation, as part of Echoes Festival 2026 TICKETS IN ADVANCE: £20 | £15 Concessions | £10 ILAMS Members | FREE to Friends of Echoes Festival (email info@ilams.org.uk to join) ON THE DOOR: £30 | £25 Concessions | £20 ILAMS Members | FREE to Friends of Echoes Festival (email info@ilams.org.uk to join) BOOKINGS MORE INFORMATION ilams.org.uk | londres.cervantes.es | stclementdanesraf.org
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