The Arlington
Central Library
Invites
You to Celebrate
Hispanic
Heritage Month
with
Guitarist Francesc de Paula Soler
and
Wednesday,
October 3, 2001 at 7:30PM
Arlington Central
Library
About the Artists
Born
in 1949, in the heart of a Spanish artistic family, Soler started his musical
studies at the age of six.He has
been the recipient of numerous prizes and awards. Regarding his wide international
activity as a performer, the critics - calling him “Poet of the Guitar”-
have hailed Soler as the most notable name in the new generation of Spanish
guitarists.His Guitar Collection
(Book and CD) can be obtained through Mel Bay Publications.
Poet Rei Berroa, born in the Dominican Republic, teaches Spanish Literature and Literary Criticism at George Mason University. He is the author of Book of Fragments (Calcutta 1990), Libro de los fragmentos (Buenos Aires 1988), Los otros (Santo Domingo 1983), among other books. Professor Berroa was last seen at the Arlington Library leading the book discussions on “Latino Voices in the United States.”
Words
in Music / Music in Words
Anonymous
Ballads from the Romancero
Cruz
cruzada (Arcipreste de Hita, 1298-1343)
Sor
Juana Ines de la Cruz (1698-1751)
Antonio
Machado (1875-1939)
Miguel
Hernandez (1910-1942)
Pablo
Neruda (1904-1973)
Federico
Garcia Lorca (1898-1936)
II
Guitar
Anonymous
(Bolivia) BOLIVIAN
FOLK SONG *
Manuel
M. Ponce (México)SCHERZINO
MEXICANO
Leo
Brouwer (Cuba)DANZA
CARACTERISTICA
Joao
Pernambuco (Brasil)SOUNDS
OF BELLS *
Antonio
Lauro (Venezuela)SEIS
POR DERECHO *
Pablo
Escobar (Paraguay)CHOPI
*
Isaías
Savio (Uruguay)BATUCADA
*Revision and harmonization by Francesc
de Paula SOLER.
Guitar by ESTRUCH
(Spain) Strings G.H.S. Vanguard
III
Rei Berroa’s Poetry
Introduction
Fragmento
1
Fragmento
2
Fragmento
8
Fragmento
11 “Corva la ciudad, en ruinas el cultivo”
Fragmento
14 “El indice, los ojos, el pulgar”
Fragmento
15
Fragmento
18 “El anafre, la tinaja y el baston”
Nada
es este hueco sin tus manos
Payaso
El
don del desgraciado
Con
respecto a cierta actividad de las palomas
Three
Variations on the Theme of Peace and Dove
This
program is also sponsored by the Ministry of Culture of The Embassy of
Spain.