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| What's new Xavier Pagès conducts the Sinaloa of the Arts Orchestra | Culiacan, Sinaloa (Mexico) | 8th of October of 2009. Xavier Pages is invited to conduct the third concert of the autumn season of the Sinaloa of the Arts Symphony Orchestra, at the Pablo de Villavicencio Theater of Culiacán, Mexico. The program of the concert includes the full version of El sombrero de tres picos and El Amor brujo of Manuel de Falla (with the collaboration of the mezzo-soprano María Luisa Tamez), Catalonia of Isaac Albéniz, and Capriccio Spagnol of Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Collaboration with Cesc Gelabert in the official celebration of the 11th of September | Barcelona (Spain) | 11th of September of 2009. This year the Cobla Sant Jordi conducted by Xavier Pagès, has collaborated in the official celebration of the "Diada", accompanying Cesc Gelabert, a prestigious contemporary dancer. In this celebration were present the main political presonalities of Catalonia, included both Presidents of the Parliament and Generalitat, and collaborated musicians such as Albert Guinovart, Llibert Fortuny, Jordi Casas with the Chamber Choir of the Palau de la Música Catalana, Sílvia Pérez Cruz, Peret and Noa, and actors like Rosa Novell, Montserrat Carulla, Enric Majó, Joan Ollé and Joan Margarit. Festival Castell de Peralada 2009 | Peralada, Girona (Spain) | 19th of July of 2009. Performance in the Castell de Peralada Festival, in a program of Catalan music in which dance has and important role. Xavier Pagès with the Cobla Sant Jordi and Marcel Sabaté with the Cobla City of Girona, accompany the Esbart Dansaire of Rubí, the Company of Carles Ibáñez and Cesc Gelabert. Monographic on Lamote de Grignon en el Palau de la Música | Barcelona (Spain) | 7th of February of 2009. Xavier Pagès conducts the Cobla Sant Jordi in a monographic on works by Joan and Ricard Lamote de Grignon. In the same concert his sardana Ceraunia is performed. Xavier Pagès conducts the Sant Jordi Cobla at L'Auditori of Barcelona | Barcelona (Spain) | 13th of December of 2008 and 31st of January of 2009. Xavier Pagès conducts two of the three concerts of the cobla music cycle co-produced by L'Auditori of Barcelona and the Sant Jordi Cobla. On the 31st of January, he also premieres his latest creation, a concerto work for flabiol and cobla. Bruna de nit at the Metropol Theater of Tarragona | Metropol Theater — Tarragona (Spain) | 8th and 9th of November of 2008. The producer from Tarragona, Drama9, performs Bruna de nit with music by Xavier Pagès and libretto by Joan Duran. There will be only two performances at the Metropol Theatre of Tarragona, the 8th and 9th of November of 2008, at 21:30 and 19:00h, respectively. On the 8th of November, the composer Ramon Humet will offer a introductory session to the opera. Tickets at the Metropol Theater and on-line at Servicaixa. Drama9 begins Bruna de nit's rehearsals | Tarragona (Spain) | 31st of July of 2008. Preparatory rehearsals for the stage production of Bruna de nit have begun. Performances will be on 8th and 9th of November at the Teatre Metropol of Tarragona with the collaboration of Camerata XXI Orchestra. Premiere of A trip to Jupiter at the Castell de Peralada Festival | Peralada — Girona (Spain) | 27th of July of 2008. Premiere of A trip to Jupiter by Xavier Pagès on a silent film of the same title by the cineaste Segundo de Chomón. Performers are the Sant Jordi Cobla — City de Barcelona, conducted by the composer. Xavier Pagès conducts the Philharmonic Orchestra of Mendoza | Mendoza (Argentina) | 27th of June of 2008. Xavier Pagès conducts a Spanish and Argentinean music concert at the Teatro Independencia of Mendoza. Works by Manuel de Falla, Joaquín Turina, Enric Granados, Juan Crisóstomo de Arriaga, Carlos Aguirre and Xavier Pagès (Despertaferro, for orchestra). Eduardo Isaac performs as solo guitarist. Premiere of Cant Espiritual at the Palau de la Música | Barcelona (Spain) | 10th of May of 2008. Premiere of Cant Espiritual with music by Xavier Pagès on a text by Josep Palau i Fabre. Performers are the Sant Jordi Cobla — City de Barcelona, the Sant Jordi Choir, the organist David Malet and the percussionists Santi Molas and Joan Torras, conducted by the composer. |
