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Tomás Bretón, Joaquín Larregla, Constancia Comín, Isabel Ballo, Cecilia Ballo, Pilar Bayona, and other unidentified people. 1912, Saragossa.
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LA BRETONIANA
Saragossa Asociación
Bretoniana offered its first concert. As the newspaper "Diario de avisos"
said:
" With an outstanding and large audience" signed by Fausto Gavín.
All the plays performed were composed by Tomás Bretón, born in Salamanca,
and most of them were conducted by the author. Bretón was the Asociación Bretoniana
"godfather",
being its chairman the writer and universitary professor Mariano Baselga.
The orchestra was set up with Saragossa musiciens, and they was rehearsing
the programme for five months. For this rehearsal the conductor was José Orós.
The orchestra first violin was Constancia Comín; Among the strings were Isabel
and Cecilia Ballo, and the piano parts were supported by Eugenia Larroyed
and Pilar Bayona.
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Concert programme
(1912, October the 21th)
First Part:
-
"Guzmán el Bueno" Opera's prelude
(conducted by Bretón)
- Serenade "En la
Alhambra" (conducted by Bretón)
- "La Verbena
de la Paloma" Fantasy
(conducted by José Orós, the Bretoniana usual
conductor)
-"Spring" Orchestra and
Choir
(Young women Saragossa
Orfeón)
Second Part:
-
"Suite Andaluza", (four parts: bolero, polo gitano,
marcha and zapateado)
Third Part:
- "Garín"
Opera's sardana (conducted by Bretón)
- "A la muerte de mi
madre", Saragossa Orfeón
(conducted by Ramón
Salvador)
End:
- "Pasacalle y Gran Jota
de la Dolores" performed
by the orchestra,
the Saragossa Orfeón and
"Pignatelli" group of serenaders.
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