Spring Concert at the UAB

The Spring Concert will offer a broad and diverse musical journey, which will connect tradition, classicism and contemporaneity through works from different eras and styles.

The UAB Choir and Chamber Choir, directed by Poire Vallvé, will begin the concert with a trip to the Renaissance thanks to Con qué la lavaré, by Juan Vásquez, and will continue with a contemporary revision of the traditional Catalan melody La dama d’Aragó, with arrangements by Aran Monserdà and Helena Leiva. The choir will then move on to more contemporary languages ​​with Better Days, a choral adaptation of a modern metal piece, and with Entre el espanto y la ternura, a work by Beatriz Corona on verses by Silvio Rodríguez. The second part of the repertoire will include 20th century classics such as Over the Rainbow and Autumn Leaves, before delving into the jazz universe of Duke Ellington with a choral suite made up of emblematic pieces such as Take the “A” Train, Satin Doll, Lush Life, Things Ain’t What They Used to Be and Perdido.

The UAB Orchestra, conducted by Jesús Badia, will perform Franz Joseph Haydn's Symphony No. 83, La Poule, from the ‘Paris’ symphonies. The work stands out for its combination of brilliance, elegance and expressive vitality. The orchestral programme will continue with Béla Bartók’s Romanian Folk Dances, written from popular melodies collected by the Hungarian composer at the beginning of the 20th century. The concert will end with one of Astor Piazzolla’s most renowned tangos.

The concert will end with a joint performance by the UAB orchestra and choirs of the Kyrie from the Missa Alma Redemptoris Mater, an 18th-century work by the Montserrat monk Anselm Viola, considered one of the most outstanding figures of Catalan classicism.