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Organ concert
The organist from the ávila Cathedral will give the next Sol Mayor Organ Concert in Marbella
Marbella (Málaga), 16th September 2008
The Friends of the Sol Mayor Organ Association and the El Fuerte Foundation have organised a concert to be given by the organist Francisco Javier López García. The recital will take place on the 19th of September in the parish Church of Nuestra Señora de la Encarnación in Marbella at 9 p.m.
The organist will open the recital with a piece by Pablo Bruna "Tiento de ge sol re ut sobre la Letanía de la Virgen". He will continue by playing Johann Christoph Pachelbel's "Chaconne in F minor" before moving on to three pieces by Johann Sebastian Bach: "Fantasy and fugue in G minor BWV 542", "Coral Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme BWV 645" and "Prelude and fugue in C major, BWV 545". To end the recital, the organist will play his interpretation of Théodore Dubois's "In Paradisum", Tomás Garbizu's "Secuencia sobre Victimae Paschale Laudes" and Jehan Alain's "Litanies".
Francisco Javier López Gacia is the chief organist at the ávila Cathedral, a guest organist at Madrid's Almudena Cathedral and a Specialist Music Education Maestro. He has given concerts in cathedrals in Rome, Assisi, Astorga, Oporto and Cuidad Rodrigo, as well as in several series of organ music concerts: "Jovenes en concierto" (Young people in concert), "El sonido vivo" (The living sound) and "Ciclos vespertinos de Las Edades de Hombre" (A series of evening concerts from the Ages of Man). Besides his extensive musical training in the ávila Conservatoire and at the Royal Conservatoire of Music in Madrid, López Garcia has also worked with several choirs, such as the ágora Choir and the Santa Gregorian Choir, as well as RTVE soloists.
To all this has to be added his experience with accompanying soloists like Azucena López, Blanca Gómez, Sara Matarranz and the baritone Miguel Viñe. He has also accompanied the trumpeter Oscar Gonzalo Grande Pombo in a recording of historical music played on the Barco de ávila organ.
Friends of the Sol Mayor Organ Association
The Friends of the Sol Mayor Organ Association study the historical, technical and artistic aspects of the Sol Mayor Organ, and participate in its restoration, conservation and improvements. They also promote musical culture in schools, with the aim of giving the children a taste of what this instrument is like.
The Fuerte Foundation, presided over by Isabel García Bardon, took charge of the restoration of the organ at the La Encarnación Church and gave the organ maker Albert Blancafort the task of recuperating all of its acoustic characteristics, which have faded with the passage of time.
Grupo El Fuerte
Grupo El Fuerte currently has several business divisions: the hotel division with six hotels in Spain, located in Marbella, Conil, Grazalema and El Rompido; the property division with the Calaceite Residential Complex in Torrox; and the agricultural division, with a farm in Estepa (Seville). Grupo El Fuerte also owns the Interior Design Studio EID and the Fuerte Foundation, which participates in solving social problems in the areas that surround its properties.
Its dynamism and strength are reflected in the hotel division, with the forthcoming opening of a five star hotel complex in Jamaica; the opening in 2010 of the All Suites Hotel Fuerte La Herradura in Almuñecar; and project of expansion through the operation and management of independent establishments.
The Grupo El Fuerte is noted for its concern for excellence in tourism, care for the environment, constant innovation, continuous staff training and commitment to social and cultural development in its surroundings.