Ismael Jordi / Reseñas

The recital began with three songs by the mythical Sevillian tenor, composer and pedagogue Manuel García, in which the panache and grace with which the Jerez tenor repelled "Caramba" from Caprichos lricos española and "Floris" on the composer's text stood out, as well as the way he tasted the beautiful “Parad, avecillas” on a text by Meléndez Valdés belonging, like the previous one, to the Chansons espagnoles collection . Between the first and second pieces Jordi addressed the public to celebrate, as he deserves, that the Zarzuela theater. Another illustrious Andalusian, the magnificent Sevillian composer Joaquín Turina, appeared next with three pieces. Ismael Jordi highlighted the raciality, passionate accents and deep Andalusianism of the best Law of "Longings", as well as the intense religious devotion of the "Saeta in the form of Salve" on the Álvarez Quintero text, in addition to adequately reproducing the difficult coloratura, which evokes the folklore of cante "jondo", in "Cantares", number three of the Poem in the form of songs, Op. 19 on texts by Ramón de Campoamor. Rubén Fernández Aguirre was confident and always collaborating with the soloist throughout the night and his fine and elegant ways shone in his two solo piano pieces, especially in Francis Poulenc's fabulous Improvisation 15. Hommage à Édith Piaf. After offering this piece, Fernández Aguirre also addressed the public, particularly Daniel Bianco, artistic director of the Teatro de la Zarzuela, to thank him for rescheduling this recital and for continuing the Theater's activity despite the nightmare in the form of a pandemic. that we continue to live.