dimecres, 9 de juliol del 2025

LEDESMA, Nicolás (1791-1883) - Stabat Mater (1837)

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Nicolás Ledesma (1791-1883) - Stabat Mater (1837)
Performers: Paloma Pérez Iñigo (soprano); J. Mecharri (tenor); R. Salaberria (bass);
Orquesta del Festival Internacional de LOIOLA; Javier Bello-Portu (1920-2004, conductor)

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Spanish composer. He was a choirboy at Tarazona Cathedral, where he was taught music by Francisco Javier Gibert and José Angel Martinchique. He later moved to Zaragoza, where he studied the organ with Ramón Ferreñac. From an early age he was organist and choirmaster in various collegiate churches: Borja (1807), Tafalla (1809), Calatayud (where he is known to have been about 1824) and finally Bilbao (1830), where he remained until his death. He was a prolific composer of masses, Lamentations, motets and villancicos. Although his music reflects the bombastic and theatrical tendencies of his age, he had a sound technique and a certain nobility of invention. He was also active with Hilarión Eslava in efforts to renew and purify religious music.

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