CHAMBER MUSIC FROM THE MALAGA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA AT THE PICASSO MUSEUM MALAGA
Event details
1 February 2026 until 14 July 2026
October 7, 2025 – July 14, 2026
With the twentieth anniversary of the longest-running musical cycle organized by the Malaga Philharmonic Orchestra (OFM) fast approaching, this nineteenth edition will see the doors of the Christine Ruiz-Picasso Auditorium reopen for a musical journey that, focusing on the richness of Central European tradition, will once again explore the ins and outs of jazz alongside various contemporary perspectives, without leaving behind Spanish and local composers.
All in all, this is a new edition of considerable interest which, perhaps, will seek to move the soul, as Frau and Arús mentioned in their legendary 19th-century encyclopedic work, in reference to the very definition of musical art, emphasizing the Greco-Latin cultural heritage that has so greatly influenced us as a civilization. In short, this is a new invitation to enjoyment and personal enrichment.
Chamber Music Series Program. OFM
Tuesday, February 3, 2026
7:00 p.m. OFM Trio
Flute: Jorge Francés
Viola: Francisco Ruiz
Harp: Miguel Ángel Sánchez
I
Arnold Bax (1883–1953)
Elegiac Trio
André Jolivet (1905–1974)
Petite Suite for flute, viola, and harp
II
Salvador Brotons i Soler (1959)
Ad infinitum, op. 13
Claude Debussy (1862–1918)
Sonata for flute, viola, and harp
Tuesday, March 3, 2025
7:00 p.m. OFM Sextet
Violins: Veliana Alexandrova and María Vizcaíno
Viola: Pablo Silvestre
Cello: Tilman Mahrenholz
Horns: Alexander Moutafchiev and José Luis Carro
Robert Schumann (1810–1856)
Quartet No. 1 in A minor, Op. 41 No. 1
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Sextet for two horns and string quartet in E-flat major, Op. 81b
Tuesday, April 14, 2026
7:00 p.m. Lunar Trio
Violin: Lucía Barrero Oliver
Horn: Ana Blanco Alañon
Piano: Teresa García Molero
I
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
Trio based on the Quintet in E-flat major, K. 407
II
Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
Trio for Horn, Violin, and Piano in E-flat major, Op. 40
Tuesday, May 12, 2026
7:00 p.m. Cellists of the OFM
Musicians: Tilman Mahrenholz, Carlos González, Violeta Albert, Carlos Puerto, Olga Tarasova, and María Eugenia Silguero.
I
Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924)
Tosca – E lucevan le stelle*
Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887–1959)
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 1
II
Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924)
Pavane in F-sharp minor, Op. 50*
Dmitry Shostakovich (1906–1975)
Suite for Variety Orchestra – Waltz No. 2*
Traditional (Spiritual) Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen*
Astor Piazzolla (1921–1992) Oblivion*
Paul Desmond (1924–1977) Take Five*
Édith Piaf (1915–1963) / Marguerite Monnot (1903–1961) Hymne à l’amour*
Duke Ellington (1899–1974) It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)*
Chabuca Granda (1920–1983) La flor de la canela*
Irving Caesar (1895–1996) / Vincent Youmans (1898–1946) Tea for Two*
Astor Piazzolla (1921–1992) Caliente*
Stephen Sondheim (1930 – 2021) / Leonard Bernstein (1918 – 1990) West Side Story – America
*Arrangements by various authors
Tuesday, June 9, 2026
7:00 p.m. OFM trumpet and percussion quartet
Millennium
Trumpets: Angel San Bartolomé, Steven Craven, David Llavata, and Juan Carlos Jerez.
Percussion: To be determined.
Tielman Susato (ca. 1510/15 – ca. 1570)
Danserye* (selection of dances)
Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 – 1759)
Sonata No. 5, Op. 1 in G major, HWV363b – Bourré**
Jean-Baptiste Loeillet de Londres (1680 – 1730) (attributed to J.B. Lully)
Lesson No. 1 in E minor – Air**
William Boyce (1711–1779)
Symphony No. 1 in B-flat major – Allegro
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) *London Notebook, K.15ff – Fugue in A minor ****
Ronald Lo Presti (1933–1985) Suite for Five Trumpets****
Peter Feil (1962–1985) Five Jazz Quartets
*Arranged by S. Craven **Arranged by Ronald C. Dishinger ***Arranged by K. Kaisershot ****Adapted for this ensemble
Tuesday, July 14, 2026
7 p.m. Soundswood
Clarinet / Bass clarinet: Marta Fitzsimmons Carnero
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