The Music Band of Hope Goes to Rome

Rome/The Esperanza Music Band will accompany its patron saint in the Great Procession of Rome taking place this Saturday, May 17. The 110 musicians comprising the group will arrive this Friday in the capital of Rome by plane, while their instruments will be transported by road, accompanied by 1,000 crazy cakes from Tejero and sweet wine from Moclinejo. "To bring a little bit of Málaga to Rome," explained the band's director, Adrián Gaona. For this event, they will debut two marches, in addition to performing others dedicated to other brotherhoods of the city.

"For us, it is an incredible experience to be able to accompany our Virgin to Rome," Gaona pointed out. "If they hadn't mentioned it before, we wouldn't have believed it," the director highlighted. The more than one hundred musicians are part of the entourage of 2,000 people who will go along with the Esperanza and El Cachorro, covering about four kilometers of Rome, through places like the Colosseum square.

Two debut marches for the procession in Rome

Gaona has announced that they will debut two marches for the Great Procession of the Virgin of Esperanza in Rome: Eternal Hope by Alonso López Cortés and Perchelera by Cristóbal López Gándara.

Regarding the rest of the performances that will accompany the throne during the procession, Gaona explained that they have decided that the Virgin will traverse the Roman streets exclusively with Malaga marches, dedicated to other brotherhoods of the capital. "It's the best way to claim the musical heritage of Málaga beyond the border," the director emphasized.

Gaona emphasized that they are facing it with "a lot of excitement and eagerness to enjoy," and that they want "to make the most of it because we don't know if we will do it again."

Last hours to see Esperanza in the Vatican

This is the last day where the images of Esperanza and El Cachorro will be displayed in the Vatican. At 16:00 both will be transferred, privately, to the tent set up in Piazza di Celimontana, from where the Great Procession will start tomorrow, Saturday.