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“Entre dos Luces” Carmen Linares & Orquesta Chekara de Tetuán Tuesday, September 11th, 2007. Teatro las Lagunas, Mijas. |
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Panda de las Casillas del Arroyo de los Frailes: Alcalde: José Daniel Fernández. Flag: David Fernández. Baile: Toñi Romero, Mª Carmen Fernández, Noelia Bustos. Violin: José Molina. Guitar: Sergio Cuesta, Carlos Fernandez, Carlos Pino and Domingo Romero. Platillos: Francisco Fernández, Javier Bustos and Antonio Ruiz. Pandero: José Fernández and Curro Cruzado. Text: Rubén Gutierrez MAKING THE MOST OF IT It was one of the most awaited recitals. The pretext of flamenco would bring together Arabic and flamenco musicians at the beautiful Sohail castle of Fuengirola, but the weather wouldn’t cooperate and the threat of rain moved the event to the theater of Las Lagunas in Mijas. The Málaga audience would not be dissuaded and nearly filled the theater. The more problems, the better the audience response, and the team headed by José Luis Ortiz Nuevo and Antonio Benamargo is showing itself to be extremely professional in this Málaga biennial. Getting down to the actual music, when you see twenty-seven musicians on stage you know something big is going to take place, and so it was. The Arabic melodies, along with the polyrhythm of the verdiales group, and the flamenco voice of Carmen Linares, took us back to those times when the Iberian peninsula was synonymous with the fraternity of races and cultures. I don’t like the term “transcultural”, because Spanish Jewish, Arabic and Christian culture have always been united, although each has its own religion. This encounter, under the banner of music from the mountains of Málaga, left the stage well-primed to create moments of great musical intensity and plenty of good vibes.
After this beginning, and the songs and dances of the verdiales group, Carmen Linares remained at the front of the stage to offer the first part of her flamenco recital. She began with tangos, from Extremadura to Granada, passing through Triana on the way. Along with the with guitar of Miguel Ochando, she demonstrated her prowess with mining cante, and then Paco Cortés accompanied her por soleá. Both guitarists from Granada are the ideal accompaniment for Carmen’s singing; the guitar from this part of the flamenco world possesses a haunting quality that makes you see visions of Glinka and Murciano climbing the Sacromonte to transcribe those melodies and chords inherited from the days of the Moors. They end with alegrías de Cádiz, but would soon return. Moments of great musical intensity and plenty of good vibesNext, it was the turn of the people from Tetuán with their Andalusí music. The nephew of the great maestro Chekara, with the violin on his knees, opened the floodgates of Al-Andalus. It’s ridiculous to say flamenco comes from this kind of music, but flamenco certainly does have certain ‘genes’ that make it a kissing cousin, particularly in the use of the phrygian, or flamenco musical mode, as well as in the poetic structure of the moaxacas. Just as the mawwal, free composition of Al-lah music, is so simiar to our jabera. Jallal brought back memories of his uncle, one of the greatest musicians of the Mediterranean area.
Carmen returns to the stage to offer tientos, in the old style, with only one tango verse to end. In malagueña she sings the style of la Trini, and siguiriyas brings us to the bulerías ending with verses of La Repompa that make you admire this woman’s work in recuperating women’s cante as shown in her recently re-released CD “Antología de la Mujer en el Cante”. All that was left was the fiesta finale, another cultural encounter with the officious Tetuan national anthem. We’re talking about the Tarara, a composition that reached the Roman Tamuda via Sephardic Jews who were also expelled from Spain along with the Moors, and who took refuge in the city that developed at the foot of the Dersa mountain. The audience clapped in rhythm in an act of brotherly love, bringing back memories of “Macama Jonda”, another of my all-time favorites. More information: |
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