Canciones celebrates the union of popular culture and art music, with Spanish composers who have left their mark on their time. With this thread, we weave an itinerary through the centuries, from the popular songs of Federico García Lorca, Manuel de Falla and Maurice Ohana to contemporary pieces by Mikel Urquiza and Birke Bertelsmeier.

We've chosen to accompany our soprano soloist Amel Brahim-Djelloul with a most unusual quartet, made up of string instruments that are not rubbed but plucked and struck, with mandolin, guitar, harp and cymbalum underlining the resolutely Iberian ardor of our program.