JOSÉ CURA, " George Enescu Festival " -- 2021

"JOSÉ CURA's Evening" -- 2021 George Enescu Internationl Festival
September 5th in 2021 -- Bucharest
Program: ----- THREE OF JOSÉ CURA's OWN WORKS -----
CONDUCTED BY JOSÉ CURA HIMSELF
◼ JOSÉ CURA’s "Modus" (Kyrie from the Argentinean Requiem)
◼ JOSÉ CURA's "Te Deum" --- World Premiere ---
(Dedicated to the 25th Festival Anniversary)　
◼ JOSÉ CURA's "Ecce Homo"

Polina Pasztircsák – soprano
Elisa Balbo – soprano
Roxana Constantinescu – mezzo-soprano
Ramón Vargas – tenor
Marius Vlad Budoiu – tenor
Nicolas Testé – bass and baritone

JOSÉ CURA - composer and conductor
Philharmonia Orchestra, London
Radio Romania Academic Choir (choirmaster: Ciprian Ţuţu)
Radio Romania Children’s Choir (choirmaster: Răzvan Rădos)
Carmen Lidia Vidu - regizor multimedia
Vlad Ivanov - narator

------ "TE DEUM" dedicated to George Enescu by JOSÉ CURA ------
Interview with Mr.Mihai Constantinescu (organizer of "George Enescu Festival")
◼Author: Irina Airinei..October 02, 2021
Irina Airinei: Can you detail a little the component of the original creation of the Festival?
◼Mihai Constantinescu:
I would like to mention here the "TE DEUM" dedicated to George Enescu by José Cura as a novel compositional element. Thus, the festival proves not only an interpretive celebration but also one of the original creation inspired by the Escian musical aura.

We finished the Festival program in December 2019 and, after we scheduled José Cura in our program, after that, from a happy juncture, it matched very well with the period in which the Festival takes place, but it also coincided with the unfortunate moment we had that day: the loss of Ion Caramitru.

So they met some evil fairies, but it was the music that defeated them: the London Philharmonic Orchestra, with impressive video projections in the background, performed an overwhelming performance on symphonic vocal music inspired by Enecian creation.

◼Philharmonia Orchestra
----- WELCOME MUSICAL POLYMATH JOSÉ CURA -----
In our second performance at Romania’s Enescu Festival 2021, we welcome musical polymath José Cura as he makes his return to the Orchestra for the first time in 21 years.

Known across the world as one of the opera’s most extraordinary tenors, Argentine artist José Cura was originally trained as a conductor. He takes to the podium this evening in a performance of three of his own works, written for orchestra, choir and solo vocalists.

---- “Modus” ----
In the first half, “Modus”, a single highly personal from Cura’s Argentinian Requiem, his upcoming large-scale work dedicated to the victims of the Falklands War.

---- "Te Deum" ----
We are joined by soprano Polina Pasztircsák for the world premiere of Cura’s "Te Deum", specially commissioned by the Enescu Festival for its 25th anniversary year. The 20-minute work features the combined forces of the Radio Romania Academic and Children’s Choirs, performing alongside the full orchestra.

---- "Ecce Homo" ----
To close, Cura’s monumental "Ecce Homo", a deeply spiritual three-movement oratorio, recently recorded for the first time in Hungary. Tonight’s performance features soloists Elisa Balbo, Ramón Vargas, Roxana Constantinescu, Marius Vlad Budoiu and Nicolas Testé.

Видео JOSÉ CURA, " George Enescu Festival " -- 2021 канала José Cura TV