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The auditorium El Batel will host on Thursday, March 1 at 8:00 pm, the Extraordinary Concert of the XXI Edition of Entre Cuerdas y Metales.

During this morning of February 28, almost 500 students of the IES Ben Arabí, Hispania, Antonio Ulloa, Concepción Arenal, Carmelitas, Ciudad Jardín, as well as the María Inmaculada de Águilas School attended the rehearsal. general of the concert.

The councilor of the area of ​​Culture, Education and Youth, David Martinez, who has also attended the rehearsal, has highlighted the great opportunity it represents for students "come to see an orchestra rehearsal and enjoy how you work, see the instruments, as well as the great musicians that we have in Cartagena and who are preparing this concert ".

The conductor of the orchestra, Leonardo Martínez Cayuelas, has indicated that opening "a series of concerts of music such as Entre Cuerdas y Metales is like a prestigious orchestra," while emphasizing that "we must continue to take care of and nurture the event to that becomes a claim at the international level. "

He also stressed that "when people approach a symphony orchestra something very special happens", since, as he has emphasized "the live creates an energy that is transmitted" to the spectators.

He also pointed out that this concert "is one of the best ways to start a weekend or fill a Thursday night, as in this case, as it is a food for the soul."

The concert will feature two double bassists, specifically the brothers Emilio and Álvaro Yepes, who will perform the Concert for two double bass "La Pasión Amorosa", by Giovanni Botessini.

Álvaro Yepes has invited the citizens of Cartagena to attend the concert "as a family", while Emilio Yepes has indicated that music "is always a challenge, but also an honor, even more if it is performed at home and at El Batel" .

Apart from the Concert for two double bass "La Amor Amorosa", which will be the second work performed in the program, the concert will begin with the Overture "The Hebrides" and will end with the well-known Symphony No. 7 in La mayor, by Beethoven, both with a simple structure and easy to follow so that both the audience that is accustomed to attending classical music concerts, and people who are interested but who have not yet decided to attend any, can enjoy the music.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena