[Harp-L] Galicia Symphony Orchestra review



"A concert of the Galicia Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Enrique Diemecke, where the undisputed star was the American Robert Bonfiglio harmonica."
Review
Harmonica America is the name adopted this year by the traditional Kings concert of the Symphony Orchestra of Galicia. The Concerto for Harmonica and Orchestra by Heitor Villa-Lobos opened the concert, the last instrumental concerto (1955) by the author of the Bachianas Brasileiras, with the musical performance and sound that Robert Bonfiglio achieved throughout his entire interpretation, he wowed audiences the Opera House. The different and very varied timbres, his mouth and hands achieve or the phrasing and articulation are wonderful tools that Iowa musician uses in the service of the score.


In the second part, Bonfiglio ended up becoming the star of the evening from his spectacular start to the stage, shedding the top of his coat to wear a black shirt of the Rolling Stones and braces that gave an air of old rocker. After depositing his harmonics in a lectern as he went to the microphone and asked 'Are you ready to rock &roll;?'. Then, with a medley of Elvis Presley he made it plain that he is known as the Paganini of the harmonica, and turned the concert into a party in which public and musicians of GSO were active participants, along with soloist and conductor.




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