The Kings, the president of the Government, the four vice presidents and twelve ministers attended this Thursday, at the National Music Auditorium in Madrid, the concert that closed the six-month period of the Spanish presidency of the Council of the European Union. Before the start of the performances, a minute of silence was observed for the victims of the Prague attack (Czech Republic)
Attendance at the musical evening is the last public act of the Kings before the break in their official agenda for the Christmas and New Year holidays, which will resume on January 6 with their attendance at the Military Easter celebration. ,
The King plans to record this Friday the Christmas message that will be broadcast next Sunday night.
To attend the concert, Queen Letizia has chosen a black velvet pantsuit with rhinestone decorations, a sober outfit from the brand Paco Rabanne, with which she has worn her hair up in a bun and diamond chaton earrings.
Along with the Kings and President Pedro Sánchez, the four vice presidents and twelve other ministers were present, as well as the president of the Senate, Pedro Rollán, and representatives of the diplomatic corps. After posing for a family photo, the Kings and President Sánchez had a brief conversation with the first vice president, Nadia Calviño, who will soon leave her position to take up the position of president of the European Investment Bank. .
After the national anthem and the EU anthem, the actress Marisa Paredes, who introduced the event, observed a minute of silence for the fifteen people murdered in the shooting at the Carolina University in the Czech capital, which also left several seriously injured. Next, the Peace Hymn by Pau Casals was also performed.
The presenter of the evening highlighted that the concert represents “an act of unity and a mixture of concord and harmony”. Marisa Paredes has claimed the value of peace, evoking the poet Gloria Fuertes.
The concert was performed by the Spanish National Orchestra and Choir directed by Jordi Bernàcer and with the soloist María Toledo who performed a program designed to narrate how the history of Spanish music is the story of a process of universalization.
From musical or literary assumptions, our creation has influenced composers throughout Europe throughout history. In the Renaissance, Spanish music dominated the music scene. The fandango or the folía constantly appear in the scores and transcend the centuries in works by contemporaries such as Cristóbal Halffter or Alicia Díaz de La Fuente.
