The folk group O’Carolan celebrates 30 years on stage and does it in a big way, with a concert in the Mozart hall of the Zaragoza Auditorium, in which they will offer a sample of their repertoire under the title Another look at traditional Aragonese music.
O’Carolan was born from the repertoire created by the Irish musician Turlough O´Carolan, author of numerous pieces for harp based on the Irish musical tradition, and many of which are still performed today.
Inspired by his work and In the sounds of traditional music from various parts of Europe, O’Carolan recorded his first three albums, Alrededor de una vela, La llave de los sueños and El reloj secreto.
His fourth album, Nota de paso, was a look at the traditional music of Aragon with the Celtic optics that permeated his previous works. Recently, O’Carolan has published his fifth work, Caleidoscopio, with this same musical perspective although with a greater prominence of the musical folklore of Aragon, and with the collaboration of the Cuarteto Concuerda.
The concert will take place on February 4, 2024, at 11.30 a.m., within the 44th Introduction to Music Cycle offered by the Zaragoza Auditorium. The Concuerda Quartet and the String Orchestra of the Municipal School of Music and Dance of Zaragoza will collaborate in it.
The group O’Carolan is formed by Susana Arregui (violin), Pilar Gonzalvo (Irish harp, diatonic accordion), Ernesto Cossío (acoustic guitar), Julián Ansuategui (percussion) and Miguel Ángel Fraile (Aragonese bagpipes, Irish bagpipes, whistles, accordion).
