
Don Nicanor’s circus
Soloists:
- Ernesto Mateo (toy piano)
- Ana Hernández Sanchiz (narrator)
The Tenerife Symphony Orchestra (OST) presents a family concert in the Chamber Hall of the “Adán Martín” Auditorium in Tenerife, Don Nicanor’s circus. It is an illustrated musical story for toy piano, violin, cello, tuba, harp and narrator, based on the book Cómo abrió Don Nicanor el gran circo volador (How Don Nicanor opened the great flying circus) by Mar Benegas. This time there will be two performances for families, both on Saturday the 29th at 11:00 a.m. (only for families with children under 3 years old. Free. Limited places). The other, for families with children from 3 years old, will be at 12:30 and will have a price of 5 euros.
Ernesto Mateo’s toy pianos will be the center of this stage concert and, accompanied by an OST group and a narrator, the poet and pedagogue Mar Benegas will bring the story of Don Nicanor and his circus written in verse to the little ones. . As a background, the little ones and their families can enjoy the illustrations of Ximo Abadía, together with the texts of the album Cómo abrió don Nicanor el Gran Circo Volador, published in September 2015 with the publisher Tres Tristes Tigres de. Seville, and which includes Sefa Bernet’s adaptation for the theater.
Part of the music will be a selection of themes from pianist Víctor Trescolí Sanz’s album Sons petits, as well as other pieces created specifically for this show and arrangements of works from the repertoire for solo cello or piano accompaniment.
“This is Don Nicanor, who lived in a flower.” Thus begins the story told in verse of Don Nicanor, an altruistic and fantastic character who travels around the world rescuing animals in trouble: a cow, a monkey, a penguin, a bear, a cat, a dog, a sperm whale, a donkey. .. Together they decide to open a circus, in which everyone will participate by contributing their special skills.
Narrator: Ana Hernández Sanchiz
Toy pianos: Ernesto Mateo
Tenerife Symphony Orchestra Group
Toy piano means toy piano and is the name of this keyboard instrument, which has gone from playhouses to concert halls. It was invented in 1872 by Albert Schoenhut, a German who settled in the United States. Instead of hitting strings, his hammers strike metal plates, creating a sound reminiscent of a glockenspiel or carillon. Toy pianos can be made of wood or plastic and, although the first models were vertical, today we find many that have a piano format.
