A unique and compelling concert by Keith James
Duende
£10 - 8pm
The surreal, haunting and exotic poetry of: Pablo Neruda, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Isabel Allende and Federico Garcia Lorca. Performed as passionate songs and set to a collection of rich, daring and fiery classical guitar arrangements.
Following his numerous concerts and recordings in which he has taken the work of various poets; William Blake, Dylan Thomas, Leonard Cohen and successfully transcribed them into truly amazing songs, Keith has now turned his attention to one of his greatest passions; that of the intoxicating and somewhat mysterious world of the most masterful writers in the Spanish language.
Lorca: as Spain celebrates 80 years since Lorca’s death at the beginning of the Civil War, his dramatic and impassioned words take on an even greater meaning. He is certainly the most influential of all Spanish Poets.
Isabel Allende: the niece of Chilean President Salvador Allende, She is one of the most accomplished and celebrated modern writers occupying the multi-dimensional world of Spanish Literature.
Pablo Neruda: also from Chile, has been proclaimed internationally as the most loved of all modern Poets. His verse is deep and romantic in a truly human and delicately intimate way, unlike any other Poet.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez: The Master of Magical Surrealism, Colombian Marquez is wildly celebrated for his astonishingly brilliant work as a novelist. 100 years of Solitude being the most celebrated novel of this amazing genre.
‘Some of the most atmospheric and emotive music you will ever hear’ The Independent
‘an elegant and beautifully crafted reinterpretation of a great Artist’s words’ BBC Radio Scotland
‘All the tears of time are shed in a few brief lines’ Times Literary Supplement
‘Master of musical phrasing’ BBC Radio Wales