Sant Jordi Musical: Recommended Books and Concerts

BarcelonaMusic also has a place on Sant Jordi Day. On the one hand, with music-themed books that publishers publish in spring. On the other hand, with concerts that are gradually becoming established as Sant Jordi traditions.

Recommended music books

Collected Works

Jim Morrison (Kultrum Books)

"The goal wasn't to tell Jim, but to let him tell his story in his own words," says Anne Morrison Chewning in the prologue to this book that brings together the entire written legacy of her brother, Jim Morrison (1943-1971), the leader of The Doors. Translated by Miquel Izquierdo, the volume includes song lyrics, poems, a film script, notebook transcripts, and a diary of his final days in Paris.

'Always Against the Wind and Forward'

Josep Vicent Frechina (Sowing)

It's worth celebrating that Josep Vicent Frechina is the one who assesses the trajectory of the group Zoo. The Valencian musicologist begins the book at the end, with the announcement. of the end of the Gandia band's careerFrom there, he combines passion and reflection to explain why Valencian music needed a group like Zoo, and why Zoo could only emerge from the Valencian context. A highly recommended book for understanding a way of doing and being.

'Songs in Beautiful Limousin (1987-2020)'

Quimi Portet (Second Periphery)

Beyond the astronomical banter that can't be missing from a book by and about Quimi Portet. Beyond the prologue by Quim Monzó and the epilogue by Manolo García. Beyond the sympathy the character generates... Beyond that, there's a magnificent composer and songwriter, and this is the great success of the publishing house Segunda Periferia: putting Quimi Portet's entire songbook into one book so everyone can understand the consistency of his work.

'I won't write another book'

Albert Om and Marina Rossell (Universe)

The complicity that exists between Journalist Albert Om and singer Marina Rossell It's scarce. And it's welcome, because it fosters great moments and unfiltered confessions, explained with the utmost naturalness. I won't make another book. It's not a biography, but rather a fun and exciting journey through the uniqueness of a great singer, an essential link between the Setze Jutges and the song of republican blood.

'I didn't want to be Miqui Puig'

Miqui Puig (Duomo)

Miqui Puig takes a first-person look at one of pop's greatest contradictions: being successful and popular doing what you love most often has an undesirable flip side. Following the success of the group Los Sencillos and subsequent television fame, Puig had to survive the consequences of an unexpected pact with fame, a thunderous storm that takes no prisoners. He speaks openly about it in this straightforward book.

'Memoirs'

Manuel Alejandro (Ediciones B)

The work of Andalusian composer Manuel Alejandro is quite eloquent. He is the author of songs such as As I love you, Lady, Our love broke, I am this, Manuela, I am a rebel...That is to say, it has provided super hits of popular music for Rocío Jurado, Raphael, Julio Iglesias and Jeanette, among others.

Various authors (Silex)

A passion for Bruce Springsteen unites a group of friends (all men, by the way, and mostly music journalists) who one day challenged themselves to write a book about the Boss, specifically about his last two tours. These are eleven necessarily personal chronicles, some more journalistic than others, and all written with a thorough understanding of the subject. They also feature a wealth of graphic material from photographers Jordi Vidal and Sergi Fornols.

'The Musical Universe of Bach'

Christoph Wolff (Acantilado)

We owe Bach at least two things: the music he composed and all the literature that has been written about him and his music. Because what Christoph Wolff does in this book—like what John Eliot Gardiner and Ramón Andrés had done before him in their essays—is high-quality literature, as well as a sensational journey through Bach's music. Translated into Spanish by Vicent Minguet and Francisco López Martín.

'Black Metal Theory'

Various authors (Holobiont)

Is it possible to theorize about that which doesn't want to be theorized? Who has the heart to explain the fascination with a nihilism beyond nihilism? Is it necessary to analyze a musical style that, were it not for the crimes, would surely be considered caricatured? Oriol Rosell (author of the essay on noise in music) A great short circuit) and Federico Fdez. Black metal theory Various texts on the most extreme genre in the heavy metal universe. They are written by academics of all stripes, with philosophical, aesthetic, and anthropological viewpoints of a dissident nature, just like black metal itself.

'365 Stellar Moments in Music'

Tulio Márquez (Lunwerg)

Tuli Márquez and music have been a de facto couple for many years. A natural observer, he deploys his knowledge and passions in books like this, a kind of history of popular music conceived as a calendar. Each day is a significant date to which Márquez knows how to give the importance it deserves. Far from encyclopedic predictability, the book surprises with its stylistic and geographical breadth and the sociopolitical touches incorporated in many of the entries. All of this constitutes an interesting journey through 365 essential moments in universal culture.

Sant Jordi concerts

A couple of years ago the Mishima promoted the Night of the Roses, an evening of poetry, music, and spring at La Paloma in Barcelona. In 2023, the Barcelona group premiered a Catalan adaptation of the song. Flowers of Miley Cyrus. Two years later, the tradition continues and expands: there will be a Night of the Roses at La Paloma on Tuesday, April 22, starting at 8 p.m.; another at the Fortuny Theater in Reus on Thursday, April 24, and a third on the steps of Girona Cathedral on May 3. In Barcelona, Mishima will be accompanied by poets Enric Casasses, Maria Sevilla, Irene Pujades, and Raül Garrigasait. It will be a very special evening, as it will also be the group's first concert since the death of Marc Lloret (keyboardist and founder of Mishima). In addition, the band will premiere a cover of a "hit "planetarium" by an American artist (which we cannot advance) with new lyrics written by David Carabén and in which the memory of Lloret is very present. In Reus, the invited poets are Garrigasait, Laia Viñas and Gabriel Ventura; and in Girona, Garrigasait, Ventura and Blanca Llum Vidal. ~BK_SLT_NA the Old Estrella Damm Factory, on Rosselló Street in Barcelona. As every year, this Wednesday, April 23, from 12 to 9 p.m., there will be three stages in operation in the packaging dock, the engine room and the brewhouse. Cream, Gigi Ros, Ginestà, Joana Dark, Jo Jet & Maria Ribot, Lucas, Pribiz, Remedio de Ca la Fresca, Roserona, Sexenio, Sidonie, Sofía Coll, Suu, Vista Rey, Will XO and Xicu. In addition to the concerts, the Old Estrella Damm Factory, Loquillo, Miki Núñez, Los Amigos de las Artes and Mama Dousha, among others. others.

The day after Sant Jordi, on Thursday, April 24th, the Palau de la Música is programming a special performance at 7 p.m. in the Orfeó Català rehearsal room with Lulú Martorell, the poet Oriol Sauleda, and the musician Marcel·lí Bayer. Entitled Adamar Johnson, is a tribute to the British poet Adam Johnson, who died in 1993 from AIDS.