Music Music Stradivarius 1700: History and jewels of the Royal Palace in a Virtual Concert Stradivarius 1700: History and jewels of the Royal Palace in a virtual concert

If something has allowed the COVID-19, it is that the culture is more heritage of all than ever, thanks to the commitment to virtual formulas that make accessible shows that were only intended for a few.This is the case of ‘Stradivarius 1700.A real dream ’, the first national heritage documentary.

They are the programs of ancient music concerts that every year organizes national heritage and that, on this occasion, have gone from face -to -face to documentary as a prevention measure against COVID -19, and where Master Guillermo Turina plays the Stradivarius 1700 -reserved for great occasions- of the Royal National Heritage Collection.A documentary concert, of sixty minutes, which can be seen, as of Wednesday, at 12.00 hours, on the National Heritage website.

The president of National Heritage, Llanos Castellanos, said that the pandemic has opened a window to which everyone "enjoys" and can know the history of the royal palace and the "jewels" that it keeps.

The Stradivarius are some of them, "they are everyone's heritage," adds Castellanos that invites you to know how and why they arrived at the Court and discover that the instruments continue to be kept as entones.

"With everything that this country has happened we have been able to guard a valuable heritage thanks to the fact that there has been a patriotic citizen conscience that has been able to see that it was a legacy that transcends a generation," he said."We have to be aware that we have impressive strengths like these".

The Stradivarius 1700 is a viconchoe without decorating, created by the Italian Luthier Antonio Stradivari, which is part of the set of instruments acquired in 1772 at the initiative of Carlos III, in order to expand the endowment of the Royal Chamber of Arc instruments of the Prince of the Prince, future Carlos IV, a detail that revalues it.

A singular instrument not only for who built it but for having accompanied great masters of music such as Giacomo Facco, Luigi Boccherini, both musicians from the court of the S.XVIII, or more recently to Mstislav Rostropovich.

In a silent palace, unusually desert of visitors, climbing the stairs that lead to the column hall, the recording place, the music and an extraordinary voice are listened, that of the soprano Eugenia Boix, which crosses rooms and hallways.

An immense wooden door opens with stealth and half light;In the room, the lighting directs all the attention to the four protagonists: the Stradivarius and the musicians, so that then the eyes possess in the magnificent furniture and the impressive tapestries that adorn it.

"It is exciting to step on the same floor and touch the same instrument after they have done great teachers," said Efe in a break of the Guillermo Turina essays, which sees this time in addition to a "pleasure", a "responsibility"".

"It is a unique piece, which once overcome the first contact shows you that it is an easy instrument to touch because everything works well".The musician admits that the ultimate goal is to "sound like" without having any previous sound document."It's so well done that everything sounds good, but you have to touch it," he says between smiles.

For the keycay Eva del Campo this has been an opportunity to listen to this type of music in its real context and thus recover its "essence" and philosophy.Lorena Robredo, conservative of National Heritage Instruments, acknowledges that the Stradivarius are the "spoiled children".The cello highlights its "peculiar" wood that allows you to offer an exceptional harmony, not in vain belongs to the golden age of its creator.

He enjoys a "magnificent" state of conservation thanks to the fact that historical buildings - he explains - maintain an ideal temperature and humidity.The documentary gives voice to different national heritage experts, which will contribute to contextualize the concert with eighteenth -century works in the column hall of the Royal Palace of Madrid, a significant space in the history of Spain, first destined for a gala dining room and hallof dance, and then become the place destined to house great acts.

It signed in 1985 the Spanish Adhesion Treaty to the European Economic Community (EEC) and, recently, in 2014, he witnessed the sanction for King Don Juan Carlos of the Organic Law of Abdication in his son Felipe VI andIn 2018, the Princess of Asturias was imposed on this room, the Golden Acts, a maximum distinction granted by the Crown of Spain.