The 39th Summer Cycle of Choral and Organ music begins today

23/07/09.- Organist Javier Gastón will today Thursday 23 July open the 39th Summer Cycle of Choral and Organ Music in the Sanctuary of la Bien Aparecida. He will also be giving more recitals on 30 July, 6, 13 and 20 August.All these performnces wil be at 19.15 in the Sanctuary of la Bien Aparecida and entrance will be free.

He will play works by Johann Pachelbel, Johann Sebastian Bach, John Travers, Stanley, Leon Boëlmann, J. J. Castillo, Francisco Correa de Arauxo, Georg Friedrich Handel, José Lidón, Alberto Ginastera, Johann Gottfried Walther, Juan Bautista de Cabanilles, Joaquín Oxinagas and Félix Mendelssohn- Bartholdy to name but a few.

Gastón started his music studies in Cantabria, continued them in Salamanca and Bilbao (piano) and San Sebastián and Madrid (organ) receiving many awards.

He has formed choral groups and is currently in charge of the organ at Verdalonga de San Salvador, Leganes from where he has created a cycle of educational concerts, especially in the realm of ancient spanish organ music, which has been running for twelve years and has had over 150 events.

04/12/09 The Santander International Festival´s production 'LA FAVORITE', arrives on the stage of Teatro de La Maestranza de Sevilla
27/08/09 Lachrimae Consort will close the Historic Settings Programme in San Vicente de la Barquera tomorrow Friday,28th August
26/08/09 Torrelavega and Colindres will host the penultimate concerts of the Historic Settings Programme.
24/08/09 The Budapest Orchestra with Leonidas Kavacos, currently considered the world's best violinist , tomorrow 24th August in the Sala Argenta at 21:00
22/08/09 Cantabria Schola Gregoriana and Stuttgarter Barock Collegium will feature in the Historic Settings programme this Sunday 23rd August
21/08/09 Udalla and Isla latest venues of the Historic Settings Programme on Saturday, 22nd August
19/08/09 The Pisito will be performed for a third time on the 27th at 18.00 hours due to popular demand
18/08/09 J. Javier Gastón will perform in the Sanctuary of La Bien Aparecida on Thursday 20th August
14/08/09 The programme of the Historic Settings turns its spotlight on Escalante, Castañeda and Laredo
12/08/09 Speculum & Mara Aranda, J. Javier Gastón and Alim Qasimov and Fargana Movlanova will feature during the Historic Settings Programme this Thursday, 13th August
10/08/09 New performance of the musical West Side Story on Sunday 23rd at 16:00
10/08/09 Puente Pumar, Vioño de Piélagos and Cigüenza will be the next venues for concerts from the Historic Settings programme
07/08/09 Viérnoles, Tudanca, The Sanctuary of la Bien Aparecida and Suesa will host performances from the Historic Settings programme this weekend
05/08/09 Ensamble Andalusí de Tetuán and Armonitango tomorrow in the cycle of the Historical Frames
04/08/09 An injury prevents Lucia Lacarra from dancing in the production of the Eugene Oneguin of the Ballet of the opera of Munich
03/08/09 Tomorrow, Tuesday 4th August, concerts in Noja, Sobrelapeña and Suances in the Historic Settings programme
31/07/09 Tomorrow sees the start of the cycle of the historical settings programme of the 58th edition of the FIS
30/07/09 The International Festival of Santander and Cantabria is still in the street
24/07/09 The Companies Teka and Natural Gas collaborate with the 58th edition of the Santander International Festival
24/07/09 The International Festival of Santander opens its 58th edition with the opera La Favorite
22/07/09 The Restaurant De Luz signs an agreement with the Santander International Festival
21/07/09 Friday 24th July advance ticket sale begins for the performnces of the 58th edition of the Santander International Festival
03/07/09 New Programme of Santander International Festival
21/05/09 An Advance of the programme of the 58th edition of the Santander International Festival
21/05/09 The poster of the 58th edition of the Santander International Festival
12/01/09 Simon Boccanegra live from Barcelona's Gran Teatro Liceo in Cinesa