Moonbeam is a profane oratorio based on Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer’s homonymous legend. It takes place in the town of Soria and possibly around San Juan Monastery or San Polo Monastery.
It tells the story of a young idealist nobleman named Manrique, who is able to discern the outline of a beautiful young woman while strolling around the monastery ruins. He convinces himself she is the woman of his dreams, and so, he starts following her unreal trail. But, after a few days desperately searching for her, he realises he was not following a beautiful blue-eyed and dark-haired foreign woman, but a ray of moonlight passing through branches and leaves.
Moonbeam was composed by Igor Escudero at the request of Federación de Corales Sorianas (FECOSOR), Palacio de la Audiencia de Soria and Caja Duero, to commemorate 150th anniversary of the publication of Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer’s Legends, many of them inspired or set in Soria.
CREATIVE
MUSIC & LYRICS
Igor Escudero
SINGERS
Conchi Moyano (soprano)
Alfonso Baruque (bajo)
Alain Damas (tenor)
CHOIRS
Primo Tempo
Rayo de Luna (FECOSOR)
PIANO
Duncan Gifford
ORCHESTRA
Messa di Voce
CHAMBER VERSION
Conchi Moyano (soprano) J. Antonio Vega Borjabad (barítono)Milagros Tarancón (soprano) José Ramón Echezarreta (piano) Liber Regum (coro)