‘Acordes y Palabras’ brings flamenco, poetry and oral storytelling to seven villages in the Almanzora Valley
Almería Provincial Council’s autumn series will visit Serón, Bacares, Lúcar, Arboleas, Taberno, Oria and Purchena between 9 October and 20 November.
Automatic translation: this article was translated with artificial intelligence from the original in Spanish. Read the original
Autumn arrives in the Almanzora Valley with flamenco, folklore and words spoken aloud. Almería Provincial Council has presented ‘Acordes y Palabras’ (Chords and Words), its cultural programme for October and November, and seven villages in the district are on the route: Serón, Bacares, Lúcar, Arboleas, Taberno, Oria and Purchena.
The series brings together six artistic offerings ranging from flamenco with Almería roots to Mediterranean music, folk-rooted song, poetry set to music and oral storytelling, in an intimate format so that the music, the voice, the poetry and the stories reach the audience “in a direct way”, according to the Provincial Council.
The dates in the Valley
- Serón, Friday 9 October: Segundo Falcón, with guitarist David Delgado, ‘Niño de la Fragua’, and ‘Ecos de Almería. Voces y cantes de Levante’, a tribute to figures of Almería’s cante (flamenco singing) such as El Ciego de la Playa or Pedro el Morato through tarantos, tarantas, mineras, levanticas and malagueñas.
- Bacares, Friday 9 October: Guillermo Fernández and ‘Sapore di mare. Ópera Flamenca Mediterránea’, in which the flamenco guitar enters into dialogue with the tenor voice and the flamenco compás (rhythm) blends with opera and Italian light music.
- Lúcar, Saturday 10 October: Lydia Moreno and ‘En Almería casi nunca llueve’, inspired by the poetry collection by Alexis Díaz Pimienta, with boleros, sones, guarachas and the improvisation of the Cuban repentista (improvising poet) Álex Díaz.
- Arboleas, Friday 23 October: Almería singer Mar Hernández and ‘Sentimiento Andaluz’, with voice, piano and the guitar of Francis Hernández, between soul, jazz and pop.
- Taberno, Friday 13 November: Lydia Moreno returns to the Valley with ‘En Almería casi nunca llueve’.
- Oria, Sunday 15 November, and Purchena, Friday 20 November: Félix Albo and ‘Faros’, oral storytelling for adult audiences with the story of five minors who live in a supervised flat, from the 1980s to the present day, told almost entirely through the spoken word.
For villages such as Bacares, with 226 residents, or Lúcar, with 829 according to the INE (Spain’s National Statistics Institute), having a provincial programme stop at home is an opportunity to enjoy live culture without clocking up the kilometres.
Mar Hernández, who accompanied the provincial councillor for Culture, Almudena Morales, at the presentation, said she was “really looking forward to Almería being able to see a little piece of us and the tribute and homage we are going to pay to Andalusia”.
The Provincial Council has not yet given details of the times or venues for each performance. It is worth checking them with each town council as the date approaches.
