John Dowland (1562-1626)
From silent night, extrait de "A Pilgrimes Solace"
Come again! Sweet love doth now invite, extrait de "Book of Songs"

Rafael Catala (1960-)
El silencio imposible

Georg Friedrich Haendel (1685-1759)
9 Deutsche Arien (extraits)

Mélodies Sépharades
Yo m'enamori d'un aire
Irme quiero la mi madre
La rosa enflorece
Ven Querida, ven amada
Adio Querida
Paxaro d'hermozura

Eratos Trio

Nicholas Spanos, contreténor
Florian Eggner, violoncelle
Rafael Catala, guitare, arrangements

El silencio imposible (“The impossible silence”) celebrates the silence, the peaceful nuances, the intimate. Nicholas Spanos, countertenor, Rafael Catalá, guitar, arrangements and composition, and Florian Eggner, violoncello present a live program that begins withworks by John Dowland and Georg Friedrich Händel. Completely in the style of the Ancient Music heard so far, the journey passes Rafael Catalá’s eponymous work before culminating in a series of Sephardic songs that Catalá artistically arranged for this specialinstrumentation. Catalá, hailing from Valencia, and Spanos, born in Thessaloniki, give these songs unique authenticity, both being places where the population of Sephardic Jews exerted enormous influence until the waves of displacement in the 15th and 16thcenturies. A homage to tranquility and contemplation in today's noisy and fast-paced world.