More Hispano
Vicente Parrilla, artistic direction
“Whereas for most period-instrument bands improvisation means judiciously adding ornaments, Mr. Parrilla and company go all out.”
News
Concert in Sion
More Hispano Ensemble On August 12, 2023, in …
- 02/08/2023
More Hispano Ensemble On August 12, 2023, in Sion, Switzerland, we will present a concert showcasing the diverse array of melodic formulas—known as divisions or diminutions—featured in Silvestro Ganassi’s 1535 publication, Fontegara. This performance will be brought to life by an extraordinary team …
Concert in Fribourg, Switzerland
Concert in Fribourg. María Cristina Kiehr, Anna …
- 11/09/2020
Concert in Fribourg. María Cristina Kiehr, Anna Danilevskaia, María González & Vicente Parrilla On September 20, 2020, in Fribourg, Switzerland, we will present a concert program that explores the myriad of melodic formulas (known as divisions or diminutions) contained in Silvestro Ganassi’s …
Transcription: Passacaglia Improvisation (Warsaw 2014)
Here’s a new transcription of a passacaglia …
- 12/04/2020
Here’s a new transcription of a passacaglia improvisation from a concert in Warsaw in 2014. Music notation is synced with the video below. Full view I recommend that you check out the full version here: it allows you to transpose the score, slow down the music, loop sections, see a visual keyboard, …
Interview by Martin Erhardt
I have recently answered a few questions from …
- 30/01/2018
I have recently answered a few questions from fellow recorder player and improviser Martin Erhardt for the newsletter of the German Institute for Improvisation. Here’s the full text, published with their kind permission. And here is the PDF file. Read the interview
“Six Transcribed Improvisations on La Spagna”
I have just published a new e-edition (along with …
- 13/09/2017
I have just published a new e-edition (along with a series of synchronised transcription videos) of “ Six Transcribed Improvisations on La Spagna, 2011–15” on my personal website. It’s a 99 pages, 1 MB PDF file, including score and parts, and it’s a free download. The article that accompanies the …
Concert at Varaždin Baroque Evenings, Croatia
A few photos from our concert at Varaždin Baroque …
- 29/01/2017
A few photos from our concert at Varaždin Baroque Evenings Festival (September 27, 2016), courtesy of the festival. More Hispano trio. Concert at Varaždin Baroque Evenings, Croatia Juan Carlos Rivera. Varazdin 2016 David Chupete, Vicente Parrilla & Juan Carlos Rivera. Varazdin 2016
Glosas Live in Warsaw
Finally found some time to publish this here. …
- 28/07/2014
Finally found some time to publish this here. Here’s the full concert audio (no edits, no cuts, no omissions, no tricks!) from our concert at Warsaw Music Encounters Festival, May 16, 2014. I’ve also uploaded it to YouTube, and for those of you who prefer SoundCloud, find (and download!) it also …
Concert in Warsaw Music Encounters
I wish to thank Polish Composers’ Union for their …
- 10/05/2014
I wish to thank Polish Composers’ Union for their kind invitation to perform at Warsaw Music Encounters Festival (Festiwal Warszawskie Spotkania Muzyczne). We’ve been invited to perform our Glosas program (whose music scores can be downloaded for free here) at a concert that will take place on May …
More Hispano Quartet at East Cork Early Music Festival
Photo gallery from our concert at East Cork Early …
- 19/10/2013
Photo gallery from our concert at East Cork Early Music Festival, courtesy of John Finn. “At its best, the group’s style came as close as anything I’ve heard to an early-music jam session, with caution thrown to the wind.” — The Irish Times, October 16, 2013 More Hispano at East Cork Early Music …
Review & Photos From Our Concert at Innsbruck Early Music Festival
Just back from a week-long journey (which …
- 24/07/2013
Just back from a week-long journey (which included a fruitful visit to the Meyer workshop in Biel, Switzerland) to perform at Innsbruck Early Music Festival. We had a great time there, both the concert hall (the Spanish Hall at Ambras Castle) and the audience were nothing short of great, and the …
Concert at Sevilla Early Music Festival (FEMÀS) 2012
A few photos from our concert at Sevilla Early …
- 06/04/2012
A few photos from our concert at Sevilla Early Music Festival (FEMÀS) 2012, courtesy of the festival. Johanna Rose, Vicente Parrilla, Rami Alqhai & Miguel Rincón Johanna Rose, Vicente Parrilla, Rami Alqhai & Miguel Rincón Johanna Rose, Vicente Parrilla Johanna Rose, Javier Núñez, Vicente …
GLOSAS, Listed Among the “Exceptional” CDs at Spanish Magazine Scherzo
Glosas, as it was the case with Yr a oydo, has …
- 15/01/2012
Glosas, as it was the case with Yr a oydo, has been included in the Exceptional CDs list at Spanish magazine Scherzo’s latest issue «Parrilla ofrece un amplio muestrario de recursos virtuosísticos. Los resultados son de una frescura, una espontaneidad y una vitalidad por completo subyugantes». — …
GLOSAS — the Liner Notes
This is the full text of the essay included in …
- 15/07/2011
This is the full text of the essay included in GLOSAS, our new CD A pdf version of the booklet is available here, containing this same text in Spanish and German as well. 1 The idea Glosas is a very personal project which brings together original and unpublished material, and one that I’ve had in …
GLOSAS: New CD Now Available
Glosas (2011). CD cover International Classical …
- 24/06/2011
Glosas (2011). CD cover International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) Nomination, 2012 edition. Excepcional by Scherzo The wait is over. I’m proud to present GLOSAS, More Hispano’s third CD: a very personal project which brings together original and unpublished material and one that I’ve had in mind …
Yr a Oydo — the Liner Notes
Here is Vicente Parrilla’s essay –reproduced in …
- 12/09/2010
Here is Vicente Parrilla’s essay –reproduced in full– included in the liner notes of Yr a oydo, our latest CD. We thought it useful to present the text here as well so that it’s more easily accessible. 1 Yr a oydo booklet – excerpt “La terçera [manera] es sallir dela composition y yr a oydo, o a …
Yr a Oydo, Listed Among the “Exceptional” CDs on the Spanish Magazine Scherzo
Yr a oydo has been included in the Exceptional …
- 10/06/2010
Yr a oydo has been included in the Exceptional CDs list on the latest issue of Spanish magazine Scherzo Here is a pdf file with the complete list of CDs. Yr a oydo (2010). CD cover International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) Nomination, 2011 edition. Excepcional by Scherzo But that’s not all. …
The Yr a Oydo Recording Story, as Told in Twitter
On April 27th, 2009, almost a year ago now, we …
- 16/04/2010
On April 27th, 2009, almost a year ago now, we joined Twitter with the purpose of being able to keep everybody informed, step by step and in real time, of all details about the Yr a oydo recording session. A screenshot of More Hispano’s Twitter account (@morehispano) in 2009 Naturally, we are still …
Yr a Oydo, New CD Already Available
Yr a oydo, our latest, much-anticipated CD, has …
- 16/04/2010
Yr a oydo, our latest, much-anticipated CD, has been just released and it’s already available through our website! Being our second CD in eleven long years, it is a big event for us! Recorded in April 2009 for German label Carpe Diem, Yr a oydo “represents one of the most original and powerful …