Salvador Brotons takes the helm of the Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya to present his Symphony No. 4, “Sacra” to European audiences. The European premiere of one of his most important works is the centrepiece of a programme that invites listeners into Brotons’s creative world, characterised by an accessible and engaging musical language, while placing him in dialogue with two major figures of Catalan music: Eduard Toldrà and Ricard Lamote de Grignon.

The programme also features Toldrà’s Empúries, one of the few large-scale works by the composer from Vilanova i la Geltrú, and Lamote de Grignon’s Fantasy on Themes by Maestro Serrano. Three perspectives on Catalan musical creation thus come together in a single programme, with Brotons in the dual role of composer and conductor, joined by the Cor de Cambra del Palau de la Música Catalana and the Cor Bruckner Barcelona.