The age of innocence. Begoña López, mezzo-soprano; Jesús López, piano

There was a time when tomorrow and yesterday were empty words for everyone. Only today mattered, the here and now: continuing the endless discovery, turning a simple stick into the most magical of wands or swimming through mud to reach an even greater storm. You could be anything you wanted to be: made of silver, of water, a moon dweller, a mermaid or any creature never seen before or yet to be discovered. Everyone was a playmate, however strange their speech sounded, if they could manage to utter a word at all. An explosion of ideas, of leaps into bed, of new, well-oiled machinery longing for summer to arrive so it could fall off a bicycle again and eat watermelon. We evoke that time, precious for our lack of awareness of its passing, to shed light on a period with more shadows than light. Programme Children at play: memories and recollections J. GURIDI (1886-1961) / J. M. Arozamena (1918-1972) Seis canciones infantiles 1. Cazando mariposas 2. Otra vez la primavera 3. La princesa cautiva 4. Cuando sea abuelo 5. El idioma extranjero 6. La vacación X. MONSALVATGE (1912-2002) / F. García Lorca (1898-1936) Canciones para niños 1. Paisaje 2. El lagarto está llorando 3. Caracola 4. Canción tonta 5. Canción china 6. Cancioncilla sevillana Once upon a time: between fantasy and reality G. MAHLER (1860-1911) Hans und Grete (Lieder und Gesänge) Um schlimme Kinder artig zu machen (Des Knaben Wunderhorn*) Rheinlegendchen (Des Knaben Wunderhorn*) * Collection of folk poems by A. v. Arnim (1781-1831) and C. Brentano (1778-1842). A. HONEGGER (1892-1955) / R. Morax (1873-1963) Trois chansons de la petit sirène H.63 1. Chanson des sirènes 2. Berceuse de la sirène 3. Chanson de la poire C. A. DEBUSSY (1862-1918) La belle au bois dormant L81 (V. Hyspa, 1865-1938) Noël des enfants que n’ont plus de maison L.139 (C. A. Debussy) At home, at the circus and at the zoo: animals and friends F. POULENC (1899-1963) / G. Apollinaire (1880-1918) Bestiaire FP15 1. Le dromadaire 2. La chèvre du Thibet 3. La sauterelle 4. Le dauphin 5. L’écrevisse 6.