Real Filharmonía de Galicia-Cineuropa
Cineuropa's annual event with the Real Filharmonía de Galicia comes this year with Steamboat Bill Jr. (in Spanish translated as El héroe del río), the 1928 film directed by Charles Reisner and Buster Keaton, who also starred in it. For this silent comedy, the director and composer Timothy Brock wrote, in 2003, a soundtrack in which the irony, the sweetness and the extravagance of the film, through an orchestral work full of nuances. As the composer himself says, composing music for Keaton demands a lot of thought about the narrative relationship between the scene and the music, in terms of synchronicity and musical colours, but it also demands knowing how to laugh... as happened to Shostakovich, the great film composer, in 1926 when, accompanying a Chaplin film on the piano, he was unable to stifle a loud laugh, earning his dismissal.
Timothy Brock, director
Steamboat Bill, Jr. (The Hero of the River)
Film Directors: Buster Keaton and Charles Reisner (USA, 1928)
Music: Timothy Brock (2003)
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Festivals
The festivities dedicated to the Apostle, the patron saint of Santiago, of Galicia and of all of Spain, last for about a fortnight. This festival combines religious and official solemnity, tradition and entertainment, which turn the entire city into a large fiesta.
July 24th and 25th are the two main days. On the night of July 24th there is an impressive firework display in honour of the Apostle, visible from different points in the city.
Concert as part of the programme of the Apostle's Festival 2025
Concert held every year on the Day of Padrón de Santiago, as part of the Festivities of the Apostle 2025.
A series of concerts, framed within the framework of the Apostle's Festivities, in which classical music becomes a compass and landscape, leading us along deep and resonant emotional paths.
Municipal Band of Santiago de Compostela
2024/25 Season “PASEOS”
Summer Series
APOSTLE FESTIVITIES 2025
Conductor: Casiano Mouriño Maquieira
Piano and vocals: Serafín Zubiri
Santiago de Compostela Municipal Music Band
Season 2024/25 ‘PASEOS’ (WALKS)
Summer Cycle
‘A stroll through our neighbourhoods’.
Conductor: Casiano Mouriño Maquieira
