Habaneras in Cabo de Palos, Musica a la luz de la luna, Choral music by the Cabo de Palos lighthouse

Each year a choral event takes place in the atmospheric setting of the Cabo de Palos lighthouse, timed to be when the moon is full, or nearly full, Habaneras a la luz de la luna.

Habaneras is a word which describes choral music, so this evening is about beautiful voices, performing a complete cross section of choral works, everything from the odd haunting piece of beautiful religious choral music, to Broadway hits and popular contemporary pop.

These habaneras perform everything.

The standard of choral music in this region is astonishingly high, virtually every town having at least one choir, sometimes several, usually in conjunction with schools of music, churches , housewives associations,or religious associations and there are competitions all over the region throughout the year, all of which are free to attend.

There are a couple of people we've met who went along to one of these competitions out of curiosity and have now become choral groupies, hunting down these performances with great enthusiasm, a whole new world of free concerts which has taken them all over the region, and they love it.

On this occasion, the choir is the Coral Polifonica Carthagonova, and they're accompanied by the Grupo Folklórico Ciudad de Cartagena de la Palma, the folklore group from La Palma, who are superb musicians, and take part in a diverse range of both dance and musical performance.

 

The concert takes place at 11pm in the shadow of the lighthouse at Cabo de Palos.

 

Adjusting to these late Spanish nights becomes a way of life. The normal procedure is to eat at 2pm, then go to sleep for about 3 hours . By 7pm, the body is full of beans and rearing to go, so by 9pm, it's wandering around hunting for a restaurant and by 11pm is looking for the party.

You can't beat the Spanish heat, only go with it. Cabo de palos is full of restaurants, tapas bars and ice cream parlours, so go and make a night of it.

 

Here's a report we prepared earlier about the lighthouse at Cabo de Palos, a great place for a biker ride out or focal point for somewhere to take the visitors. There's plenty of parking at the foot of the lighthouse.

Click, Cabo de Palos, El faro

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