Paco Pena Astonishes at Massey Hall

Monday November 02, 2009

From The Huffington Post_
By Marissa Bronfman

I cannot recall the last time I experienced (for witnessed would be too meager a word) such an incredibly ebullient performance of such vitality and vigor, such precision and beauty, as Paco Pena’s A Compas (Primal Pulse).

The show began with Pena softly strumming his guitar on a stage, ensconced in shadows. As if coaxing the light into being with his melodious music, the stage became awash in a warm glow as if the Spanish sun itself had risen to give life to this astonishing performance.

A Compas celebrates the enormous range of rhythms fundamental to flamenco and truly communicates a primal pulse through various combinations of singing, music and dancing that had me entranced from the first note to the very last. The harmony achieved in the music was so perfect it seemed celestial, the precision of the dancing so impressive it felt organic.

La Guitarra Solista	6:15
Alboreá	9:42

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