Cocentaina hosts the premiere of the play about “Paquito el Chocolatero”

Cocentaina City Council participates in the co-production of this work. Gustavo PascualHe is one of the town’s most famous sons born in the 20th century and will make his debut on the occasion of the 677th edition of Fira de Tots Sants. The premiere, as announced by the organization’s sources, El Teular cultural center Tyrsova and the company Vlc Loves Design and under the direction of playwright Xavier Lauder, who also wrote the script. The game explains The story behind this world famous pasodobleFrom “Paquito el Chocolatero” being Gustavo Pascual’s brother-in-law to the historical and family context in which the composition was created.

The composer’s son named Gustavo also believes this spread and popularity pasodoble was largely due to: “A catchy, simple and easy to interpret piece”. According to him, the key to his success is the joy of the melody. Likewise, it enables understanding of different interpretations made throughout history. Highly reliable compared to original scoreIt is preserved in the Museo Festero de Cocentaina, along with the guitar on which Gustavo Pascual composed the piece.

Author’s heir says theater show is for him “It’s a musical drama because my father’s life wasn’t easy.”. He was always a sickly person, to the point that he “opposed his wife’s father to them marrying” because of this problem. In fact, when he composed “Paquito el Chocolatero” 1937 He was recovering at home after previously being admitted to Alicante. It was at that time forced rest When he composed many works for the festivals of the Moors and Christians, and also forged his most memorable melody.

One day in August of that year His brother-in-law, Paquito, nicknamed “The Chocolatier”, visited him at his home. and is also a musician and a great party goer as well. Gustavo Pascual He offered to dedicate one of the three pieces to her Paquito, which he recently composed, and I knew how to read notes Because the bass drum and cymbals were playing, He chose “the happiest”. Thus began the famous pasodoble legend.

Gustavo Pascual He died before he was 37because of kidney condition something he has suffered from since childhood. He left behind an important musical legacy as well as many milestones in the field of music, such as his masterpiece “Paquito el chocolatier”, the success of which he never imagined. The reversal of the formation of groups was his work. The largest instruments at the end in the interpretation of Moorish marchesand he was also one of the architects, together with a group of friends, of the fusion of two groups from Cocentaina and Birth of the Contestana Music Union.

Tickets for this theater production On sale starting this Fridaycan be purchased At the Youth House From Cocentaina or via the link ventas.cocentaina.es. As the organization points out, the staging is as follows: a compendium of artistic disciplinesfrom text theater to singing, gesture theater and the integration of audiovisual and illuminated media. live music performed by a live bandIt brings to life important moments in the life of Gustavo Pascual Falcó.

dramaturgy and stage direction At the concert, conducted by Xavier Lauder, live music will be played with the participation of Societat Musical de La Barraca d’Aigües Vives, under the musical direction of Agustín Martínez Caballero and Joaquín Ramón Cardona Carbonell. We can enjoy it on stage comments from a cast that includes actors Iván Cervera, Jordi Lexi, Vicente Aparicio, Manel Palazón and actress Inés Coronado.