The Orquesta Sinfónica de Navarra continues its 2026/27 season this week with two evenings under British guest conductor Jonathan Cohen The programme El tiempo de los maestros is scheduled for Thursday, 5 November 2026, at 19:30 at the Auditorio Baluarte in Pamplona and for Friday, 6 November 2026, at 19:30 at the Teatro Gaztambide in Tudela according to the announcement.
The programme features three defining pillars of 18th-century music: Johann Sebastian Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 1, Georg Friedrich Händel’s Water Music Suite No. 1 and Franz Joseph Haydn’s Symphony No. 92 in G major, Oxford. The combination of the Baroque concerto form, courtly festive music and Classical symphonic writing is conceived as a concise overview of the era’s central genres.
Jonathan Cohen is known in the international music world above all for his stylistically informed interpretations of the Baroque and Classical repertoire. He is Artistic Director of the Handel and Haydn Society in Boston and founded the UK-based ensemble Arcangelo. By inviting him to Navarra, the orchestra is putting its faith in a distinctive artistic approach to core repertoire regularly featured in the region’s subscription series.
According to the Orquesta Sinfónica de Navarra, this is the cycle’s second subscription concert in Pamplona and, at the same time, the opening of the subscription series in Tudela. The organisers refer audiences to the usual advance-ticket arrangements; information on tickets and categories is available in the official notices from Auditorio Baluarte and Teatro Gaztambide. Any changes to the arrangements are subject to formal notification by the organisers.
By presenting the concerts in both Pamplona and Tudela, the orchestra aims to make the same artistic programmes accessible at several venues across Navarra. Audiences will have the opportunity to hear three defining works from different styles in close succession and compare their distinct sound worlds—from a concerto centred on soloists to a ceremonial suite and a classically proportioned symphony. The forces are tailored to the requirements of each score; the organisers’ detailed programme information gives the specific configurations and solo parts.
The dates, venues and works have been publicly announced by the Orquesta Sinfónica de Navarra and the venues in Pamplona and Tudela. The final choice of works and any changes remain possible up to the evening of the concert, but none are currently indicated.
Editor: Mira Cadena (Article created with AI assistance).