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November 10 Chamber choir music from Cantoria in Caravaca de la Cruz
Renaissance music by Buxtehude at the Sanctuary of the True Cross in Caravaca
A season of three concerts going under the title of “Voces del Camino” and organized by the Fundación Camino de la Cruz to celebrate the Holy Jubilee Year in Caravaca de la Cruz begins on Sunday November 10 with a performance by acclaimed vocal group Cantoria.
Cantoría is a young ensemble specializing in the music of the Renaissance and the early Baroque directed by Jorge Losana. The ensemble was born in the summer of 2016 in the framework of the 1st International Festival and Early Music Course of Aledo (Region of Murcia) Early Music Aledo and consists mainly of singing students from the departments of "Música Antigua" and "Clásica y Contemporary "of the Superior School of Music of Catalonia (Barcelona).
On this occasion they present “Membra Jesu Nostri” by D. Buxtehude, a work for 5 voices, two violins and a bass.
The performance is at the Basilica and Sanctuary of the True Cross in Caravaca and begins at 19.30 with admission free of charge, and follows a day of other cultural events in the city.
The cycle continuies on November 16 with a performance by La Tempestad at the Real Monasterio de La Encarnación in Mula, and ends on November 23 with the well-known group Accademia del Piacere in the Cathedral of Orihuela.
For more local information, including the Holy Jubilee Year as well as local news and what’s on, go to the home page of Caravaca Today.
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Oficina de Turismo de Caravaca de la Cruz
More information about the places of interest which can be visited in the municipality of Caravaca de la Cruz, along with what's on and local news can be found in the Caravaca Today.
Caravaca de la Cruz, in the north-west of the Region of Murcia, is one of only 5 Holy Cities in the Roman Catholic world, a centre of pilgrimage, along with Rome, Jerusalem, Santiago de Compostela and Santo Toribio de Liebana, and is home to the Cross of Caravaca, the Vera Cruz.
The status of Holy City was bestowed by Pope John Paul II in 1998, granting the City a Permanent Jubilee year every 7 years for perpetuity, the first one held in 2003 and the next in 2024.
The strategic and natural advantages of Caravaca de la Cruz have attracted the attention of settlers for more than 800,000 years, the Cueva Negra yielding remains of Homo Heidelbergensis, forbears of the Neanderthals and the municipality also houses important archaeological remains from the Argaric, Iberian and Roman cultures. many of these can be seen in the Municipal Archaeological Museum.
As a border town caught between the Catholic forces of Castille and the last remaining Moorish stronghold in Spain, Granada, Caravaca had a turbulent medieval history, but it was during this period that the legend of the Cross of Caravaca was born, bringing the religious orders which shaped the structure of Caravaca today, with its impressive hilltop castle and eclectic collection of churches and monasteries, religious tourism today being a backbone of the town´s economy.
Caravaca de la Cruz is a municipality with important natural resources, including extensive forests, part of which have protected status due to their wealth of flora and fauna, and due to the abundant water supplies is also a major area for canned fruit production, apricots in particular being an important crop.
Caravaca is renown for its important May Fiestas, held in honour of the Vera Cruz, which also incorporate the Moors and Christians celebrations and the Running of the Wine Horses.
Caravaca de la Cruz is also the home of Europe´s largest collection of ethnic instruments at Barranda, the Museo de Música Étnica Barranda and is the location of the Barranda festival de Cuadrillas, which celebrates the Region's ethnic music traditions.
The municipality is home to around 26,000 inhabitants and sahres boundaries with Moratalla, Cehegín, Lorca, Puebla de Don Fadrique in the province of Granada and Vélez-Blanco in the province of Almería.
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Weekdays: 10.00 to 14.00 and 16.30 to 19.30
Saturdays: 10.30 to 14.00 and 16.30 to 19.30
Sundays and public holidays: 10.30 to 14.00
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