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August 26 Cantoría perform ancient vocal music at the Alhama de Murcia archaeological museum

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The event at the Los Baños museum in Alhama forms part of the annual ECOS festival at beautiful venues in the Sierra Espuña area

August 26 Cantoría perform ancient vocal music at the Alhama de Murcia archaeological museum The program for the first weekend of the 2023 ECOS Ancient Music Festival in the area of the Sierra Espuña includes this attractive concert by vocal quartet Cantoría, the event being held in the patio and gardens of the Los Baños archaeological museum in Alhama de Murcia.

There are two hour-long concerts scheduled at 21.00 and 23.00, with tickets already available online here and here at 5.77 euros including costs.

In recent years Cantoría (Inés Alonso, Oriol Guimerà, Jorge Losana and Víctor Cruz) have become leaders in their field, their fresh and youthful approach breathing new life into the music they perform and ensuring that they are in high demand both within and outside Spain.

In Alhama they present a selection of music under the title of “La Guerra” (War), including the following pieces:

“El Toro” by Mateo Flecha “El Viejo” (1481–1553), the song master of Medinaceli
La Battaglia Taliana (Die Schlacht vor Pavia) by Matthias Werrecore (15001558)
La Guerra by Mateo Flecha “El Viejo” (1481–1553), Las ensaladas de Flecha…
La Guerre (La Bataille de Marignan) by Clément Janequin (14851558)
El Jubilate by Mateo Flecha “El Viejo” (1481–1553)

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Alhama de Murcia Tourist Office

Alhama de Murcia Tourist information office is located on the edge of the Plaza de la Constitución, just a few metres away from the underground car park and the Town hall of Alhama de Murcia.

The tourist office offers free guided audiotours in English which take visitors around the historical sites of interest in Alhama. These be loaned at any time, although allow an hour and a half to complete the tour, and when loaning the audio equipment visitors are asked to leave passports or ID cards with the tourist office.

The office also carries a full range of leaflets for the archaeological museum of Los Baños, which is built around the historic spa which gives Alhama its name, and the mountains of Sierra Espuña, which is also an important area within the municipality of Alhama. Areas such as El Berro and Gebas have a number of interesting routes which can be followed and there are several picnic areas and good walking routes within the Sierra Espuña natural park.

The tourist office also carries leaflets for the many cultural events and fiestas which take place in Alhama throughout the year, including Los Mayos, Semana Santa, Christmas,the Romería of La Candelaria and the Auto de los Reyes Magos in El Berro.