Mabel Millán

Last night’s concert included some of the most expressive playing I have heard in a long time. Mabel and Celia Millán are sisters from Cordoba, the first plays the guitar and the second the piano. I have never been a big fan of the piano and certainly never imagined enjoying a concert including duets of guitar and piano. Last night proved me wrong and the programme, while very popular was beautifully played. Some pieces were a dialogue between the two, in others the piano was limited to a basso continuo or an orchestral type accompaniment and one (Sevilla) even gave the piano complete centre stage while the guitar acompanied. The pianist played everything with a perfect sensitivity to the guitarist’s needs and only in Sevilla did it mask the sound of the guitar at some points. At 24 years old, these two excellent musicians have an unlimited future ahead of them. My only regret is that I didn’t know anything about these two players and did not bring my family along to enjoy the music. Congratulations to Vicente Coves for bringing us these two jewels.