In September 2010, was the commemorative 150th anniversary of "the Giants and Big Heads Parade". The tickets for the show at Pamplona´s Bull Ring were sold out within days. My brother Josetxo Goia-Aribe, which is jazz musician composed a special piece for that day in honor of Thaddeus Amorena, author of the giants, and for the hundreds of people that during these 150 years have been part of "La Comparsa " (The Parade). He was part of this troupe for several years.
At that time he published his fifth album "The Queen's earrings". The title stems from a story he was told by chance. Back in 1900 a woman who lived 12 kilometers from Pamplona was accustomed to go –walking-to Pamplona´s Festival,"San Fermin".
He is a professor at the Higher School of Music of the Basque Country. My nephew plays the piano and is overall a good kid.
At that time he published his fifth album "The Queen's earrings". The title stems from a story he was told by chance. Back in 1900 a woman who lived 12 kilometers from Pamplona was accustomed to go –walking-to Pamplona´s Festival,"San Fermin".
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| "The Queen's earrings" Album cover. The boy is my nephew looking at the Queen |
Well, this woman use to go come to San Fermin Festival with her children by her hand and get into the maelstrom of the party ... the running of the bulls, bullfighting, carousels, music concerts, etc… But what she liked the most was the Giants and Big Head Parade as she was fascinated by a tiny detail that probably was unnoticeable for most of people attending the Parade, the beautiful earrings that one of the Queens wore.
At the Parade were 8 Giants and one was known as "The European Queen". She was her favourite, and of course, her earrings with the amazing "swinging" they did while the Queen was dancing. She explain this fascination to her children, grand children and even great grand children and on the spoken words of one of her fourth generation descendant when my brother found out this beautiful story. This is the explanation for my brother to choose this title for his disc. His intention was to put in value the small things, even insignificant details that give warmth to our memory.
At the Parade were 8 Giants and one was known as "The European Queen". She was her favourite, and of course, her earrings with the amazing "swinging" they did while the Queen was dancing. She explain this fascination to her children, grand children and even great grand children and on the spoken words of one of her fourth generation descendant when my brother found out this beautiful story. This is the explanation for my brother to choose this title for his disc. His intention was to put in value the small things, even insignificant details that give warmth to our memory.
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| www.josetxogoiaribe.com |
He is a professor at the Higher School of Music of the Basque Country. My nephew plays the piano and is overall a good kid.
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