the singer-songwriter Joan Manuel Serrat has definitively said goodbye to the stage this Friday, in the last concert of his farewell tour ‘El vicio de cantar 1965-2022’, which he has reunited in Barcelona to more than 15,000 followers, including the President of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez.
Remembering the words that the president of the Generalitat Josep Tarradellas said when he returned from exile, Serrat greeted the public in his hometown with a “ha soc here!«, according to the concert review published by the EFE agency.
Your songs are born from small and large experiences. You have put music and lyrics to our story.
Your fight for common memory has made you a benchmark for many generations.
It has been a luxury to be able to accompany you today.
Many thanks, Joan Manuel. pic.twitter.com/xccZw1yDrk
— Pedro Sánchez (@sanchezcastejon) December 23, 2022
“Thank you for coming today, the day that I solemnly proclaim my farewell of my own free will”, he added before a Palau Sant Jordi full of friends, acquaintances, admirers and personalities, who received him with a standing ovation.
Among those attending the presentation were Maria del Mar Bonet, Jordi Évole, Javier Cercas, Marina Rosell, Isabel Coixet, Mario Gas, Gemma Nierga and Sílvia Pérez Cruz.
President Pedro Sánchez was accompanied by the Minister of Culture and Sports, Miquel Iceta, the first secretary of the Catalan Socialist Party (PSC), Salvador Illa, among others.
With the song temps was temps The singer-songwriter opened the last presentation, which included a repertoire specially designed for Barcelona and full of songs with a high emotional charge, the agency highlights.
«Do not get carried away by temptations of melancholy and nostalgia. This is a party. It will be the last concert, but I want to have a great time! ”, Serrat asked those present.
an unforgettable goodbye
Anonymous and famous people enjoyed an unforgettable evening, full of emotions, in which they went from joy to nostalgia and from melancholy to euphoria in a matter of minutes.
For his audience, Serrat prepared a special repertoire, with more songs in Catalan than was usual on the farewell tour, which began in New York eight months ago and which came to an end this Friday, after touring all of Spain and America.
During the night he has remembered his mother with song of bressolto his father with The furo carouselto Poble Sec street where he saw him grow up in my careerto his hometown with Barcelona i jo and his beloved Miguel Hernández with onion lullabies, stands out a publication of 20 Minutes.
The audience was able to get up from their seats with for freedomcried with the auntie and the euphoria came with Mediterranean, stop, Plany to the sea, sing, Paraules of love Y A guitarthe latter he alone on stage.
According to the Spanish media, Serrat “has been able to enjoy this Friday the pleasure of being a prophet in his land” and as the poet Antonio Machado wrote and he sings, “he never pursued glory or left his song in the memory of men, but he has got it both ways.”
EFE/OnCuba
