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Sultry sounds celebrate Spanish compatriots in this performance highlighting our Music Director’s homeland, featuring preeminent composer Manuel de Falla. Pianist Javier Perianes joins your Toronto Symphony Orchestra in a solo performance of Fantasia Baetica, evoking the folk music of Spain’s southern province of Andalusia. Melding harmonies inspired by gypsy, Middle-Eastern, and Indian music, and a dash of influence from his time in Paris, Falla captures the spirit of flamenco in this technically challenging piano work. Perianes also introduces a piece written for him by fellow countryman Francisco Coll, the contemporary fantasia for piano and orchestra Ciudad sin sueño (Sleepless City). The sizzling program concludes with Falla’s iconic Suites Nos. 1 and 2 from The Three-Cornered Hat, employing tantalizing fandango and fiery flamenco orchestration from his highly successful ballet based on a comic novella.
Gustavo Gimeno, conductor
Javier Perianes, piano
Falla: Fantasia Baetica for Solo Piano
Francisco Coll: Ciudad sin sueño: Fantasia for Piano and Orchestra (North American Première/TSO Co-commission)
Falla/orch. Francisco Coll: Fantasia Baetica (North American Première)
Falla: Suites Nos. 1 & 2 from The Three-Cornered Hat
Item details
Date
Wednesday, February 28, 2024 8:00PM
Location
Roy Thomson Hall
Name
Spanish Reflections
Description
Sultry sounds celebrate Spanish compatriots in this performance highlighting our Music Director’s homeland, featuring preeminent composer Manuel de Falla. Pianist Javier Perianes joins your Toronto Symphony Orchestra in a solo performance of Fantasia Baetica, evoking the folk music of Spain’s southern province of Andalusia. Melding harmonies inspired by gypsy, Middle-Eastern, and Indian music, and a dash of influence from his time in Paris, Falla captures the spirit of flamenco in this technically challenging piano work. Perianes also introduces a piece written for him by fellow countryman Francisco Coll, the contemporary fantasia for piano and orchestra Ciudad sin sueño (Sleepless City). The sizzling program concludes with Falla’s iconic Suites Nos. 1 and 2 from The Three-Cornered Hat, employing tantalizing fandango and fiery flamenco orchestration from his highly successful ballet based on a comic novella.
Gustavo Gimeno, conductor
Javier Perianes, piano
Falla: Fantasia Baetica for Solo Piano
Francisco Coll: Ciudad sin sueño: Fantasia for Piano and Orchestra (North American Première/TSO Co-commission)
Falla/orch. Francisco Coll: Fantasia Baetica (North American Première)
Falla: Suites Nos. 1 & 2 from The Three-Cornered Hat
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