Repertoire

KAREL HUSA: Smetana fanfare (1984) 4 '
ANDRÉS VALERO-CASTELLS: Cardiofonía (2010) 20 '
MANUEL DE FALLA: El amor brujo (1925 version). With permission from J. and W Chester Ltd. 24 '

Witchcraft and mystery, gypsies muttering spells, dances around the fire. El amor brujo is a story of passion that crosses the frontier of the afterlife, a ballet-pantomime starring a young couple, Candelas and Carmelo, and a former lover of the girl who manifests herself in the form of a ghost and torment. Spells, sorcery and traditional Andalusian music form a very special attraction to this work. The "Ritual Dance of Fire" or "Song of Fatuous Fire" have become icons of twentieth-century music.

When we are in love, the heart speeds up, the beats betray us. Andrés Valero-Castells proposes to Caridiofonía a sound experience from the rhythm of this organ, in the first and third movements literally. The second, more poetic, starts from a quote by García Lorca, and the last closes the work with a theme by rock musician Luis Campuzano "Sherpa". The concert is completed with Smetana fanfare, by Karel Husa, on the centenary of the birth of this Czech composer.

Performers

Barcelona Symphony Band
Esperanza Fernández, cantaora
José R. Pascual-Vilaplana, conductor