Manuel de Falla

Domingo Hindoyan conductor
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

1. El sombrero de tres picos, Suite No. 1: I. Introduction
2. El sombrero de tres picos, Suite No. 1: II. La tarde
3. El sombrero de tres picos, Suite No. 1: III. Danza de la molinera. Fandango
4. El sombrero de tres picos, Suite No. 1: IV. El Corregidor
5. El sombrero de tres picos, Suite No. 1: V. Las uvas
6. El sombrero de tres picos, Suite No. 2: I. Danza de los vecinos. Seguidillas
7. El sombrero de tres picos, Suite No. 2: II. Danza del molinero. Farruca
8. El sombrero de tres picos, Suite No. 2: III. Danza final. Jota

9. La Vida Breve: Interlude
10. La Vida Breve: Dance

11. Homenajes: I. Fanfare sobre el nombre de E. F. Arbós
12. Homenajes: II. À C. Debussy: elegía de la guitarra
13. Homenajes: Rappel de la fanfare
14. Homenajes: III. À Paul Dukas: Spes vitae
15. Homenajes: IV. Pedrelliana

16. El Amor Brujo: I. Introducción y escena
17. El Amor Brujo: II. En la cueva. La noche
18. El Amor Brujo: El aparecido
19. El Amor Brujo: Danza del terror
20. El Amor Brujo: El círculo mágico: Romance del pescador
21. El Amor Brujo: A media noche: los sortilegios
22. El Amor Brujo: Danza ritual del fuego
23. El Amor Brujo: Escena
24. El Amor Brujo: Pantomima
25. El Amor Brujo: Danza del juego de amor
26. El Amor Brujo: Final: Las campanas del amanecer
27. Fantasía Baetica (Orch. Francisco Coll)

2026 is the 150th anniversary of the birth of Manuel de Falla, arguably Spain’s greatest composer. He has been described by biographer Burnett James as ‘the most complete representative of the Spanish mind and spirit in music’.

Spain for centuries stood apart from western classical music and produced relatively few composers of stature until the late 19th century. The great Tomas Luis de Victoria in the 16th century and the tragically short-lived Arriaga in the early 19th are the two exceptions. In the late 1800s, Isaac Albeniz introduced a strong Spanish flavour to his music and with Enrique Granados did much to establish Spain in the mainstream of European classical music. However, de Falla absorbed the modern influences of composers he met whilst living in Paris – Ravel, Debussy, Dukas, Stravinsky, Schmitt, and impresario Diaghilev. Domingo Hindoyan and the RLPO present a superb programme of de Falla’s colourful, sensuous and passionate music and include an orchestration by Francisco Coll of one of his great piano works (composed for Arthur Rubinstein), ‘Fantasia Baetica’.

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