De Falla: The Three-Cornered Hat & Nights in the Gardens of Spain

Featuring

Alejandra Gómez Ordaz
Carlos Miguel Prieto
Jorge Federico Osorio
The Orchestra of the Americas
Manuel de Falla
Enrique Granados

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Notable Performances

The Three-Cornered Hat premiered in London on July 22, 1919, with an impressive team including Ansermet as conductor, Massine as choreographer, and Picasso as designer.

Composer Biography

Manuel de Falla, whom everyone called Don Manuel, consolidated a Spanish school of music that began with Albéniz and Granados.

Composition History

Falla declined Diaghilev's offer for Nights in the Gardens of Spain, but suggested transforming his pantomime El corregidor y la molinera into a ballet, which became The Three-Cornered Hat.

Performer Biography

Carlos Miguel Prieto, the conductor, was named Musical America's 2019 Conductor of the Year and has led acclaimed performances across the Americas and Europe.

Composition History

Sergei Diaghilev, founder of the Ballets Russes, heard Falla play Nights in the Gardens of Spain and asked him to re-score it for ballet.

Composer Biography

Falla's time in Paris, from 1907, was highly enriching, where he met figures like Debussy, Ravel, Dukas, Stravinsky, and Diaghilev.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Falla embraced popular genres, eager to incorporate folklore into classical music and the European avant-garde, achieving what Miguel de Unamuno termed the 'Hispanicization of Europe'.