The massive emigration on the Winnipeg was facilitated by Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, who sympathized with the Spanish Republic and was appointed Consul for Spanish Emigration in Paris.
Composition History
Ramón Gorigoitia's piece "Winnipeg" was commissioned by the Música Iberoamericana Association and premiered by the Ensemble Iberoamericano in 2010.
Composer's Artistic Vision
The album "Winnipeg. Música y Exilio" brings together works by Spanish and Latin American composers who experienced voluntary or forced emigration, reflecting the theme of exile.
Compositional Technique
Manuel de Falla's Concerto per clavicembalo o pianoforte integrates Spanish traditional, Renaissance, and Baroque sources into a modern texture with harmonic shifts and rhythmic overlaps.
Recording & Production
This album was recorded at Fürstensaal and Saal Am Palais, Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt, Weimar, Germany, in March 2012.
Album & Artwork
The album title, "Winnipeg. Música y Exilio," refers to the cargo ship Winnipeg, which transported over 2,000 Spanish refugees to Chile in 1939.
Performer Biography
The Ensemble Iberoamericano is composed of musicians from various Latin American and European countries who studied and now work in Germany.
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