New Year's concert - La Bella Italia!

Between fire and melancholy, this is how one might describe the essence of Spanish music. We perhaps feel a similarly broad spectrum of emotions at the turn of the year: energy for the new and regret for the time that has irreversibly passed. With works by Spanish composers such as Manuel de Falla, Enrique Granados, and Joaquín Turina, the Graz Philharmonic and ensemble member Anna Brull, under the direction of chief conductor Vassilis Christopoulos, guide us through a spirited New Year's program. Particularly through elements of dance such as Flamenco, Pasodoble, or Jota, Spanish rhythms and melodies also found their way into French music of the 19th century. Between the 1870s and World War I, there was a veritable enthusiasm for Spain in France, which inspired composers like Emmanuel Chabrier, Claude Debussy, and Maurice Ravel to create works with thematic as well as musical references to their neighboring country.

Program

Maurice Ravel »Alborada del gracioso« from Miroirs

Manuel de Falla Siete canciones populares españolas

Enrique Granados No. 5 »Andaluza« from 12 danzas españolas op. 37

Joaquín Turina La procesión del Rocío op. 9

Claude Debussy »Ibéria« I. Par les rues et par les chemins from Images pour orchestre

Georges Bizet Entr’acte III from Carmen

Josep Ribas »Rosó« from Pel teu amor

Ruperto Chapí y Lorente »Carceleras« from Las hijas del Zebedeo

Manuel de Falla No. 7 Danza final (Jota) from El sombrero de tres picos

Tickets

Public Accessibility: Tram 1, 7 I Stop: Kaiser-Josef Platz/Oper