Organization

Conductor

Manel Valdivieso

Orchestra

Joven Orquesta Nacional de Cataluña (JONC)‎

L'Auditori

EL AMOR BRUJO

Barcelona

Spain

Sala 1 Pau Casals

Public

Concert

Approved

THE LOVE WIZARD: Concert Various

El amor brujo , by Manuel de Falla, is one of the most important works in the Spanish repertoire, with the famous Ritual Fire Dance and Song of Fatuous Fire . Initially conceived as an Andalusian pantomime for a chamber ensemble and cantaora —commissioned by bailaora Pastora Imperio— and later transformed into a symphonic version of a ballet, it tells the story of the torment of the gypsy Candelas by the specter of her former lover.
Georges Bizet portrays, with Carmen, the paradigm of a free and brave woman, seductress and mistress of the reins of her life. The praise of a free and rebellious love ("Love is a rebellious bird that no one can tame," proclaims Carmen at the beginning of the "Habanera") gives shape to a vibrant and vigorous music. The orchestral suites bring together the high points of the most performed French opera around the world.
In West Side Story , Leonard Bernstein revisits William Shakespeare's classic Romeo and Juliet in the form of a Broadway musical and places it in New York in the fifties, in the love affair of two teenagers belonging to two rival gangs: the Jets , sons of white workers, and the Sharks, Puerto Ricans. The orchestral suite of symphonic dances collects the best themes from the most innovative musical in Broadway history.

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EL AMOR BRUJO by Various, From (2022/2022), Conductor Manel Valdivieso, L'Auditori, Barcelona, Spain

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