Name: Spanish Reflections
Start: 2024-02-28T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2024-02-29T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Roy Thomson Hall

Organization

Conductor

Gustavo Gimeno

Instrumentalist

Javier Perianes

Piano

Orchestra

Toronto Symphony Orchestra

Spanish Reflections

Toronto

Canada

Roy Thomson Hall

Spanish Reflections: Fantasia baetica (orch. Francisco Coll) Falla (+3 More)

Public

Fantasia baetica (orch. Francisco Coll)

Ciudad sin Sueño (Fantasia for piano and orchestra)

Fantasia Baetica

The Three-Cornered Hat

Approved

Sultry sounds celebrate Spanish compatriots in this performance highlighting our Music Director’s homeland, featuring preeminent composer Manuel de Falla. Pianist Javier Perianes joins your Toronto Symphony Orchestra in a solo performance of Fantasia Baetica, evoking the folk music of Spain’s southern province of Andalusia. Melding harmonies inspired by gypsy, Middle-Eastern, and Indian music, and a dash of influence from his time in Paris, Falla captures the spirit of flamenco in this technically challenging piano work. Perianes also introduces a piece written for him by fellow countryman Francisco Coll, the contemporary fantasia for piano and orchestra Ciudad sin sueño (Sleepless City). The sizzling program concludes with Falla’s iconic Suites Nos. 1 and 2 from The Three-Cornered Hat, employing tantalizing fandango and fiery flamenco orchestration from his highly successful ballet based on a comic novella.

English

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Ensemble