April's program features some pretty spectacular music
by 20th Century Spanish composers, including complete versions of two
pieces generally known only by short excerpts, and some unfamiliar
pieces by very familiar Spanish composers.
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** This title "Love the Magician" is a bad translation of "El Amor Brujo" - the original intent being "The Sourcer's Love" or "The Sourcer's Girlfriend" - a title that actually matches the action, an operation of Gypsy magic. Also matching the action is not a fancy opera soprano, but Ginesa Ortega, an authentic Flamenco cantaora of Gypsy ethnicity. The orchestra too - not a fancy Philharmonic, but a Spanish theater orchestra that can play this stuff in their sleep. *** Habanera (4.2 min), Playera (4.4 min), Spanish Dance (5.1 min), Malagueña (4.6 min), Caprice Basque (6.1 min), Romanza Andaluza (4.8 min), Zapateado (3.3 min) |