Beethoven & Falla

Walt Disney Concert Hall

Last Modified: October 9, 2012

Frühbeck de Burgos
Núria Pomares

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Artists

Los Angeles Philharmonic

Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductor

Nancy Fabiola Herrera, (Salud) mezzo-soprano

Cristina Faus, (Abuela) soprano

Daniela Mack, mezzo-soprano

Vicente Ombuena, (Paco) tenor

Alfredo García, (Tío Sarvaor) baritone

Josep Miquel Ramón, (Manuel) bass-baritone

Gustavo Peña, (Voz de la fragua) tenor

Núria Pomares, bailarina

Pedro Sanz, cantaor

Pablo Sáinz-Villegas, guitar

Los Angeles Master Chorale, Grant Gershon, music director

Program

Listen Program Notes

Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 Program Notes

Falla: La Vida Breve Program Notes

About This Performance

Life and death, light and dark: Spanish conductor Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos pairs Beethoven’s ebullient Eighth Symphony with Falla’s gritty tale of a woman wronged. Light on its feet, the Eighth is full of abstract dance gestures, while Falla drew on Spanish traditional song and dance for his two-act opera.

Come for:

A rare complete performance of La vida breve, led by a conductor who recorded a definitive version and sparked by flamenco artists.

And more:

Some of Beethoven’s best musical jokes, delivered at high speed.

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