Programme
PHILIP SPARKE:
Spirit of Andalusia (Spirit of Andalusia) (2017) 7'
Moving Heaven and Earth (Moving Heaven and Earth). Variations concertante on an original theme by Gabriel Fauré (2012) 9'
Three Washington Statues (Three Washington Statues) (2015) 8'
Hymn to Twilight (Himne al capvespre) (2020) 8’ – Estrena mundial
Simfonia n. 2 “Savannah” (2012) 22’
Philip Sparke, one of the most relevant composers and conductors on the international band scene, stars in this season's artist portrait. The commissioned work, Hymn at Twilight , is undoubtedly one of the attractions of the program, but also the Symphony no. 2 , dedicated to Savannah, an American city in the state of Georgia that fascinated the musician since he first visited it.
Three Washington Statues (Three Washington Statues) proposes a tour of the memorial sculptures of three important figures in the history of the country located in the capital of the United States: Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King and Duke Ellington. Spirit of Andalusia is a short piece that keeps alive the clichés of Spanish music based on jota rhythms and flamenco sounds, and Moving Heaven and Earth (Removent cel i terra), a theme and four variations of the fragment "quando coeli movendi sunt et terra" from Gabriel Fauré's Requiem .
Performers
Barcelona Symphonic Band
Andrea Gasperin, conductor
