Repertoire

Maurice Ravel: Alborada del gracioso (1904-1905; orch. 1919) 6′
George Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F major (1925) 31′
Hèctor Parra: Deux constellations pour orchestre d’après Joan Miró (2025). World Premiere. Work Commissioned by L’Auditori. 5′
Modest Mussorgsky / Maurice Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition (1874) 36′

ARTISTS

Ludovic Morlot, conductor
Lucas Debargue, piano
Barcelona Symphony Orchestra (OBC)

Programme

The 1919 version for orchestra of Maurice Ravel’s Alborada del gracioso is a chromatically intriguing piece. It evokes the delicate beauty of the dawn, becoming progressively livelier, featuring instruments such as the harp, flute and bassoon, with a rhythmic element emphasised by the percussion.

The foot-tapping phrasing of swing is combined with highly expressive melodies in the Piano Concerto composed in 1925 by George Gershwin, a leading figure in the world of jazz and author of a number of standards.

The world premiere of Constel·lació de Joan Miró, a work completed this year by internationally-renowned Barcelona-born composer Hèctor Parra, will be followed by Maurice Ravel’s version of Modest Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. A journey through scenes that are not entirely imaginary, set in the borderline realm of consciousness, where mental activity and the dream world merge.

With funding from the Ministry of Culture, within the framework of the Cultural Capital of Barcelona promoted by the Ministry of Culture and Barcelona City Council and the support of the Ramon Llull Institute.