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La Filarm\u00f3nica Concert Society<\/strong> presents the Hungarian National Orchestra,<\/strong> conducted by Jordi Franc\u00e9s,<\/strong> with Ana Vidovi\u0107 <\/strong>(pictured) on guitar, on 23 January at 19.30 in the Symphonic Hall of the Auditorio Nacional de M\u00fasica<\/strong> of Madrid.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The concert programme features a world premiere, Enrique Granados’<\/strong> Valses po\u00e9ticos <\/em>(orchestration by Jordi Franc\u00e9s), which will be accompanied by Joaqu\u00edn Rodrigo’s<\/strong> Concierto de Aranjuez,<\/em> Igor Stravinsky’s<\/strong> Pulcinella<\/em> Suite<\/em> and Manuel de Falla’s <\/strong>El sombrero de tres picos.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Enrique Granados (1867 – 1916) is one of Spain’s greatest artists. Pianist, composer, music promoter and educator, he had an intense, short and cosmopolitan career that developed mainly between Madrid, Barcelona, Paris and New York. His work, especially his piano work, is part of the universal repertoire.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n While Europe was engulfed in the First World War, Granados premiered his opera Goyescas at the Metropolitan in New York under the baton of Pablo Casals. As a result of its resounding and immediate success, he was invited by President Wilson to the White House. This moment of glory was the prelude to his tragedy: in order to attend the American president’s invitation, the composer was forced to change his route home and embark on the British ferry SS Sussex,<\/em> which was to be bombed by the Germans. Granados would die trying to save his wife.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n One of the most beautiful and delicate works in Granados’ repertoire are his Valses Po\u00e9ticos. <\/em>La Filarm\u00f3nica has commissioned the conductor Jordi Franc\u00e9s to write the first orchestration of these waltzes, performed as a world premiere on this tour.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" La Filarm\u00f3nica presents the Hungarian National Orchestra on 23 January at 7.30 p.m. in the Auditorio Nacional de M\u00fasica.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":71009,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"jnews_post_split":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[179,176],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","category-leisure"],"yoast_head":"\n