If only we could hand out those scratch-n-sniff cards to PT listeners today. It might come close to approximating what Manuel de Falla had in mind when he wrote his "Nights in the Gardens of Spain." He meant his music to evoke not just the sights and sounds of the gardens surrounding the Alhambra palace in Granada, Spain. He wanted to conjure up the delicate fragrances of the place that's been called "Paradise on Earth." If you can, find a quiet garden spot, lean back, close your eyes, and inhale de Falla's gorgeous music.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Max Bruch: Piece No. 1, from Eight Pieces for Clarinet, Viola, and Piano, Op. 83
Kari Kriikku, clarinet, Matti Hirvikangas, viola, Arto Satukangas, piano
Adolf Schulz-Evler: Concert Arabesque on the Beautiful Blue Danube
Charlie Albright, piano
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Antonio Carlos Jobim: Amparo and Stone Flower
The Assad Brothers Guitar Duo
Lobero Theatre, Santa Barbara, California
Max Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 26
Joshua Bell, violin, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Semyon Bychkov, conductor
The Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Hour 2
Manuel de Falla: Excerpts from Seven Popular Spanish Songs
Kim Kashkashian, viola, Robert Levin, piano
George Frideric Handel: Entrance of Queen of Sheba, from Solomon
The Windham Festival Chamber Orchestra, Robert Manno, conductor
Windham Chamber Music Festival, Windham, New York
Ferdinand Rebay: Six Variations on a Sarabande by George Frideric Handel
SoloDuo
St. John the Baptist Church, Ottawa, Ontario
Alessandro Scarlatti: Fugue from Sonata in C
Tempesta di Mare
Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Fantasia in D Minor, K. 397
Vladimir Feltsman, piano
Bass Hall, Fort Worth, Texas
Manuel de Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain
Nelson Freire, piano, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Ivan Fischer, conductor
The Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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