Spanish Nights
Evening Music | May 6, 2010
Manuel de Falla created his "Nights in the Gardens fo Spain" out of a series of nocturnes he had written for piano. Calling it a set of "symphonic impressions," de Falla filled the lush work with images of exotic flora and wild dancing. Gerard Schwarz and the London Symphony Orchestra perform it tonight with pianist Carol Rosenberger.
Also, music by 18th-century Austrian composer Karl Ditters — who changed his last name to the more illustrious sounding "Ditters von Dittersdorf" when he received the title of "Office Captain" from the royal court. We'll hear his Symphony in D, "The Fall of Phaeton," one of the several symphonies that he based on Ovid's "Metamorphoses."
Also, music by 18th-century Austrian composer Karl Ditters — who changed his last name to the more illustrious sounding "Ditters von Dittersdorf" when he received the title of "Office Captain" from the royal court. We'll hear his Symphony in D, "The Fall of Phaeton," one of the several symphonies that he based on Ovid's "Metamorphoses."
