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Manuel de Falla, Noches en los jardines de España (Nights in the Gardens of Spain)

1. En el Generalife

Manuel de Falla, El amor brujo

11. Pantomima

5. Danza del terror

8. Danza ritual del fuego

Alonso Mudarra, Fantasia del quinto tono

Isaac Albéniz, Iberia, Book III

1. El Albaicín

Manuel de Falla, El amor brujo

6. El círculo mágico

Claude Debussy, Estampes

Soirée dans Grenade

The Alhambra in music

Albeniz, de Falla, Debussy

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Cast

Javier Perianes — Pianist

Program notes

An emblem of Arab-Andalusian culture, the Alhambra has inspired some of history’s greatest composers, among them, Manuel de Falla, Isaac Albéniz, and Claude Debussy. This film, directed by Gérard Pangon and Corentin Leconte, gives a musical reading of the 1000-year-old citadel’s history.

Arab-andalusian music, 9th-century Judeo-Spanish chants become the musical backdrop for our visit to the ancient patios, beautiful sculptures; the renaissance choirs of Juan Vásquez resound in the palace of Charles V evoking Spain’s Golden Age; flamenco blazes in the Albaicín quarter; Manuel de Falla’s Nights in the Gardens of Spain and Debussy’s La soirée dans Grenade ("Evening in Granada") find their place in the gardens of the Generalife… Echoing these works, pianist Javier Perianes performs Isaac Albéniz, Manuel de Falla, and Claude Debussy in the patio de los Arrayanes. In this way, the film invites us to discover the immense musical richness of this mythical place, a Unesco World Heritage Site.

A closer look: featured composers

Further listening: featured works

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