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Iberian Sketches (2010)
1. Fado Menor
2. Error Meus
3. Fallaste Corazon
1 fl/1 ob/1 f.hn.;strgs; ca. 8:00
Premiere
Irvine Classical Players Chamber Orchestra
Henry Miller, conductor
Concordia University
Irvine, CA
June 17, 2010
Commissioned by the Irvine Classical Players Chamber Orchestra to mark their 2010 tour to Spain and Portugal.
Iberian Sketches is a setting of three folk songs: Fado Menor - a sad, introspective song from the Portuguese "fado" tradition about regretting one's past; Error Meus - a more rhapsodic and passionate Portuguese "fado" song about regret; and Fallaste Corazon - a Spanish song about life and the power of the human soul.
Performance History
2010
July 7
Irvine Classical Players Chamber Orchestra
Henry Miller, conductor
Igreja de Sao Francisco
Porto
PORTUGAL
July 6
Irvine Classical Players Chamber Orchestra
Henry Miller, conductor
Iglesia de San Francisco de Valdedos
Santiago de Compostela
SPAIN
July 1
Irvine Classical Players Chamber Orchestra
Henry Miller, conductor
Iglesia de los Santos Justos y Pastor
Toledo
SPAIN
June 17 (premiere)
Irvine Classical Players Chamber Orchestra
Henry Miller, conductor
Concordia University
Irvine, CA
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