Joaquín Turina - Rapsodia sinfónica Op. 66 (1931) [Score]

Joaquín Turina Pérez (1882 –1949), Rapsodia sinfónica, for piano & orchestra, Op. 66 (1931).

Alicia de Larrocha (piano) London Philharmonic Orchestra Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (conductor) Recorded: 1983, Walthamstow Town Hall, London, England.

Description by James Reel (Allmusic.com)

This compact work is not quite the lush extravaganza the term "symphonic rhapsody" may imply; the orchestra is limited to strings and the piano sometimes falls back into an accompaniment role. Yet it's full of Iberian atmosphere, particularly in the second half, and like Falla's Nights in the Gardens of Spain, it sensitively evokes a nocturnal scene in Andalusia, the gypsy-dominated area of southern Spain. The rhapsody begins with a slow but assertive statement by the strings, punctuated by a couple piano notes; the keyboard makes its true entrance with a vaguely oriental cascade of notes, similar to the piano's appearance in Ravel's Left-Hand Concerto (which was premiered the same year Turina wrote this rhapsody). This Andante section continues with the piano and orchestra uttering and answering each other's richly harmonized phrases. Occasionally, a solo violin comes forward with its own brief commentary, slick with portamento. A long passage for strings alone ultimately leads to the rhapsody's Allegro vivo section, a scherzo in which the piano takes a more prominent, flashy role. The excitement eases after a few moments, allowing a more romantic interlude, but soon the scherzo material returns with its rondeña rhythms and quickly alternating 3/4 and 6/8 passages to exciting effect. Even so, Turina moves the rhapsody toward its conclusion with a restatement of the broader, romantic material, giving the piano almost the last word with a flamenco-like flourish.

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Joaquín Turina Pérez (9 December 1882 – 14 January 1949) was a Spanish composer of classical music.

Biography

Turina was born in Seville. He studied in Seville as well as in Madrid. He lived in Paris from 1905 to 1914 where he took composition lessons from Vincent d'Indy at his Schola Cantorum de Paris and studied the piano under Moritz Moszkowski. Like his countryman and friend, Manuel de Falla, while there he got to know the impressionist composers Maurice Ravel and Claude Debussy.

On 10 December 1908 he married Obdulia Garzón and together they had five children. She was the dedicatee of the Danzas fantásticas, which he completed in 1919.

Along with de Falla, he returned to Madrid in 1914, working as a composer, teacher and critic. On 28 March 1916, he joined the Madrid Symphony Orchestra at the Hotel Ritz in that city, to perform the premiere of Falla's revised orchestral version of El amor brujo. In the early months of 1929, he visited Havana, Cuba, where he gave a series of seven lectures at the Hispanic-Cuban Institute of Culture.

In 1931 he was made professor of composition at the Madrid Royal Conservatory. He died in Madrid. Among his notable pupils were Vicente Asencio and Celedonio Romero.

His works include the operas Margot (1914) and Jardín de Oriente (1923), the Danzas fantásticas (1919, versions for piano and orchestra), La oración del torero (written first for a lute quartet, then string quartet, then string orchestra), chamber music, piano works, guitar pieces and songs. Much of his work shows the influence of traditional Andalusian music. He also wrote a short one-movement Rapsodia sinfónica (1931) for piano and orchestra. His music often conveys a feeling of rapture or exaltation. His guitar works include Fandanguillo and Hommage à Tárrega, which were written for Andrés Segovia. The dedicatee and/or first performer of a number of his piano works was José Cubiles.

(Wikipedia)

Original audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5iS-SSpXpA
Score: https://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Turina,_Joaqu%C3%ADn
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