PROGRAM
FELIPE PEDRELL: Excelsior, symphonic poem (1880) - 29'
Felip Pedrell, who was responsible for breathing new life into music in Spain and helping to disseminate the work of Richard Wagner, embarked on a new pathway in the creation of Excelsior, a symphonic poem with a Wagnerian air. He would later go on to write work like this Els Pirineus (The Pyrenees) and El compte Arnau (Count Arnau).
