Repertoire

Maurice Ravel: Alborada del gracioso (1904-1905; orch. 1919) 6′
George Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F major (1925) 31′
Hèctor Parra: Constel·lació de Joan Miró (2025) 5′ – World premiere. Commissioned work
Modest Mussorgsky / Maurice Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition (1874) 36′

ARTISTS

Ludovic Morlot, conductor
Lucas Debargue, piano
Barcelona Symphony Orchestra (OBC)

Programme

The 1919 version for orchestra of Maurice Ravel’s Alborada del gracioso is a chromatically intriguing piece. It evokes the delicate beauty of the dawn, becoming progressively livelier, featuring instruments such as the harp, flute and bassoon, with a rhythmic element emphasised by the percussion.

The foot-tapping phrasing of swing is combined with highly expressive melodies in the Piano Concerto composed in 1925 by George Gershwin, a leading figure in the world of jazz and author of a number of standards.

The world premiere of Constel·lació de Joan Miró, a work completed this year by internationally-renowned Barcelona-born composer Hèctor Parra, will be followed by Maurice Ravel’s version of Modest Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. A journey through scenes that are not entirely imaginary, set in the borderline realm of consciousness, where mental activity and the dream world merge.