A very nice piece of music for a friend in sunny Spain

This will warm you right up
El sombrero de tres picos (The Three-Cornered Hat or Le tricorne) is a ballet choreographed by Leonide Massine with music by Manuel de Falla commissioned by Sergei Diaghilev and premiered complete in 1919. The story – a magistrate infatuated with a miller's faithful wife attempts to seduce her – derives from the novella by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón (born in Granada) and has been traced in film several times, usually in Spanish. The music has these sections:
  • Introducción y escena — Introduction and Scene
  • La tarde — Afternoon
  • Danza de la molinera (Fandango) — Dance of the Miller's Wife
  • Las uvas — The Grapes
  • Danza de los vecinos (Seguidillas) — Dance of the Neighbors
  • Danza del molinero (Farruca) — Dance of the Miller
  • Danza del corregidor — Dance of the Magistrate
  • Danza final (Jota)

It sings on a cold Wednesday morning.  My good friend, Josie Fitzpatrick, is in this orchestra...makes it even nicer. it's her birthday today. I'm thinking good thoughts.


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