Concert at the 75th Granada Festival

Plural Ensemble

Mahan Esfahani, harpsichord

Fabián Panisello, conductor

In commemoration of the 150th anniversary of Manuel de Falla

In the Key of Falla

Plural Ensemble, one of Spain’s leading groups in the performance of contemporary music, presents a programme conceived around Manuel de Falla’s Concerto for Harpsichord, joining the tribute to the Cádiz-born composer. Under the direction of Fabián Panisello and with an internationally renowned soloist such as Mahan Esfahani— a harpsichordist deeply committed to contemporary creation for his instrument—this programme bridges past and present through Falla’s legacy. Alongside Boccherini’s celebrated evocation of 18th-century Madrid, the audience will hear works by Jesús Villa-Rojo and José María Sánchez-Verdú, as well as the world premiere of Con certo in certo by the Sevillian composer Alberto Carretero, a work specially commissioned by the Festival for this occasion and in direct dialogue with Falla.

PROGRAMME

Luigi Boccherini (1743–1805)
Campane dell’Ave Maria and Tamburo dei Soldati
(from Musica notturna delle strade di Madrid, Op. 30 No. 6, G. 324, 1780)

José María Sánchez-Verdú (1968)
Las ínsulas extrañas (2024)

Luigi Boccherini
Il Rosario
(from Musica notturna delle strade di Madrid)

Alberto Carretero (1985)
Con certo in certo (2026) *

Luigi Boccherini
Minuetto dei Ciechi and Passa Calle
(from Musica notturna delle strade di Madrid)

Jesús Villa-Rojo (1940)
Recordando a Falla (1989)

Luigi Boccherini
Il tamburo and Ritirata
(from Musica notturna delle strade di Madrid)

Manuel de Falla (1876–1946)
Concerto for Harpsichord, Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Violin and Cello (1926)

* World premiere, commissioned by the Granada Festival