Garanca Sings Strauss and Falla – Gran Canaria Philharmonic

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Elina Garanča once again meets the Gran Canarian audience under the baton of Karel Mark Chichon. In this concert, considered one of the major events of the season of the Gran Canaria Philharmonic Orchestra, the mezzo-soprano will perform the Four Last Songs by Richard Strauss and will take on the cantaora (flamenco singer) part in The Three-Cornered Hat by Manuel de Falla, on the 150th anniversary of his birth. The programme is completed with the Spanish premiere of Timepiece, by Cindy McTee Slatkin. Children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult. Mezzo-soprano Elina Garanča, one of the great figures on the international opera scene, returns with the OFGC in one of the most outstanding concerts of the season. Under the direction of Karel Mark Chichon, she will perform for the first time in Gran Canaria the Four Last Songs by Richard Strauss, one of the most moving works from the final period of the composer, written after the devastation of the Second World War. Garanča will also lend her voice as cantaora in the complete version of The Three-Cornered Hat by Manuel de Falla, with which the orchestra commemorates the 150th anniversary of the birth of the composer from Cádiz. The evening opens with the Spanish premiere of Timepiece, by the American composer Cindy McTee Slatkin. CINDY McTEE SLATKIN Timepiece (Spanish premiere) R. STRAUSS Four Last Songs FALLA The Three-Cornered Hat (complete) 150th anniversary of Manuel de Falla