Episode 20: Spanish Steps

“Spanish Steps.” Music and scenes ranging from Andalusia in the south, to Navarra in the north, to the Royal court in Madrid. Works by Luigi Boccherini, Pablo de Sarsate, Joaquin Turina, and more…all played in concert at the Heifetz Institute​.

This Episode’s Playlist

François Rabbath: Ibérique Péninsulaire
Harry Barnett, doublebass
Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University, Staunton, VA
Heifetz Institute Recording | 08.06.2022

Pablo de Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20
SoHyun Ko, violin | Allison Freeman, piano
Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University, Stuanton, VA
Heifetz Institute Recording | 07.17.2018

Enrique Granados, arr. Gaspar Cassadó: Intermezzo, fr. Goyescas
Mo Mo, cello | Hsin-Ciao Liao, piano
Jamestown Arts Center, Jamestown, RI
Heifetz Institute Recording | 10.24.2015

Rodion Shchedrin: In The Style of Albéniz
Elmar Oliveira, violin | Lise Keiter, piano
Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University, Staunton, VA
Heifetz Institute Recording | 07.15.2016

Gaspar Cassadó: Suite for Solo Cello:
III. Intermezzo e Danza Finale [excerpt]
Coleman Itzkoff, cello
Staunton Augusta Arts Center, Staunton, VA
Heifetz Institute Recording | 3/26/2021

Joaquin Turina: Scène Andalouse, Op. 7
Gilad Karni, viola | Dallas Noble, violin | Luka Sakon, violin | Breanna Lang, viola | Jacqueline Hager, cello | Stefan Petrov, piano
Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University, Staunton, VA
Heifetz Institute Recording | 07.13.2018

MUSIC: Domenico Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata in C Major, K. 513
I. Moderato [excerpt]
Mikhail Bukhman, piano
Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University, Stuanton, VA
Heifetz Institute Recording | 07.15.2019

Luigi Boccherini: Introduction & Fandango
Yehun Danny Jin, violin | Isabella Gorman, violin | Steven Baloue, viola | Zhihao Wu, cello | Sean Zirpoli, guitar | Robby Brown, guitar
Monroe’s Highland, Charlottesville, VA
Heifetz Institute Recording | 07.04.2019

Pablo de Sarasate: Navarra, Op. 33
Julia Schilz, violin | Christina Nam, violin | Rohan De Silva, piano
Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University, Staunton, VA
Heifetz Institute Recording | 08.08.2019

Go Deeper

• Come check out a Heifetz performance this summer! Our 2023 Festival of Concerts boasts a robust schedule of 50+ concerts of vital, compelling music-making in the unique Heifetz style, from the flagship Stars of Tomorrow and the rollicking Heifetz Hootenannies to the masterful Celebrity Series and Sunday Matinees, presented in venues across Staunton and throughout the Shenandoah Valley. Tickets & Info
• “Enrique Granados Had Just Conquered America” – Flushed with the success of his opera Goyescas making a successful debut at the Metropolitan Opera, and being received at the White House by President (and Staunton, VA native) Woodrow Wilson, find out the ill fortune that befall Spanish composer Enrique Granados after his one and only trip to the US.
• “For much of its recent history, Spain has been a country of conflicting identities; on the one hand a national identity hinging on the concept of Spain as a single country; on the other hand a network of regional identities, many regions of Spain displaying distinct regional characteristics, and even using their own distinct languages.” Check out this A Guide to the Regions of Spain to learn and discover more about the particular characteristics of the each region that shapes their culture – and the music you hear in this episode!

More information at heifetzinstitute.org