Joaquín Rodrigo
Musica Para un Jardin
Subtitle | for chamber orchestra |
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Year(s) composed | 1957 |
Publisher | Ediciones Joaquín Rodrigo |
Duration | 12' |
Movements | I. Preludio · Berceuse de otoño II. Berceuse de invierno · Introducción de "Berceuse de Primavera" · Berceuse de primavera · III Berceuse de verano · Postludio |
Premiere | February 23, 1958 Valencia, Teatro Ruzafa (E) · Condcutor: José Iturbi · Orquesta Municipal de Valencia |
Composer note | Joaquín Rodrigo's Música para un jardín [Music for a garden], makes reference to a specific location: the Parque del Buen Retiro in the heart of Madrid. This work originally began as two lullabies, Berceuse de otoño(1923) and Berceuse de primavera (1928), first composed by Rodrigo for piano and subsequently arranged for orchestra in 1935. At a later date, the composer received a commission to produce the film music for a documentary on the park El Retiro. He augmented the existing material with two further lullabies (Berceuse de invierno and Berceuse de verano) and a prelude and postlude and completed the composition Música para un jardín in 1957. The first performance took place a year later in Valencia. |