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Airs Espagnoles - Pablo de Sarasate Arr. Luc Vertommen - Euph and Piano |
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In stockThis is the Airs Espagnoles - Pablo de Sarasate Arr. Luc Vertommen in an arrangement for Euph and Piano. The version with brass band is available on request.
Pablo de Sarasate (1844-1908) was a Spanish violinist and composer. As son of a military bandmaster he began to play the violin at the age of five. As his abilities developed, he was sent to study under Jean-Delphin Alard at the Paris Conservatoire at the age of twelve.Sarasate. Sarasate had been publicly performing since childhood and made his Paris debut as a concert violinist in 1860. The popularity of Sarasate's Spanish flavour in his compositions is reflected in the work of his contemporaries. For example Édouard Lalo’s dedicated his Symphonie Espagnole to Sarasate and Camille Saint-Saëns composed his Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso especially for him.
Sarasate also achieved some fame as a composer of virtuoso violin music. His compositions are mainly show-pieces designed to demonstrate his exemplary technique. The best known of his works is Zigeunerweisen. His Airs espagnols op. 18 is dedicated to his friend, the Spanish tenor Lorenzo Pagans (1833-1883. As his two books of Spanish Dances, his Airs Espagnols are a musical tribute to the folk music and especially the dances of his native country.
Listen to the original version with violin and orchestra: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMes1LEa9ZE
Duration: 8 mins
Difficulty: 6/6
Supplied with solo parts in TC and BC in C, and piano part
