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The Flirtations

Donald Macleod explores Granados's work as a teacher and performer, and his founding of a music college, the Academia Granados.

As the structure of Barcelona changed and spread out from the gothic quarter and the harbour at the end of the 19th century, new organisations blossomed in the city, and concert life flourished. Granados played his part, starting new performance groups and organizing concerts, but his greatest achievement was the founding of a music college, the Academia Granados, in 1901. Donald Macleod looks at the ethos of the college, Granados' teaching style, and his attractiveness to his mostly female students - to hear him speaking in class was 'sheer poetry', according to one of them.

1 hour

Music Played

  • Granados

    Scarlatti transcription: Sonata No. 16

    Performer: Douglas Riva (piano)

    • Naxos 8.557939-40.
  • Granados

    Allegro de concierto

    Performer: Alicia de Larrocha (piano)

    • RD60408.
  • Granados

    El pelele

    Performer: Angela Hewitt (piano)

    • CBC MVCD 1074.
  • Granados

    Madrigal for vc and piano

    Performer: Ramon Jaffé (cello)/ Andreas Frölich (piano)

    • cpo 999 365-2.
  • Granados

    El mirar de la maja

    Performer: Conchita Badia (soprano)/ Alicia de Larrocha (piano)

    • Discos Vergara LP.
  • Granados

    Escenas romanticas

    Performer: Uta Weyand (piano)

    • Hanssler classic.

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