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...Seville-born Manuela first blossomed on the international scene when she won the prestigious Theater of Nations Festival Dance Award in Paris in 1963. Daughter of a cattle salesman, she is an amateur bullfighter and a "purebred" Andalusian gitana (gypsy), whose ancestors have made flamenco a way of life for more than three centuries. In today's Spain, many flamenco performers are not even gypsies-or dancers either...
...composer, Kreisler suffered a congenital Viennese weakness-a taste for melodious schmalz. But his most popular works-Liebesleid, Liebesfreud, Caprice Viennois, La Gitana, Schön Rosmarin-have grace as well as sentiment. They are so well tailored to the violin that they are almost certain to survive as favorite encore pieces. "His arrangements brought out things for the violin we never dreamed of," says Violinist Nathan Milstein. "The violin was advanced by three persons-Bach, Paganini and Kreisler...
Ricci was recording works by Pablo de Sarasate and a collection of compositions by one of his longtime admirers-Fritz Kreisler. who heard Ricci play as a child. Included were Sarasate's Malagueña and Zapateado, Kreisler's Liebesleid and Liebesfreud and La Gitana. Standing with a kind of Frank Sinatra slouch before the double microphones, tiny (5 ft. 4 in.) Violinist Ricci grasped his Guarnerius del Gesù fiddle in his short, square hands and produced a tone that was remarkable both for its control and its shading. He was at his best in the Sarasate...
...Vivace ma non troppor, Adagio. Allegro molto moderato. Mr. Kreisler Has Sorrows Thy Young Days Shaded, Irish Folk Songs Love Songs, Brahms Cavalier Song, Stanford Glee Club. Chanson Louis XIII et Pavane Couperin Variations Tartini Air Rachmaninoff La Fille aux Cheveux de Lin Debussy (Arranged by Arthur Hartmann.) La Gitana Kreisler Mr. Kreisler The Nightingale Weelkes Heart-ache Dvorak Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones, 17th Century German Melody Glee Club Carl Lamson accompanist for Mr. Kreisler
Following is the program for the Pop Concert in Symphony Hall this evening. 1.March, "Tambour Battant," Messager 2. Overture, "Domino Noir," Auber 3. Waltz, "Gitana," Bucalossi 4. Selection, "The Red Mill," Herbert 5. L'Arlesienne, "Suite No. 1," Bizet 6. Serenata, Moszkowski 7. Selection, "Pagliacci," Leoncavallo 8. Marche Hongroise, Berlioz 9. Overture, "Freischutz," Weber 10. Waltz, "Jolly Fellows," Vollstedt 11. Husarenritt, Spindler 12. March, "Bocaccio," Suppe