Cristóbal Halffter (1930-2021)

Canciones de al Andalus (1987 -1988)

for mezzo-soprano and string quartet

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1987 - 1988
    • Duration: 15 mn
    • Publisher: Universal Edition
    • Commission: Stadt Düsseldorf
    • Dedication: Peter Girth
    • Libretto (details, author):

      Yosef al-Kātib, Abraham ibn ’Ezra et anonyme

Detailed formation
  • soloist: mezzo-soprano
  • violin, second violin, viola, cello

Premiere information

  • Date: 2 May 1988
    Location:

    Allemagne, Düsseldorf, Tonhalle-Grosser Saal


    Performers:

    Therese Renick, mezzo-soprano ; Orpheus-Quartett

Table of contents

  1. Tant’amare
  2. Tres morillas
  3. Gar ke faré yo