Violin: Itzhak Perlman
Piano: Ken Noda
Live at The White House, 7th November 1982

A transcription of the Act 2 "Interlude and Dance" from Manuel de Falla's La Vida Breve (The Short Life). Falla wrote this 2 act opera for a composition competition that offered a substantial financial prize and the hope of a performance at one of Madrid’s theaters. With librettist Carlos Fernández Shaw, he settled on a tragic subject from one of Shaw’s poems, El chavalillo (The little lass), about a lover’s treachery because of class distinction. Falla won the competition by unanimous decision, but no performance materialized in Madrid—nor did a projected performance occur in Paris, where he soon settled. After numerous revisions and many failed attempts for performance and publication, La vida breve was premiered in Nice on April 1, 1913, and in Paris the following January as part of a joint agreement.

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Composed by Manuel de Falla between August 1904 - March 1905
Librettist: Carlos Fernández Shaw
Transcribed by Fritz Kreisler in 1926

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