Improvisación sobre la fuente de la Alhambra

Improvisación sobre la fuente de la Alhambra

At night, the composer Manuel de Falla went for a walk in Alhambra with his friend Barrios Padre, who was a guitarist living there. Barrios tuned his guitar in ”B”, so he could improvise with and over the fountain in Alhambra, which was tuned in this particular key.

My piece has an essence of an improvisation in ”B”,  remembering this fountain and magical moment. It imitates the sound of the Arabic lute played with a plectrum of eagle feather by “Ziryab”. Furthermore it makes reference to the flamenco style called”Granaína”, in memory of the virtuoso flamenco concerts I heard inside the Alhambra.  ”Granaína” is a kind of Fandango from Granada, and is often a piece for solo guitar.