Performance

Compositions by Manuel de Falla

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Manuel de Falla’s music sits at a crossroads of early-20th-century modernism and Spanish folk tradition, often drawing on dance forms and stage narrative. In New York, his ballets and orchestral suites helped shape how U.S. audiences heard “Spanish” sound worlds in the concert hall, from rhythmic drive to lean, percussive color. At Town Hall, this rock/pop-leaning program reframes that language through guitar and dance, with the Barcelona Guitar Trio, Ali Arango, and Xavier Coll. The shift in instrumentation underlines a critical point: de Falla’s lines hold up because the rhythm is structural, not decorative.