This week: Manuel de Falla.
A tireless advocate for progressive music in the early 20th century, he would find a tough crowd in his home country of Spain, where audiences bristled at anything European-sounding.The kindred souls he met in Paris bolstered him, and he eventually succeeded in broadening Spanish tastes, while in his music embodying the pure spirit of Spain itself.
Tune in to A Little Night Music every night this week just after 7 o’clock!