Spanish inspired ballet music

[joyofdance]

Hi. I wonder if anyone could suggest some classical ballet music that has a Spanish influence. I'm not looking for a repertoire piece from any of the famous ballets but that's all I seem to be able to find when I search. Any suggestions of either the music or a good place to search would be very much appreciated. 

Thank you.

[Fiz]

Concerto d’Arenjuez? 

[Duck]

Manuel de Falla with a variety of works

Heitor Villa Lobos, Concerto for Guitar

Manuel Ponce, Concerto del Sur

Maurice Ravel, Pavane pour une infante defunte, Alborada del gracioso

Nikolai Rimsky-Korssakoff, Capriccio Espagnol

 

Rodrigo's Conderto de Aranjuez is superb.

 

[Pups_mum]

Recuerdos de la Alhambra by Francisco Tarrega 

[joyofdance]

Thankyou everyone . Will have a listen and hopefully find something that my daughter likes. 

[joyofdance]

8 hours ago, Fiz said:

Concerto d’Arenjuez? 

That is one of my favourite pieces of music.  I find it so moving,  I initially thought that it might not be upbeat but I listened to the full version and it's really fantastic. 

Edited November 25, 2018 by joyofdance

[Pups_mum]

Also, if it has to be Spanish inspired rather than actually Spanish you might want to consider works by the contemporary Mexican composer Arturo Marquez -he has written lots of lively dance music.

[Dance*is*life]

I discovered quite by chance on youtube a spanish piece by Elgar!  It's called Sevillana Scene Espagnole. I used it for my pointe dance last recital and it was a huge success!

[Vonrothbart]

I learnt to play "Malaguena" on the guitar, and always imagined a dancer as I played it. Do you know it's been a while but I just might get the duster out, and give it another go.

 

Have a look.

 

https://youtu.be/8B6jOUzBKYc

 

Oh by the way, I wasn't as good as this guy, he lost me after about a minute.

 

Edited November 26, 2018 by Vonrothbart

[joyofdance]

Thanks everyone for your suggestions. We went for a piece of music from a repertoire piece in the end. We have chosen the music from the Spanish dance in Swan lake. It's very lively and will be fun to dance to.