By Anne-Charlotte Rémond – Musicopolis

1969, Henri Tomasi: Creation of his “Concerto for guitar”

Concert Band Colonne, conductor Paul Tibor – Alexandre Lagoya, guitar

I. Véhément – INA Archive – March 5, 1972

– Zagreb Radio Orchestra, direction Jean Périsson – Alexandre Lagoya, guitar (recording April 7, 1969)

I. Véhément, II. Lamento, III. Final – Lyrinx LYR 227

– Interview with Henri Tomasi – “Micro in the news” / INA Archive – March 12, 1969

– Interview with Alexandre Lagoya – “Micro in the news” / INA Archive – April 2, 1969

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“This concerto is dedicated to the memory of Federico García Lorca, murdered poet, Lorca was arrested and thrown in prison.At the end, for several days and nights, he felt the onslaught of the past, his childhood, places The rhythms, the loved ones, seized again by flashes forever … Then came the anguish and the horror of the last moments Federico went through the arms of the Francoists at dawn on July 19, 1936, in an olive grove Near Granada, what the killers wanted to destroy in him were the sources of song and life, and we now know that Art and Beauty do not flourish where freedom is stifled. “
Henri Tomasi, preface to the manuscript of his concerto

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