b'Program NotesJoaqun Turina(1882-1949) Danzas fantsticas, Op. 22Composed 1919Joaqun Turina first studied piano and composition in Seville. After moving to Madrid to study at the Royal Conservatory and befriending Manuel de Falla, the pair moved to Paris where Turina developed an affinity for the music of Claude Debussy. After some time, Turina was convinced to return to his Spanish roots. From then on his music had strong ties to Spanish folklore, but he would often employ the compositional forms and harmonies that he learned in Paris.Danzas fantsticas premiered in Madrid in February 1920 and was inspired by La Orgia, a novel written in 1919 by Jose Ms. Although Turina noted later in a memoir that he didnt intend to directly tell the novels story, each movement is prefaced by a quote from the book. Additionally, each movement is set in a different region of Spain and depicts folk music and dances from that region. This is most prevalent in the second movement, where he uses rhythmic material from the north of Spain and melodic material from the South, but formal and harmonic structures are noticeably French impressionistic.The first movement, Exaltacin, is a jota and is set in the Aragon region in the north of Spain. The accompanying text states, It seemed as if the figures in that incomparable picture were moving inside the calyx of a flower.For the second movement, Ensueo, Turina uses a traditional 5/8 rhythm in this zortziko from the Basque region in the north. The accompanying text states, The guitars strings sounded the lament of a soul helpless under the weight of bitterness.The third movement, Orga, is a farruca, a bold, macho mans dance, in the Andalusian flamenco style. The accompanying text states, The perfume of the flowers merged with the odor of manzanilla, and from the bottom of raised glasses, full of wine incomparable as incense, joy flowed.Instrumentationthree flutes and piccolo, two oboes and English horn, two clarinets and bass clarinet, two bassoons and contrabassoon, four horns, three trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, and stringsDuration17 minutes'