The 4th Symphony "Martín y Soler" of
Claudio Prieto was composed in 2006 as a commission by the
Orquesta de Valencia, which premiered the work on February 23, 2007 with conductor
Antoni Ros-Marbà.
The symphony is made up of a single 50' long movement and was composed as a tribute to Valencian composer
Vicente Martín y Soler
Anastasio Martín Ignacio Vicente Tadeo Francisco Pellegrin Martín y Soler (2 May 175430 January or 10 February 1806) was a Spanish composer of opera and ballet. Although relatively obscure now, in his own day he was compared favorably with his ...
, evoking his time's aesthetic while raising Prieto's personal view of the projection of his figure, both in artistic and biographic terms.
References
Prieto 4
2006 compositions
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