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This is one of 3 excerps from Albeniz's Suite Espagnole which I performed during my recital on 1 September 2002.

Caracena from Bill Whelan's The Seville Suite featuring dancers Maria Pages and Michael Murphy and musicians Davy Spillane, Máirtín O'Connor, Mel Mercier, Mairéad Nesbitt, Milladoiro Riverdance composer Bill Whelan composed The Seville Suite in 1992. After many years of producing and performing, this was to be Bill's first major orchestral composition. Through music, Bill tells the historical story of the legendary Red Hugh O'Donnell and his journey - after his defeat at the Battle of Kinsale - to La Coruna in Spain. The piece follows that journey from that infamous battle to O'Donnell's arrival and welcome by the Spanish Earl of Caracena. Commissioned in 1992 by the Irish Prime Minister's office to commemorate Ireland's participation at the European cultural exposition (entitled Expo '92), The Seville Suite served as a wonderful reflection of the event. The Seville Suite received its European Premiere at the Maestranza concert hall in Seville on October 4, 1992. Performed by a 50-piece orchestra, the piece featured soloists Davy Spillane, Mairtin O'Connor, Mel Mercier and Mairead Nesbitt, many of who were later to appear in Riverdance. Maria Pagés, who also later became a featured performer in Riverdance The Show, danced the last movement of the work.

Pablo Galdo plays spanish suite.Sevilla(Sevillanas) in Spain in 2004. He was born in Ferrol(La Coruña), in July 3th,1978. He started to play piano seriously at the age of 19. He studies in Ferrol Conservatory and at Vigo´s Superior Conservatory, where obtains his diplom with Higuest honours and extraordinary prize studying there with Nicasio Gradaílle and Constantino Pérez. He studies at the same time postgradual studies with Ferenc Rádos at Alcalá de Henares University (Madrid)during 2 years. He continues his studies at "Zoltan Kodály Institute" in Kécskemet with Orsolya Szabó, at the "Franz Liszt Academy" in Budapest with Rita Wagner and András Kemenes, at The "Mozarteum University" in Salzburg under the pretigious pianist Imre Rohmann and at the "Tchaikovsky Conservatory" in Moskow under the eminent and world famous pianist Elisso Wirssaladze, direct student of Heinrich Neuhaus . He got classes furthermore from world famous pianists as Zoltán Kocsis,Alicia de Larrocha,Tamás Vasáry,Alexei Volodin,Várjon Dénes,Marta Gulyás,Jasha Kastnelson,or Almudena Cano,among anothers. He has been chosen in Young performers Cycles as "Jeneusses Musicales"(97,98), "Teresa Berganza Association"(99),"Young talented musicians in Budapest"(01), "Barrié de la maza Foundation"(04) and "Juan March" Foundation(07) He offered concerts in Portugal, Spain, France, Iceland, Slovenia, Croatia, Germany, United Kingdom, Hungary, Bulgaria, Russia, Oman,Italy...etc He was invited to participate in the spanish language week in Ljbliana(05) and for inaugurating the Cervantes institute in Reykiavik (Iceland),in presencer of the president of Iceland.He besides plays in important cities as Moskow, Berlin, London, Paris, Budapest, Madrid, Salzburg,or Zagreb. He records a CD with pieces of Bach, Chopin and Schumann. He played with orchestras in Hungary and Austria.He is also finalist and awarded in various piano competitions in Spain and Austria. He was awarded grants and scholarships from Hungarian ministry, spanish ministry, Caixa Galicia Fountation and AIE association. Nowadays, he continues his concert activity and at the same time he is a piano teacher at Spanish higher conservatory. He Speaks 9 languages.

Edward Grigassy plays "Sevilla" from Suite Espanola, Op. 47 by Isaac Albeniz arranged for solo classical guitar. This is a live, in-studio recording. "Sevilla" was originally written for piano in 1886 by Isaac Albeniz (1860-1909). This piece is currently in the public domain. This arrangement for guitar is by Edward Grigassy.

Sevilla (de la Suite Española) I. Albéniz Piano: Edgardo Roffé Grabado en vivo en el Teatro Colón, 2003.

Sevilla Issac Albeniz. Dedico este tema a un grande Maestro Andrea Martinelli.

Guitar trio arrangement of Albeniz's Iberia Suite, Book 1, no. 3. The end got clipped a little, sorry!

Pianist: Alicia de Larrocha

Spanish young pianist Félix Ardanaz performs "Corpus Chirstie in Seville", the most difficult piece of Iberia. Compare it with Alicia de Larrocha 's version.

Pianist: Annarita Santagada Sevilla (sevillanas) dalla Suite Spagnola Op. 47 di I Albeniz (1860-1909) Riprese audio/video di Fabrice Faraone Mennella Casa dell'Aviatore 23 january 2003 Roma (Italy)