Enric Casals
Enric Casals i Defilló, brother of Pablo Casals, was a Spanish violinist, composer and conductor.
Biography
He started to study music with his father, Carles Casals i Ribes. Then, he became a disciple of Rafael Gálvez. Afterwards, he went to Brussels in order to improve his violin and composition skills, with Mathieu Crickboom and Joseph Jongen; and in 1918 he moved to Prague, where he was a pupil of :cz:František Suchý. He established the String Quartet "Enric Casals" in 1921, with which he toured Europe, offering concerts in France, Belgium, England, Switzerland and Spain. He played as the solo violinist of the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra, the Kurot Symphonische Orchester in Saint Petersburg, the Pau Casals Orchester and the Gran Teatre del Liceu. He was sub-conductor of the Pau Casals Orchester, conductor of the Orquestra Ibèrica de Concerts and the Orquestra Professional de Cambra de Barcelona, with which he conducted almost a hundred concerts. Besides he occasionally conducted other important orchestras around the world, such as the national orchestras of Portugal, Mexico, Hungary, Greece, and the Lamoureux Orchestra of Paris. He was founder and director of the Musical Institute Casals and responsible of the famous Prades Festivals.Works
Violin ConcertoConcerto for cello and orchestraSuite in D minor: Tribute to Pau Casals, for celloSardanes
A en Juli Garreta, with the melody of Els SegadorsAngoixa, amb la melodia dEls SegadorsBarcelona Catalunya avant, with popular melodies Cants de tardorDramàtica, composed for orchestraEra una vegada Festa La font del Penedès Heroica, dedicated to his brother PabloÍntima Lleida a la Verge de Granyena, for choir and coblaLluny...!, written in MontevideoLa mainada de Sant Salvador, with the melodies of Senyor Ramon and 'El General Bum-BumMontserrat en primavera, sardana upon request, with melodies of MontserratMònicaLa nena galana La platja de Sant Salvador, it's another title for the sardana La mainada de Sant SalvadorRecordant Conrad Saló, a different title for the sardana ÍntimaSardana de carrer La sardana dels Tres Reis, for choir and coblaSetembre Tarragona Tres amors Trista- ''El Vendrell''