Enric Casals

Enric Casals i Defilló (July 26, 1892 in Barcelona – July 31, 1986), 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 (1910 - 1912), the Kurot Symphonische Orchester in Saint Petersburg (1912 - 1914), the Pau Casals Orchester (1920 - 1936) and the Gran Teatre del Liceu (1924 - 1935). He was sub-conductor of the Pau Casals Orchester (1920 - 1936), conductor of the Orquestra Ibèrica de Concerts (1940 - 1942) 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 (especially between 1955 and 1983).

Works Violin Concerto Concerto for cello and orchestra Suite in D minor: Tribute to Pau Casals (1973), for cello

Sardanes A en Juli Garreta (1924), with the melody of Els Segadors Angoixa (s/d), amb la melodia dEls Segadors Barcelona (1976) Catalunya avant (1910), with popular melodies (Rossinyol que vas a França) Cants de tardor Dramàtica, composed for orchestra Era una vegada (1935) Festa (1920) La font del Penedès (1954) Heroica (1919), dedicated to his brother Pablo Íntima (1920) Lleida a la Verge de Granyena (1976), for choir and cobla Lluny...! (1918), written in Montevideo La mainada de Sant Salvador (1928), with the melodies of Senyor Ramon and 'El General Bum-Bum Montserrat en primavera (1968), sardana upon request, with melodies of Montserrat Mònica La nena galana (1908) La platja de Sant Salvador, it's another title for the sardana La mainada de Sant Salvador Recordant Conrad Saló, a different title for the sardana Íntima Sardana de carrer (1927) La sardana dels Tres Reis (1983), for choir and cobla Setembre (1924) Tarragona (1927) Tres amors (1949) Trista (1925) El Vendrell (1948)

Instrumentations of compositions Juny, of Juli Garreta, arranged for symphony orchestra

Instrumentations of compositions of Pablo Casals El cant dels ocells, popular Catalan song harmonized by Pablo Casals Himne de les Nacions Unides El Pessebre, oratorio Sant Martí del Canigó, sardana