Video Pick of the Week: John Williams and Julian Bream Play Manuel de Falla’s ‘Danza Española No. 1’

Here’s a glorious blast from the past: John Williams and Julian Bream, who as a duo put out a pair of landmark studio albums in 1972 and 1974—Julian & John and Julian and John 2—as well as a live duo album in 1979, appeared on British TV in 1973, in between their two album releases, and played this propulsive version of Danza Española No. 1 from the opera La vida breve by Manuel de Falla (1876–1946). Sound and video are a … Continue reading Video Pick of the Week: John Williams and Julian Bream Play Manuel de Falla’s ‘Danza Española No. 1’