In this video, violinist William Knuth and guitarist Adam Levin – together Duo Sonidos – perform ‘Nana’ and ‘Polo’ from ‘Siete Canciones Populares Españolas’ by the great Spanish composer Manuel de Falla (1876–1946).

‘Nana’, a lullaby that de Falla’s mother reportedly sang to him when he was a child, is delivered in a soothing pianississimo. Conversely, ‘Polo’, the last song in this work, evokes the fiery flamenco melodies and rhythms of de Falla’s home region of Andalusia in Spain.

The performance was recorded in Gallery 28 of Washington, DC’s National Gallery of Art’s West Building, where several works by El Greco hang. Originally from Greece, El Greco eventually found his way to Spain, where he made his mark as a painter and came to be considered the most gifted artist in all of Toledo.

View the original video here.

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