La Orquesta Filarmónica de Madrid bajo la dirección de Pablo Sorozábal, 1945-1952

Abstract

The new political regime that emerged at the end of the Spanish Civil War showed its support for a project that had failed to materialise until then: the creation of the Orquesta Nacional de España (ONE). This intention indirectly led Pablo Sorozábal to become the conductor of the Orquesta Filarmónica de Madrid (OFM) in 1945. Bartolomé Pérez Casas, the OFM’s conductor since its foundation 1915, was unable to combine his work at the helm of both the Madrilenian orchestra and the recently-created ONE. His resignation from the OFM gave the composer from San Sebastián the chance to become its conductor. After surviving a very tough period, professionally speaking, since the end of the war, causing him to be marginalised for his affinity with the Republican party, Sorozábal accepted an appointment that would put him back in the spotlight of the Spanish music scene.