Jesus Bal y Gay (Lugo 1905 – Madrid 1993) and Salvador Bacarisse (Madrid 1898 – Paris 1963) were two musicians and intellectuals who belonged to the group known as the Generation of ‘27. Having received their education in Spain, they went into exile as a consequence of the atrocities of the Civil War that Spain suffered between 1936 and 1939. Written in 1942 and performed for the first time in 1946, the “Divertimento for Woodwind Quartet” is structured in 4 movements. Some aspects attest to the clear influence of Falla, and the use of rhythmic and harmonic pedal notes owes an obvious debt to Stravinsky, charting an aesthetic line close to Neoclassicism. The “Concert pour le jour de l’an” (“Concert for the Day of the Year”), for Harp and Woodwind is an expanded version of the “Concerto in E flat” that Bacarisse wrote in 1954 for the same combination of instruments which was subsequently reorchestrated in 1961 under the same title (“Concert pour le jour de l’an”) but in this case with the orchestration increased to “for Harp and Orchestra”. There is no record of the first version having ever been performed.