Fiesta!

Latin American Music: from the Southern Cone to Mexico

Cydne Gillard — Sun, 19 May 2013 20:00:14 +0000

Framed by tangos, and characterized by a wide range of home countries, this program features Altar de Neon, a colorful orchestral work composed by Gabriela Ortiz about the Mexican holiday honoring the dead.

Playlist:

Luis Pasquet: Tangos in Red and Grey
Camerata Punta del Este

Mozart Camargo Guarnieri: A Flor de Tremembe
Camerata de las Americas, cond. Joel Sachs

Gabriela Ortiz: Altar de Neon
Camerata de las Americas, cond. Enrique Arturo Diemecke

Silvestre Revueltas: Planos
London Symphony Orchestra, cond. David Antherton

Astor Piazzolla: From 6 Etudes, 2 Tanguistiques
I-Jeng Yeh, flute; Fernando Cruz, piano
Latin American Music Center

Fernandez: Batuque
Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra, cond. Keri-Lynn Wilson

Conversations with Eduardo Fernandez

Cydne Gillard — Sun, 12 May 2013 20:00:01 +0000

Uruguayan guitarist Eduardo Fernandez introduces us to music of his country, and also plays works from Colombia and Paraguay. This varied program includes Tres Piezas Para Guitarra, composed by our host Elbio Barilari.

Gentil Montaña: Suite Number 4
I. Nostalgia Bogotana
II. Bambuco
III. Porro
IV. La Catedral

Agustin Barrios: Preludio, Andante religioso, Allegro solemne

Carlos Guastavino: Sonata para guitarra
I. Allegro deciso e molto ritmico

Elbio Barilari: Tres piezas para guitarra

Jaurés Lamarque-Pons: Concertino de Invierno para guitarra, cuerdas y percusion

The Choro Music of Brazil

Cydne Gillard — Sun, 05 May 2013 20:00:39 +0000

“Choro is classical music played with bare feet and callus on the hands”
Aquiles Rique Reis, Brazilian singer.

Long before samba music became a Brazilian icon, the musicians of Brazil were gathering around a table, drinking beer and playing choro music. Scholar and musician Julie Koidin introduces us to this urban music of the Fabvelas with recordings of Pixinguinha, Joaquim Callado, Carmen Miranda and Heitor Villa-Lobos.

Playlist:

Zequinha de Abreu: Tico Tico no Fuba
Carmen Miranda, voice
Harlequin Records 94

Joaquim Callado: Flor Amorosa
Altamiro Carrilho, flute & clarinet
Private Collection

Choro: Zinha
Patapio Silva and his band
Revivendo M

Chyiquinha Gonzaga: Bione
Maria Teresa Madera, piano
Private Collection

Radamés Gnattali: Serenata no Joa
Radamés Gnattali Trio
www.radamesgnattali.com

Heitor Villa-Lobos: Choro Tipico
David Russell, guitar
iTunes

Edino Krieger: Choro Mahoso
Alexandre Dossin, piano
A Touch of Brazil BGH

Jacob do Bandolim: Reminiscencias
Jacob do Bandolim band
Private Collection

Pixinguinha: Cariñoso
Elizeth Cardodo, Radames Gnatalli and orchestra
www.radamesgnattali.com

Nilson Lombardi: Ponteio No. 1 and 6
Beatriz Balzi, piano

Heitor Villa-Lobos: Quinteto en forma de Choro
Quinteto Villa-Lobos
Kuarup Disco

Zequinha de Abreu: Tico Tico no Fuba
Paquito D’Rivera, clarinet
iTunes

Caminos del Inka

Cydne Gillard — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 20:00:50 +0000

Today on Fiesta, we’re deep in conversation with conductor Miguel Harth-Bedoya, the driving force behind Caminos del Inka, an international project promoting the performance and recording of Latin American concert music.

Playlist:

Enrique Iturriaga: Sinfonia Junin y Ayacucho: 1824
l. Solemne,. Allegro. Vivo
Fort Worth Symphony Ochestra, Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor

Baltasar Martinez y companon: Colección de Musica Virreinal
Lanchas para bailar
Fort Worth Symphony Ochestra, Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor

Andrés Sás: Sonatina Fantasia
Jessica Warren-Acosta, flute. Christopher Cooley, piano

Celso Garrido-Lecca: Retablos Sinfonicos
Movement lV; Tondera
Fort Worth Symphony Ochestra, Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor

Adolfo Mejia: Pequeña Suite
Cumbia
Fort Worth Symphony Ochestra, Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor

Enrique Soro – Tres Aires Chilenos
Movement II
Fort Worth Symphony Ochestra, Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor

Silvestre Revueltas: La Noche De Los Mayas
lV. Noche De Encantamiento
Orquesta Sinfónics de Castilla y Leon, Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor

Jimmy Lopez: Techno
Fort Worth Symphony Ochestra, Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor

The Music of Paquito D’Rivera, Part II

Cydne Gillard — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 20:00:35 +0000

Paquito D’Rivera can be described by many words: saxophonist, clarinetist, band leader, showman, 9 time Grammy Award winner. He is also a talented composer. Today on Fiesta!, we visit the classical side of his musical genius.

Playlist:

Paquito D’Rivera: Aires Tropicales
Alborada y son; Wapango; Habanera; Afro; Contradanza
Paquito D’Rivera, cl. Quinteto Cimarron

Paquito D’Rivera: Concierto Gran Danzon
Orquesta de Cordoba, Manuel Hernandez Silva, conductor
Luis Julio Toro, flute

Ernesto Lecuona: Al Fin Te Vi
Quinteto Cimarron
Paquito D’Rivera, cl.

An Argentine in Hollywood: the music of Lalo Schifrin

Cydne Gillard — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 20:00:12 +0000

Discovered by Dizzy Gillespie on his first visit to Argentina, Lalo Schifrin has become a touchstone composer of movie music, winning four Grammy Awards and six Oscar nomiations. From Mission Impossible to his many concerti, Fiesta reviews the music of this versatile and prolific Argentine.

Playlist:

Concierto caribeno for flute and orchestra
Marisa Canales, flute
Juan Carlos Laguna, guitar
London Symphony Orchestra, Lalo Schifrin
Auvidis Travelling K1033

Continuum
Ann Mason Stockton, harp
Felix Slatkin, conductor
Crystal CD171

Tropicos
Marisa Canales, flute
Juan Carlos Laguna, guitar
London Symphony Orchestra, Lalo Schifrin
Auvidis Travelling K1033

Heitor Villa-Lobos in the Forest of the Amazon

Cydne Gillard — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 20:00:47 +0000

“Green Mansions” was a 1959 movie about a mysterious, jungle-dwelling bird-girl, played by Audrey Hepburn. Heitor Villa-Lobos was commissioned to write the movie’s score, but his music was only quoted in the final product. Villa-Lobos reworked his score into the piece we’re presenting here on Fiesta!, “Forest of the Amazon.”

Playlist:

Heitor Villa Lobos: Forest of the Amazon
Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra, Alfred Heller, conductor
Rénee Fleming, voice.
Consonance 81-0012

Popular Genres and Concert Music

Cydne Gillard — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 20:00:41 +0000

Music inspired by popular Latin American musical genres.

Playlist

Edino Krieger: Preludio e Fuga (Cantilena) Preludio e Fuga (Marcha Rancho)
Alexandre Dossin, piano
Abel Carlevaro: Aires de vidalita
Abel Carlevaro, guitar
Moisés Moleiro: Joropo
Jazmín Arakawa, piano
Ariel Ramírez: Triste pampeano
Polly Ferman, piano
Agustin Barrios: Choro da Saudade
Odiar Assad, gutiar
Albert Ginastera: Popol Vuh: The Mayan Creation
BBC National Orcehstra of Wales, Gisele Ben-Dor, conductor

Latin American Living Composers

Cydne Gillard — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 20:00:09 +0000

On this episode of Fiesta!, we’re doing a survey of 20th century Latin American music, from six living Latin American composers of all ages, from Rio de la Plata in Uruguay and Argentina to Mexico in the north.

Eduardo Angulo: “Huacalito” from Los Centinelas de Etersa
Miguel Angel Villanueva; Ensamble Orquestal Ars Moderna
Carlos Franzetti: “Palisades” from Four Movements for Virtuosi
Palisades Virtuosi
Diego Luzuriaga: “Yaravi” and “Yumbo”
Jessica Warren-Acosta, flute; Avalon String Quartet
Adina Izarra: “Retratos de Macondo”
Trio Neos
Miguel del Aguila: Seduccion
Colin Sorgi, violin; Jooeun Pak, piano
Clarice Assad: Terra Brasilis Fantasia sobre o Hino Nacional
Orquestra Sinfonica do Estado de Sao Paulo, Marin Alsop.

A Brazilian Concert

Cydne Gillard — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 20:00:06 +0000

This week, Fiesta! presents a uniquely Brazilian concert program, featuring Heitor Villa-Lobos, as well as Camargo Guarnieri and Antonio Carlos Gomez.

Playlist:

Antonio Carlos Gomes: Overture to “Il Guarany”
Royal Philharmonic, cond. Enrique Arturo Diemecke
Heitor Villa-Lobos: Harmonica Concerto in A minor
Robert Bonfiglio, harmonica
New York Chamber Symphony, cond. Gerard Schwartz
Camargo Guarnieri: Symphony No. 4
OSSP, cond. John Neschling