Enrique Crespo was born in 1941 in Montevideo, Uruguay but has spent a great deal of his career as a tuba player. We'll hear his suite for SIX tubas on Oct 25th at 10pm.
10/4 Enfoque: Focus on Isaac Albéniz Which was more dramatic: the life or the compositions of Isaac Albéniz? We’ll focus on both, as well as the cultural milieu that allowed him to flourish. Isaac Albéniz was one of the most outstanding personalities in Spain's musical history.
10/11 Foreign Impressions of Spain Ravel, Debussy, Chabrier, and Franz Liszt were just a few of the many composers whose imaginations were sparked by the customs and music of the Iberian Peninsula. This week, we hear their impressions of Spain.
10/18 New Definitions of Spanish Music A walk through Spanish orchestral work of the 20th-century, from a 1928 recording of Albéniz' El Puerto from Iberia to a guitar concierto Mare nostrum by Catalan Salvador Brotons to the Concerto for Orchestra by Aragonese innovator Antón García Abril.
10/25 Panamanian, Uruguayan, and Spanish Composers 20th-century chamber music for winds and small orchestra from Panama and Uruguay. We’ll hear a suite for six tubas by Uruguay’s Enrique Crespo, plus miniatures for small orchestra from Panama’s Roque Cordero. Federico Moreno Torroba’s homage to the dance seguidilla rounds out this week’s program.
