9/1 Mexican Masters of the Twentieth Century Silvestre Revueltas, Carlos Chávez, and Manuel María Ponce each had a distinct vision of how Mexican musical life should sound, and each came up with a completely original solution. We'll hear examples written between 1937 and 1943, when each composer was at a very different stage in his life and musical development.
9/8 Guitar Classics from Spain, Argentina and Puerto Rico Andrés Segovia, Victor Villadangos, and Carlos Barbosa-Lima perform contemporary guitar classics from Argentina’s Quique Sinesi, Spain’s Joaquín Rodrigo, and Puerto Rico’s Ernesto Cordero.
9/15 Nacido en la Habana/Born in Havana Composers Tania León, Leo Brouwer, Joaquín Nin, Manuel Saumell and Ernesto Lecuona all were born in Havana. This week we’ll enjoy music by these Cuban-born composers.
9/22 Classics from Argentina, Chile, and Venezuela One was born of Italian immigrants, another was born in Berlin, and yet another was born into one of South America's most distinguished musical families. Yet Carlos Guastavino, Juan Antonio Sánchez, and Evencio Castellanos all contributed to and enriched not only the musical life of Argentina, Chile, and Venezuela, but of Western classical music.
9/29 Transcribed and Transformed A program of well-known Spanish keyboard and orchestral treasures transcribed for guitar and heard anew. Guitarist Jorge Caballero and the Brazilian Guitar Quartet in transcriptions of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's Iberian-inspired orchestral work Capriccio espagnole, Isaac Albéniz piano suite Chants d'Espagne, and more.
