Fiesta
Thursdays, 10 to 11pm on WXXO-FM 91.5, WXXY 90.3, WXXO-FM/HD1 and online at wxxiclassical.org
Fiesta! features the hottest Latin-American music from the 16th to the 21st centuries. Program host Elbio Barilari is your guide for this trip through the hidden treasures of Latino concert music, including the magical rhythms of Silvestre Revueltas and Heitor Villa-Lobos, or the symphonic tango; plus the series shares little-known wonders from the Latin-American Baroque and celebrates classical guitar through the music of Agustin Barrios, Antonio Lauro, Leo Brouwer, and more.
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Romanticism and the influence of South-American folklore are combined in a congenial manner in Augustin Barrio's music.
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Jorge Cumbo is an Argentinian musician who played the Andean quena flute, combining jazz and Argentine folklore.
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Daniel Arrhakis' homage to the great Portugese composer, musicologist and pianist António de Lima Fragoso (1897 - 1918), son of Viriato de Sá Fragoso and Maria Isabel de Sá Lima.
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Manuel Ponce (1882-1948), who revolutionized Mexican music by fusing indigenous native and Spanish sounds with European classical forms. We'll hear music by Ponce and more on Fiesta, 8/31 @ 10pm.
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