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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Casals became interested in the cello after hearing the instrument in a recital he attended at age eleven – he must have had a passionate reaction to the instrument, for soon after, his father built him one. -
Here are five Mexican classical composers you should know because of their incredible contributions to the world of music. -
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Cuban composer Joaquín Nin was the father of two great 20th century artists, the writer and iconoclast Anaïs Nin and her brother, composer Joaquín Nin-Culmell. Fiesta delves into this family’s great music and lives. -
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Tembembe Ensamble Continuo has earned praise in Mexico, the Americas, Europe, and Asia for their truly novel interpretation of this flourishing music. Tembembe Ensamble Continuo was named the 2024 Christoph Wolff Distinguished Scholar Residency by Harvard University. -
