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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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. -
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Although the birth of tango singer Carlos Gardel (1890 - 1935) may be Uruguayan, French or Argentinian, there is no doubt that Gardel was the world’s first and, arguably, only Global Tango Star. -
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It was Scarlatti who spurred Soler to write his ebullient works for harpsichord, which include over 100 sonatas and a frequently performed Fandango.
