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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This month Fiesta explores the orchestral music of the extraordinary musician, composer, and bandleader Astor Piazzolla, the creator of New Tango. The composer, who many traditionalists accused of killing tango, was a student of classical music by day and a tango musician by night.
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Mozart Camargo Guarnieri is one of the greatest 20th-century Brazilian composers of all time, but few know his name. ¡Fiesta! hopes to change that with a program about his orchestral music on Thursday, 10/21 at 10p.
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Declared a national monument in 1970, the house where distinguished composer and jurist Alejandro García Caturla was born is located in the historical…
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Celebrated Venezuelan-born cellist and composer Paul Desenne is also an artist. A series of his paintings on canvas depicting the imaginary scenes of El…
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Uruguayan composer, conductor, and oboist León Biriotti passed away late in 2020. We'll celebrate his life and music July 22 at 10pm. Here we see a…
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Meet Uruguayan-American Composer Miguel del Aguila as he talks about composing music in the 21st century. Thursday May 24th @ 10pm.6/3 Colonial Music from…
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Many parties throughout the centuries in several Western Europe countries contributed to the evolution of the modern guitar before Spain became a dominant…
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Host Elbio Barilari takes a fresh look at the long tradition of Brazilian piano music. Thursday, April 8th at 10pm.4/1 Superstring Theory This program of…
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If you had to pick an hour of music to listen to for the rest of your life on a desert island, what would you pick? We'll find out what Host Elbio…
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Music of the Baroque period (between the Renaissance and the Classical periods) is characterized by an increased complexity and ornamentation. Fiesta will…