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December 3, Navarre Day
December 3, International Day of the Basque Language
December 5, Death of Nelson Mandela
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Basque , or Euskara , is a European, ergative and agglutinative language spoken primarily in the Basque Country . There are also Basque-speaking communities in Europe and America . Basque is official alongside Spanish in the Spanish-dominated Basque Country and the Basque-speaking area of Nafarroa/Navarra , while in the French-dominated Basque Country it has no official status. It is one of the few non -Indo-European languages in Europe and is the only language isolate on the continent. The origin of the Basques is unknown; although there are multiple hypotheses about it, none has been definitively proven. Its possible connection with other languages of prehistoric Europe and its unique characteristics have aroused the interest of linguists and anthropologists around the world.
Euskaraz . The piece we are offering today is part of " Euskaraz ", a recording that includes the premiere of pieces composed for guitar by Grammy and Latin Grammy- winning composer Carlos Fernando López . The music was created for the award-winning Guipuzcoan guitarist Andrea González Caballero . The set of works is a journey through a variety of sounds with the guitar as the common thread. In addition, in each of the pieces this solo instrument is surrounded by different musical companions such as the string orchestra or the electric bass.
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, unlike the piano, which is a percussive string , or the violin, which is a bowed string . After centuries of evolution, the current guitar is made up of a sound box , which has a large hole or mouth at the top, a neck , which is traversed by six strings that run from the bridge to the headstock , whose pegs are used to tune the strings; on the other hand, the neck is covered by a piece of wood, which is the fingerboard, divided into frets that divide the strings into half-tones. The origin of the guitar dates back to 1000 BC, where the Assyrians already had plucked string instruments with a sound box. The six-string guitar was introduced in the 18th century by Jacob Otto with its current tuning.
Nelson Mandela (1918–2013) was a South African lawyer, anti- apartheid activist, politician, and philanthropist who served as South African prime minister from 1994 to 1999. He was imprisoned for twenty-seven years; international campaigns called for his release, and he was released in 1990 amid social upheaval in South Africa . He was the first black president to head the executive branch, and the first to be elected by universal suffrage in his country. His government was dedicated to dismantling the social and political structure inherited from apartheid and promoting social reconciliation. As an African nationalist and Marxist, he presided over the African National Congress and internationally served as secretary-general of the Non-Aligned Movement .
André Rieu (1949) is a Dutch violinist, composer and conductor. He has belonged to various orchestras until in 1987 he founded the Johann Strauss Orkest with which he has made a clamorous journey overflowing with popularity; an orchestra that began with 12 musicians and that currently ranges between 80 and 150 members depending on the program it offers; with it he has toured all over Europe, North and South America, Japan and Australia . The music he usually offers is a florilege of classical music, popular, folklore and soundtracks both in live performances and in recordings made in his own studio in Maastricht , with which he has won various gold and platinum records in various countries.
Today we offer this humble tribute to the exceptional Nelson Mandela with the voice of soprano Kimmy Skota accompanied by the Johann Strauss Orchestra conducted by its founder and principal conductor André Rieu .
Pablo Sarasate (1844-1908) was a composer and violin virtuoso born in Iruña/Pamplona . A precocious child, his parents, aware of their son's musical abilities, trained him to play the violin; he continued his studies in Madrid and Paris . In 1859 he began his public career giving concerts throughout Europe and America, remaining active until his death. His universal prestige was made clear by the dedication with which some of his scores were headed by eminent composers such as Max Bruch , Camille Saint-Saëns , Édouard Lalo, Henryk Wieniawski , Antonín Dvořák … and some others. He died at his home in "Villa Navarra" in Biarritz in 1908, at the age of 64.
Today we offer the work Navarra by Pablo Sarasate in a version by violinists Aleksander Smakosz and Dobromir Lesiak accompanied by The Karol Szymanowski School of Music in Warsaw conducted by maestro Marta Kluczyńska .
Francisco Asenjo Barbieri (1823-1894) was a Spanish composer born in Madrid who, after entering the Madrid Conservatory , studied piano, clarinet, singing and composition, managing to write, throughout his career, more than 70 zarzuelas. Founder of the magazine La España Musical , he staunchly defended the ideas of musical theatre in Spanish, which ultimately led to the resurgence of the zarzuela . He was a member of the Academy of Fine Arts and the Royal Spanish Academy .
El Barberillo de Lavapiés is a zarzuela in three acts with a libretto by Luis Mariano de Larra and music by maestro Barbieri . It premiered with great success at the Teatro de la Zarzuela on December 19, 1874 and tells us the entertaining adventures of Lamparilla , a barber from Lavapiés , and the seamstress Paloma , who find themselves immersed in a world of political intrigue within the traditional atmosphere of Madrid under Carlos III . Today we offer its Prelude with the Barbieri Symphony Orchestra and the Choir of the Polytechnic University of Madrid conducted by the Madrid maestro Lara Diloy .
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José de Cáseda y Villamayor (Tudela, c. 1660 - Sigüenza, 1725) was a Baroque composer and chapel master from Navarre. Son of Diego de Cáseda , who was chapel master of El Pilar in Zaragoza , and Esperanza Villamayor y Rosales , he probably trained with his father, as one of the infants of El Pilar. He worked as chapel master in various cathedrals, obtaining the post by taking competitive examinations; he did so in Calahorra (1682), Iruña/Pamplona (1691), Zaragoza (1695) and Sigüenza (1711), where he died in 1725. His work can be found in a multitude of church archives; among them: Aránzazu (Guipúzcoa), Jesús Garza Collection (Mexico), El Escorial, Royal Palace (Madrid), Library of Catalonia (Barcelona) and many others.
The Christmas carol is a traditional musical and poetic form in Spanish and Portuguese from Spain and Portugal , very popular between the 15th and 18th centuries . In the 20th century they also achieved great popularity and diffusion in the English language within the United States with artists such as Bing Crosby , Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley . Christmas carols were originally secular songs with a chorus, of popular origin and with several voices. Later they began to be sung in churches and to be specifically associated with Christmas . Currently, after the decline of the old form of the carol, the term is known more as a genre of song whose lyrics refer to Christmas and which is traditionally sung on those dates.
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), Austrian composer whose brother Michael Haydn was also a notable composer, was one of the main pillars on which classicism was based (1750-1810). At the age of six he began his studies of harpsichord and violin. At the age of eight he was admitted as a chorister at St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna where he continued his musical studies. After losing his voice, he had to survive by working various jobs, while studying composition by analyzing the works of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach . He maintained a close friendship with Mozart and was Beethoven 's teacher. He laid the main foundations of the sonata form and the formal structure of the string quartet and the symphony . He died at the age of 77 in Vienna .
The catalogue of Haydn's works . The works of Joseph Haydn are now classified according to the system devised by Anthony van Hoboken. Each work is identified by a Roman numeral corresponding to the category, which in most cases is identified by a genre. Some categories have subdivisions, which are indicated by a lower-case letter followed by an Arabic numeral corresponding to the order of the particular work within the category. These numerals are preceded by the word Hoboken (in memory of the author of the catalogue) and sometimes by Hob (his abbreviation).
The String Quartets Op. 50 (Hob. III/44–49, L. 36–41) were composed by Joseph Haydn in 1787. The set of six quartets was dedicated to King Frederick William II of Prussia ; the set is thus commonly known as the Prussian Quartets . Haydn sold the set to the Viennese firm of Artaria and, unbeknownst to the latter, to the English publisher William Forster , who published it as Haydn's Opus 44. Each of the six quartets in the set has four movements arranged in a conventional fast–slow–minuet–fast sequence. This set was Haydn 's first complete set of quartets since the 1781 Opus 33. While Opus 33 was suitable for general public consumption, Opus 50 is more serious and experimental. Perhaps it is because of the intellectual character of Opus 50 that other sets among Haydn 's mature quartets have received more attention from performers.
String Quartet Op. 50 No. 5. Structured in four parts, its movements are: I (0´00´´) ALLEGRO MODERATO .-. II (4´06´´) POCO ADAGIO .-. III (7´56´´) TEMPO DI MENUETTO: ALLEGRETTO .-. IV (11´37´´) FINALE: VIVACE. The version we present today is the work of the Benyounes Quartet
Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) was a Russian composer who graduated from the St. Petersburg Conservatory and wrote works in a variety of musical genres, although his greatest success was achieved with his ballets. Unfortunately, his personal life was plagued by continuous personal crises from the age of 14, when his mother died, also as a result of a repressed homosexuality, which forced him to enter into a marriage that only lasted a few months. He wrote more than 150 compositions, including piano works, quartets, suites, symphonies, concertos, choral works, cantatas, operas and ballets. He died at the age of 53 and is currently considered one of the greatest composers in history.
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 's Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36 was composed between 1877 and 1878. During the composition of the symphony, Tchaikovsky wrote to his patron, Nadezhda von Meck , that he "very much" wished to dedicate it to her, and that he would note in the score "dedicated to my best friend". He had begun composing the symphony shortly after Meck came into his life. He would complete it after her catastrophic marriage, stating that he would find in it "an echo of your innermost thoughts and emotions". The premiere took place at a concert of the Russian Musical Society in Saint Petersburg on 10 February (Julian calendar) or 22 February (Gregorian calendar), 1878; conducted by Nikolai Rubinstein .
The symphony is structured in four movements: I (0'19') ANDANTE SOSTENUTO — MODERATO CON ANIMA — MODERATO ASSAI, QUASI ANDANTE — ALLEGRO VIVO (FA MINOR).-. II (18´35´´) ANDANTINO IN MODO DI CANZONA (SI FLAT MINOR) .-. III (29´08´´) SCHERZO: PIZZICATO OSTINATO — ALLEGRO (F MAJOR) .-. IV (34´23´´) FINALE: ALLEGRO CON FUOCO (F MAJOR).
The staging is brought to us by the Gyeonggi Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of maestro Shi-Yeon Sung (Busan, 1975), a Korean conductor who in 2007 became the first female assistant conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra , a position she held until 2010. She was also associate conductor of the Seoul Philharmonic from 2009 to 2013. She has served as artistic director and principal conductor of the Gyeonggi Philharmonic Orchestra since January 2014. Among the orchestras she has conducted are the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and the National Symphony Orchestra of the United States , among others.
Francisco Escudero (1912 - 2002) was a Basque composer born in Zarautz (Gipuzkoa). He began his musical studies at the Municipal Academy of Music of San Sebastián and continued them in Madrid , Paris and Munich . In 1937 he received the National Prize for Fine Arts ; in 1945 he was appointed director of the Choral Society of Bilbao ; in 1947 he won first prize in the Falla Tribute Competition; in 1948 he obtained the Chair of Harmony and Composition at the San Sebastián Conservatory of Music ; in 1957 he received the National Music Prize. Among his most notable works are the funeral oratorio Illeta , the symphonic poem Arantzazu , the opera Zigor , the Concerto for cello and orchestra , the Basque Concerto for piano and orchestra , the Sacred Symphony , Tonemas , Geosinfónica Fantasy or the opera Gernika .
Zigor (Punishment) is an opera in four acts written by Francisco Escudero in 1962, commissioned by the ABAO , with a libretto in Basque by Manuel Lekuona based on a story by José Zinkunegi . The action begins with three fairies singing about the gloomy immediate future of the Basque Country and the prosperous era that will arrive with Sancho Garcés . The traitor Zunbeltz defies God by claiming the crown of Nafarroa/Navarra . However, Saint Leo assures the Basques that the enemy will be punished. Hence the title Zigor (Punishment): the Normans are punished with defeat and the evil Zunbeltz is punished both psychologically (remorse, hallucinations...) and physically, when he accidentally fatally wounds his daughter, Lore .
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Maite Itoiz, producer, composer, and with careers in singing and guitar behind her, comes from the classical world, having participated in numerous opera productions with the greatest lyrical singers and directors of today and with several classical CDs on the market. She has been able to adapt her lyrical soprano voice to very diverse styles, playing with timbres. She produces from pure classical to heavy metal groups, always adding a symphonic touch to her productions. (last.fm)
The Jota Navarra . According to the writer José María Iribarren, published in the Diario de Navarra (1966): “The jota navarra began to penetrate the Navarrese soul during the cholera epidemic of 1885; the city of Tafalla had its medicine in the jota; next to the sulphur bonfires, there were the rondallas to calm the spirits. In this way, the jota became consubstantial with Navarra , and especially with Ribera . To all this, Manuel García Matos added: “The Jota Navarra is closely related to the Jota Aragona ; but it has a greater linear undulation of the phrases, with more abundant and longer melismas, and is not subject to the metric regularity of the latter. It has more melodic preciosity than the Aragonese and the introduction and the instrumental variations are also different.”
Dizzy Gillespie (1917-1993) was an American jazz trumpeter, singer and composer. Along with Charlie Parker , he was one of the most important figures in the development of bebop and modern jazz . Throughout his life he was a tireless experimenter with African-American music, which led him to experiment with Afro-Cuban jazz , collaborating with percussionists such as Chano Pozo . He also experimented with other genres such as calypso and bossa nova . In 1945 he collaborated with saxophonist Charlie Parker , recording some of the most revolutionary songs in the history of jazz. Gillespie was one of the first African-American jazz musicians to join the Afro-Cuban jazz movement created by Mario Bauzá in 1947.
Asha Bhosle is an Indian singer known for providing many of the backing vocals used in Bollywood films , although her repertoire is much broader. Her career began in 1943 and she has been active for six decades, appearing in over 950 Bollywood films and several albums. Asha Bhosle is one of South Asia 's most versatile voices: her repertoire includes traditional soundtrack music, pop, ghazal, bhajan, traditional Indian classical music, folk, qawwali and rabindra sangeet . She has sung in over 14 languages, including Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Punjabi, Tamil, English, Russian, Nepali and Malay . She is believed to have sung over 12,000 songs, but such estimates are difficult to verify.
Justin Timberlake (born 1981 in Memphis) is an American singer-songwriter, producer, actor, dancer, and businessman. He gained international fame in the late 1990s as a member of Boy Band 'N Sync , whose first two albums were certified diamond after selling more than 10 million copies in the US alone, as well as reaching the top of numerous charts around the world. After announcing that Boy Band 'N Sync would temporarily break up, Timberlake began a solo career. Throughout his career he has been recognized with ten Grammy Awards , seven American Music Awards , three Brit Awards , four Emmy Awards , eleven MTV Video Music Awards , and ten Billboard Music Awards , as well as one nomination for an Academy Award and two Golden Globe Awards.
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Joby Talbot (1971) is a British composer, who has written for a wide variety of purposes and consequently in a wide range of styles, including instrumental and vocal concert music, film and television scores, pop arrangements and dance works. Although classically trained, Talbot 's early career focused on film and television scores and pop arrangements. He worked as arranger and keyboardist for the band The Divine Comedy from 1993 to 2002. In 1999, after a few minor jobs, he began receiving all kinds of major commissions from major institutions such as The Royal Ballet, The Proms, the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic or the Turku Philharmonic .
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is a ballet in three acts by Christopher Wheeldon based on the fairy tale of the same name by Lewis Carroll . It was commissioned by The Royal Ballet, Covent Garden and the National Ballet of Canada ; it had its world premiere on Monday 28 February 2011. Joby Talbot 's music is the first full-length score for The Royal Ballet in 20 years; it is also the first full-length narrative ballet commissioned by the company since 1995. Joby Talbot 's score combines contemporary soundworlds with haunting melodies evoking 19th-century ballet scores . Today we feature the Pas de deux as performed by Royal Ballet soloists Sarah Lamb and Federico Bonelli .
Xabier Solano Maiza (Hernani, Basque Country, 1978) is a Basque musician who began his music career playing the trikitixa in the rock group Etzakit , founded by him and Jon Mari Beasain in 1994. With Etzakit he released two albums: Etzakit and Goiz edo noiz. From 2003 onwards he began to collaborate regularly with Fermin Muguruza .
Bi Mundu . The song was composed by Solano at the suggestion of the Elkano Foundation. The lyrics are by Jon Garmendia Txuriya , a regular collaborator of the musician. It is a song inspired by Elkano 's first circumnavigation, which sings about diversity, cultural exchange and the union of all the people who made that journey possible, in Basque and from the perspective of the Basque people.
(Extracted from an article published by the Elkano Foundation)
Dragon dance is a traditional dance and performance form in Chinese culture. The dance is performed by a team of experienced dancers who manipulate a long, flexible giant puppet of a dragon using poles placed at regular intervals along the dragon. The dance team simulates the imaginary movements of this river spirit in a sinuous and undulating manner. Dragon dance is often performed during Chinese New Year . Chinese dragons are a symbol of Chinese culture, and are believed to bring good luck to people; therefore, the longer the dragon is in the dance, the more luck it will bring to the community. Its movements in a performance traditionally symbolize the power and dignity of the dragon.
The Tungurahua Folklore Group , aptly named “Dance that shakes the sky” has never wavered since 1970 in its work of successfully spreading traditional art in the most important forums in the world, 8 tours to Europe , visiting: France, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Belgium ; in America : Colombia, Chile, Peru, Bolivia , and the entire Ecuadorian territory. Their dances are a permanent dialogue with the sound of the drum or the whisper of the pingullo; there they express the link between man and nature, dances sensitive to telluric energies, when their hands frolic as they head towards the sun god: the Int i, when their hair with the force of the volcano is launched against the horizon or when their heart does not fit in their chest because of the intensity of their expression.
Today, the Tungurahua Group is a heritage landmark awarded by the Illustrious Municipality of Ambato, the National Congress, the Ecuadorian House of Culture and multiple International Organizations.
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