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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) is considered one of the three giants of musical composition along with Bach and Beethoven . A child prodigy born in Salzburg (Austria), at the age of six he mastered the keyboard and the violin and began to compose. His father, Leopold, took him on exhausting tours of different European courts. A prolific composer (more than 600 works written from the age of five until his death), he cultivated all kinds of musical genres: piano works, chamber music, symphonies, concertante works, choral works, operas... each and every one of them, masterpieces of their genre. His operas The Magic Flute, Don Giovanni, Così fan Tutte, and The Marriage of Figaro are among the 10 most performed operas in the world. He died in Vienna at the age of 35.

The catalogue of Mozart's works or Köchel Catalogue ( Köchel Verzeichnis, in German) was created by Ludwig von Köchel in 1862 and lists the musical works composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart . Each of Mozart 's works is designated by a number preceded by the abbreviation K. or KV ; a number that designates the chronological order of its creation and that is actually valid for the majority of the works; however, in its first edition, works by other authors appear erroneously attributed to Mozart , and omits other authentic works that had not yet been discovered.

Symphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551, Jupiter , is the last symphony that Mozart composed. It is believed that it was the music impresario Johann Peter Salomon who added the epithet “ Jupiter ” to the symphony, which is divided into four movements, implying that it had identical characteristics to that of the supreme and triumphant god.

Today we offer its first movement (Allegro Vivace) in a version by the Vienna Philharmonic conducted by the Austrian maestro Karl Bohm (1894-1981), universally regarded as one of the best conductors in the world of his time. Critics always stressed the rhythmic precision of Böhm 's conducting and it was said that with him, one could always perceive the value of the notes; while others understood that he conducted with an excessively "metronomic" baton.

Leonard Bernstein (1918 - 1990), American composer, pianist and conductor, was the first world-famous American- born conductor. He is widely regarded as one of the world's greatest conductors and is best known for his direction of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra , his television Concerts for Young People from 1958 to 1972, and his varied and exquisite compositions. He was also a pivotal figure in the modern revival of the music of Gustav Mahler , a composer in whom he was passionately interested. As a composer he wrote piano music, chamber music, choral music, church music, numerous stage works for ballet, film, opera, and musicals, and numerous orchestral works.

West Side Story is a musical with a book by Arthur Laurents , music by Leonard Bernstein , and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim . Loosely based on William Shakespeare 's Romeo and Juliet , the action takes place in a New York neighborhood in the mid-1950s between two youth gangs of different ethnicities: the Jets (of European roots) and the Sharks (of Puerto Rican origin). Everything gets complicated when Tony , a former member of the Jets , falls in love with Maria , the sister of the leader of the Sharks . The approach to the social problems of the time marked a turning point in American musical theatre. In 1961 it was brought to the big screen under the direction of Robert Wise .

Today we offer one of the most moving scenes with Sierra Boggess and Julian Ovenden as protagonists accompanied by John Wilson with his own orchestra.

Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) was a Russian composer who graduated from the St. Petersburg Conservatory and wrote works in various genres, although where he achieved his greatest success was with his ballets. In 1859 he obtained a position as a civil servant in the Ministry of Justice , which he would leave after three years in order to devote himself solely to music. His personal life was plagued by continuous crises after the death of his mother and by his 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, chorals, cantatas, operas and ballets. He died at the age of 53 and is considered one of the greatest composers in history.

Romeo and Juliet , the work we are offering today, is an “overture/fantasy”, as the author himself subtitles it, based on the homonymous work of William Shakespeare ; in it he portrays the moods of the characters who have to live between love and violence, facing each other again and again until the theme of love appears langid and lifeless, announcing the suicide of the two protagonists.

Today we can see it interpreted by Sian Edwards (1959), an English conductor who began her career focused primarily on opera and was the first woman hired by the Royal Opera House , Covent Garden, and was invited back the following year. She has worked with many of the most important orchestras in the world such as the Los Angeles Philharmonic , the Berlin Symphony , the Frankfurt Radio Symphony , the St. Petersburg Philharmonic , the London Sinfonietta , etc., etc.

Gustav Holst (1874–1934) was a British trombonist, arranger, composer and teacher. He is chiefly known for his orchestral suite The Planets , for although he composed many other works in a variety of genres, none achieved comparable success. His distinctive compositional style was the product of many influences, Richard Wagner and Richard Strauss being the most crucial early in his development. The subsequent revival of English folk song in the early 20th century and the example of emerging modern composers such as Maurice Ravel led Holst to develop and refine his personal style. His compositions had a marked influence on a number of younger English composers, including Edmund Rubbra, Michael Tippett and Benjamin Britten .

The First Suite in E flat for Military Band , Op. 28, No. 1, by British composer Gustav Holst , is considered one of the fundamental masterpieces of the Wind Band repertoire. The work consists of three movements: I MOV (0´03´´) "CHACONNE": This movement, in 3/4 time, is based on an eight-bar melody begun by the low brass that is repeated sixteen times throughout the piece. Holst uses many colorful effects to vary the chaconne theme, most notably with the notes of the theme in the brass and percussion while the woodwinds play virtuosic sixteenth notes. II MOV (5´00´´) "INTERMEZZO": Almost this entire movement is devoted to a rhythmic and well-articulated oboe, clarinet and cornet solo. The exploitation of the tone and color combinations of the Wind Bands gives flavor to this movement. While the movement is predominantly light in character, the clarinet has a soulful solo, which is then echoed by other voices. III MOV (7´45´´) "MARCH": It opens with a famous bass drum solo, one of the few in Banda literature. It features two primary melodies, both very contrasting in style. The first melody is presented exclusively in the brass section in a very marked manner. The second melody in the middle and bass wind instruments, and later the euphonium, baritone saxophone and bassoon, resembles the melodies of the first two movements and is played in a very legato and lyrical style. The last bars are very powerful (marked ffff) and have one of the most famous trombone solos in the Banda repertoire.

Karol G is a Colombian singer-songwriter, who launched herself internationally with the song 301 together with the singer Reykon in 2012, positioned at the top of several radio stations and television channels, which allowed her to perform concerts in countries such as Aruba (an island in the Dutch Caribbean), Colombia , Ecuador and the USA . She gained even greater recognition in 2013, when she released the song Amor de dos together with Nicky Jam . At the beginning of 2017, she released the single Ahora me llama together with Bad Bunny , which quickly became a hit . Months later, she released her debut album Unstoppable . The album peaked at number two on Billboard's Top Latin Albums chart. In April 2020, she released the single Follow with Anuel AA , recording its entirety while in quarantine in Miami due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Rosalía (Barcelona, ​​1992) is a Spanish singer, songwriter, producer and actress. She has been awarded two Latin Grammy Awards for " Malamente " and five for the album we present today, El mal querer , which made her the Spanish artist with the most awards awarded by the Latin Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences for a single work, and two MTV Video Music Awards . On January 26, 2020, she received the Grammy Award for Best Latin Urban or Alternative Rock Album in the city of Los Angeles , also being the first person in history to be nominated for the Grammy for Best New Artist with a debut album in Spanish. Rosalía mixes traditional flamenco with copla and modern styles such as pop, trap, hip hop, and electronic music.

Mexican folk dance is a representation of Mexican folklore; it reflects rituals, culture and traditions. Even before the arrival of the Spanish, ritual dance was an important part of daily life for the people who inhabited Mexico . The religious people who evangelized these lands tried to suppress them; but, in view of how risky they were, they adapted or Christianized them, thus giving them new meanings. Nowadays, folk dance serves to express feelings, emotions and experiences of the course of life and to revive ancient traditions and rites; it also serves to celebrate important occasions for towns, colonies, families and cities in our country.

Igor Moiseyev (1906-2007) was a Russian choreographer and dancer who studied at the Bolshoi Theatre Ballet , a company with which he worked and even directed acrobatic dances in Moscow's Red Square until 1930, when the Government placed a new dance company under his direction that would be called the Igor Moiseyev Ballet, with which he would prepare nearly 200 choreographies. Today the Igor Moiseyev Ballet is one of the great ballet companies in the world that manages to synthesize the spontaneity of popular Russian dances with the academicism of classical ballet, as can be appreciated in the suite that we offer today.

Suite of Mexican dances . The suite consists of two dances. The first, " Zapateo ", is a male couple dance, reflecting the Mexican national atmosphere, when men try to win the sympathy of young girls with their dancing skills. The second dance, " Avalulko ", is a combined dance of men and women. The choreography is based on elements of traditional Mexican folk dance. (Excerpted from the commentary at the bottom of the video)

The Uyghurs, Uighurs or Uighurs are an ethnic group living in Central Asia , primarily in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in northwestern China, as well as Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan ; another group inhabits the Hunan region. They are one of 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the Chinese government.

Uyghur dances display a style of passion and delicacy. They are also unique for the dancers' rapid rotation and dynamic movements, such as neck movement, wrist twists and repetitive knee movement.