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The San Roque festivities have been celebrated in Portugalete (Bizkaia) for centuries. They begin on August 14 with the "chupinazo" (firecracker), the reading of the proclamation, and the " Tamborada Portugaluja" (Portugaluja Tamborrada) . On the 15th, the feast day of Our Lady , starting at eight in the morning, thousands of people accompanied by the Municipal Music Band march through the streets of the town singing the " Diana Portugaluja" (Portugaluja Diana). On the 16th , in the morning, there is the traditional procession from the Town Hall to the saint's hermitage; at 6 in the afternoon, there is the " Gran Descent" (Great Descent) , through the streets of the town to the Plaza del Solar , where the traditional "Dance of the Hour" will take place with the Municipal Band . On the 17th, the day of San Roquillo (the children's day). In the evening, the "Jarrilla" (a traditional candle) will be burned, bringing the patron saint festivities to a close.

Portugalete Maitia is the song, with lyrics by Iñaki Arenaza , composed by the director of the Municipal Band of Portugalete , Joseba Sáenz Ortuondo, to open the Tamborrada Portugaluja and which gives the title to the CD launched by the Municipal Music Band of Portugalete in commemoration of the centenary of its foundation; This CD was recorded with the collaboration of the main choral groups of the Villa . I (0´00´´) PORTUGALETE MAITIA (Santa María Choir, Friends of the Tamborrada and Municipal Band) .-. II (4´26´´) LA LLANISCA (Friends of the Tamborrada and BM) .-. III (7´19´´) VIRGEN DE LA GUÍA (Friends of the Tamborrada and BM) .-. IV (9´17´´) EL AIROSO (Friends of the Tamborrada and BM) .-. V (12´55´´) PORTUS GALEOTE (Barbis Taldea and BM) .-. VI (19´56´´) BOTECITO (Otxote Danok Bat and BM) .-. VII (23´30´´) TO PORTUGALETE (BM) .-. VIII (26'34'') AUPA PORTU! (Orfeón Jarrillero del Elai Alai and BM) .-. IX (30´45´´) THE BURIAL OF THE SARDINE (Coral Pleamar and BM) .-. X (34'43'') BUENAVISTA NEIGHBORHOOD (Coral Santa María and BM) .-. XI (40´12´´) EUSKAL HERRI POLITA GORA (Otxote Danok Bat and BM) .-. XII (43´00´´) PORTUGALETE NOBLE VILLA (Barbis Taldea and BM) .-. XIII (48´28´´) Diana Portugaluja (Portugal and BM choirs).

Charles Gounod (1818-1893) was a French composer best known to the general public for his Ave Maria , which we offer today. He was born in Paris and received his first classes from his mother until he enrolled at the Conservatoire . He was a very prolific composer of both sacred and secular works; among them, his opera Faust deserves special mention. His influence on other French composers such as Bizet, Saint-Saëns and Jules Massenet is undeniable. Even Debussy himself declared him "necessary" in that his aesthetic represented a powerful counterweight to the overwhelming Wagnerian thrust for that generation of French people.

The Bach/Gounod Ave Maria is a composition on the Latin text Ave Maria originally published in 1853. The piece consists of a melody by Gounod , designed to be superimposed over the Prelude No. 1 in C major, BWV 846 , from Book I of J.S. Bach 's The Well-Tempered Clavier written 137 years earlier. Along with Schubert 's Ave Maria , the Bach-Gounod Ave Maria has become a fixture in weddings, funerals and celebrations of all kinds. There are many different arrangements for guitar, violin, string quartet, piano, cello, trombone ensemble , opera singers, choirs ... which have recorded and / or performed it in public hundreds of times during the 20th century .

Angela Gheorghiu (Adjud, Romania, September 7, 1965) is a Romanian lyric soprano. She excels in the Italian and French romantic and verismo repertoires, especially in operas by Puccini and Verdi , and is considered the best Violetta of the last twenty years, as well as one of the best representatives of the lyric strings of Mimì and Magda in her generation. Her range usually extends to a D in the sixth octave, although she has demonstrated that she can reach an E flat in Bellini's aria "Vien Diletto" . Her voice is powerful, sonorous, and her personal timbre distinguishes her internationally. Today she offers us Gounod 's Ave Maria .

Nobel Sámano (1933-2019) is probably the most important contemporary composer of Cantabrian popular music. Born in Torrelavega ( Cantabria ), he began his piano studies as a child under the tutelage of his father; which later led him to complete them with composition and conducting. A life dedicated to music and to dignifying the folklore of Cantabria . Considered one of the most prominent figures in the musical creation of his land, he combined his facet as a composer with an entire career as a pianist, giving concerts in halls in Paris, Madrid and Barcelona , among other major cities. His work, as a composer, includes pieces for solo piano, songs with piano and choral music, as well as orchestral works such as the Fantasia on Cantabrian Themes . He died in his hometown of Torrelavega at the age of 85.

One of his best-known works is Misa Popular Cántabra , which we offer today and which premiered on February 8, 1997, at the Cathedral of Santander . This composition has been performed in the cathedrals of León and Santiago and in reference churches in Madrid, Barcelona, Pamplona and Cuenca , among other venues, as well as in numerous churches and auditoriums in Cantabria . The work, without faithfully following the liturgical text, does so in a rather sentimental, traditional, costumbrista and folkloric way. The score is considered one of the most important contributions to the popular polyphonic repertoire of religious style in Cantabria in the 20th century . ( Text extracted from the article by Lola Gallardo in the Diario Montañés ).

Today it is presented to us by the Laredo Choir , the Salvé de Laredo Choir , the Ronda Valle de Camargo Choir , the Luétiga Instrumental Group and the Ntra Sra de Covadonga Dance Group , all of them under the baton of maestro José Luis Ocejo .

George Gershwin (1898–1937) was an American composer, the son of Russian immigrants, appreciated for his ability to combine jazz with classical music . From a young age, he began writing his first songs, even premiering his first musical on Broadway with his brother Ira as lyricist, a company he would never abandon. From the age of twenty, he began to compose works intended for concert halls, with which he achieved renowned success. Aware of his formal deficiencies, he traveled to Paris to complete his training with Stravinsky , who, after asking him about the money he earned in a year, replied that he was the one who should take classes with Gershwin . Something similar happened with Ravel , as he told him: "Why do you want to be a second-rate Ravel when you can be a first-rate Gershwin ?"

An American in Paris is a symphonic classical work by George Gershwin, composed in 1928. It premiered on December 13, 1928, at Carnegie Hall in New York City under the baton of Walter Damrosch . Gershwin was of the opinion that: "...jazz is a very powerful element which is more in the blood and heart of every American than any other style of popular music. I believe it can be worked into serious symphonic works of permanent value." The work contains quotations from Ravel 's Piano Concerto of the same period. Furthermore, Gershwin said of his composition: "My purpose here is to portray the impressions of an American visiting Paris ; as he walks through the city, listens to various street noises, and absorbs the French atmosphere... The first part is developed in a typically French style, in the manner of Debussy or the Group of Six ." In addition to the usual instruments of a symphony orchestra, Gershwin occasionally used car horns; for the premiere, the composer brought taxi horns from Paris ; the piece also features instruments not often used in this context, such as the celesta and saxophones.

Today we present the version of the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Colombian maestro Andrés Orozco-Estrada .

Nerea Sáenz Artetxe grew up surrounded by music. Her father and uncle formed the group Ondarruko Zintzoak in the 1970s, and there was always a song playing in the house; how could she not take over? With a wide variety of influences, from classical music, singer-songwriters, jazz, Brazilian, to pop , she created the bands Estación Norte and Marte Menguante . She released her album Estación Norte in 1999 with the EMI record label and has collaborated as a composer for the television series “ Compañeros” and for Cartoon Network .

The song Tierra , dedicated to Ondarroa, speaks to us of love and gratitude for our roots, for the land, for our family... With very local references such as those of Zubi Zahar , the Alameda , the sirens of the port... and with lines interpreted with emotion, this very personal song manages to connect with a global feeling of longing that captivates whoever listens to it; it also has a very careful production and a very folk flavor that introduces us body and soul to Ondarroa with the graphic report by Leire Larrinaga .

Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880) was a French cellist and composer of German origin who converted to Catholicism in order to marry the Catholic Herminia de Alcain . He began his musical studies with his father, a music teacher; at the age of 14 his family moved to Paris where he continued his studies with Cherubini . In 1855 he founded the Bouffes Parisiens theatre, where he staged his own works, which reflect the joie de vivre of his time. He also presented entertaining adaptations of other musical geniuses such as G. Rossini . His German ancestry earned him enemies after the Franco-Prussian War; enemies that he ironically reflected in his operettas. A leading exponent of French operetta (he wrote hundreds of them), his remains rest in the Montmartre Cemetery.

The Tales of Hoffmann is an opera with music by Jacques Offenbach and a French libretto by Jules Barbier , based on three stories by E. T. A. Hoffmann . It premiered at the Opéra-Comique in Paris on 10 February 1881 . It is an opera that responds to the composer's desire to enter the world of Grand Opera . A highly inspired work, it effectively combines fantastic, sentimental, supernatural, satirical and grotesque aspects and remains a standard in the world operatic repertoire even in the 21st century , but the aria that managed to transcend the traditional setting is by far the Barcarolle for soprano and mezzo, performed in Act III and offered today by two eminent artists such as the Russian soprano Ana Netrebko and the Latvian mezzo Elīna Garanča .

The Dance of the Spears is one of the most deeply rooted examples of Cantabrian folklore in the region, originating in the 16th century . It is a dance celebrated in honour of the patron saint of Ruiloba , the Virgin of Los Remedios , on her feast day, July 2nd. Only men participate in the dance, one of whom stands out, the pelotero , who, armed with a baton, leads the group in the centre, while the rest perform a dance using long sticks, the spears, following the orders of the rabonero or zaguero , who indicates the variations of the dance using castanets. The dance we offer today has been declared by the Government of Cantabria , along with eight other Cantabrian dances, as they are dances that form part of the cultural heritage of the Autonomous Community .

Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) was a Russian composer who graduated from the St. Petersburg Conservatory and wrote works in various genres, although his greatest success was with his ballets. In 1859, he obtained a position as a civil servant in the Ministry of Justice , which he abandoned after three years to devote himself solely to music. His personal life was plagued by continuous crises following the death of his mother and his repressed homosexuality, which forced him into a marriage that only lasted a few months. He wrote more than 150 compositions, including piano works, quartets, suites, symphonies, concertos, chorales, cantatas, operas, and ballets. He died at the age of 53 and is considered one of the greatest composers in history.

The waltz (from the German Walzer , a term derived from the German verb walzen, 'to turn, to roll') is an elegant ballroom dance, documented in its definitive form since the late 18th century . It is the evolution of an ancient dance from the 12th century , originating in Tyrol (Austria) and southern Germany . The waltz gained its status as a noble dance in Vienna during the 1760s, quickly spreading to other countries. Some authors believe that the waltz originated from the volte or volta, a 3-beat dance practiced during the 16th century . The word waltz was born in the 18th century , when this dance was introduced into opera and ballet. Its most significant characteristic is that its time signatures are in 3/4 time.

Today we offer the choreography of the Waltz of the Flowers from Tchaikovsky 's Nutcracker Ballet.