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Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), along with Bach and Mozart, forms part of the trio of giants of Western music. Born on December 16, 1770, in Bonn , his Flemish father attempted to showcase him as a second Mozart , though this proved a notable failure. Despite this, from the age of nine, the organist Christian Gottlob Neefe captivated him with the study of Bach , whose influence he would always hold dear. In 1787, he moved to Vienna intending to study with Mozart , but his mother's death forced him to return to Bonn a few days later. After five years, he returned to Vienna, where he was able to study with Haydn and Salieri . However, his career as an excellent pianist was cut short by the deafness that struck him the following year, leaving him completely unable to play.

The catalogue of Beethoven's works . There are 138 musical works composed by Beethoven , arranged by numbers known as opus ("work" in Latin) or its abbreviation op. , assigned by the composer's publishers during his lifetime. In addition, there are another 205 works without opus numbers that were published after the composer's death. These works were assigned WoO numbers (Werke ohne Opuszahl, "works without opus numbers"). This catalogue was first compiled by Georg Kinsky and Hans Halm (Das Werk Beethovens) in 1955.

A bagatelle (from the Italian *bagatella*) is a short, agile musical composition, unpretentious, originating from the Romantic movement and generally of a "mellow" character. The name *bagatella* literally means "a short, unpretentious instrumental composition," referring to the light style of the piece. Its form is usually A-B-A, with a final coda. Although bagatelles are generally written for solo piano, they have also been written for piano four-hands and other instruments, including choirs, unaccompanied.

Für Elise. The work we present today is a bagatelle written for solo piano and one of Beethoven 's most popular pieces. The score was made public 40 years after his death, after his manuscript was discovered among the papers of a former student. It seems there was a misunderstanding due to the difficulty of reading the title, which read "Fur Therese " instead of " Fur Elise ," so the work should be titled Für Therese .

Today it is performed by Valentina Lisitsa (1973), a Ukrainian pianist who has lived in the USA since 1991. She began studying piano at the age of three, later enrolling at the Kyiv Conservatory where she met her husband, Alexei Kuznetsoff , also a pianist. Lisitsa has cultivated her audience through her own YouTube channel, for which she has recorded numerous performances, making her currently the most-viewed classical concert pianist on the internet.

Joly Braga Santos (Lisbon, May 14, 1924 – Lisbon, July 18, 1988) was a Portuguese classical composer and conductor. He studied violin and composition at the Lisbon National Conservatory , where he was a pupil of Luís de Freitas Branco . After World War II , he studied conducting abroad with Hermann Scherchen and Antonino Votto , and composition with Virgilio Mortari . His musical style evolved from a marked modal tendency in his youth to greater chromaticism in his later years. He wrote six symphonies, three operas, chamber music for various instrumental ensembles, film music, and choral music to texts by various Portuguese and Spanish poets, from Luís de Camões to Garcilaso de la Vega . In 1981, he was appointed Commander of the Order of Santiago of the Sword . He died of a stroke in 1988.

A wind quintet is a group of five instrumentalists (mostly flute, oboe, clarinet, French horn , and bassoon ). Unlike the string quartet , whose sound is very homogeneous, the instruments of a wind quintet differ considerably from one another in timbre and technique. The modern quintet originated from the group sponsored by Joseph II of Habsburg in 18th-century Vienna : two oboes, two clarinets, two French horns, and two bassoons. The quintets composed by Anton Reicha and Franz Danzi definitively established the genre: flute, oboe, clarinet, French horn , and bassoon . Although they declined during the second half of the 19th century , they regained popularity in the 20th century .

Scherzino is the diminutive form of "scherzo" in Italian, which means "joke," "joke," or "fun." In music, a scherzo or scherzino is a musical section or movement, usually in triple meter (ABA), characterized by a fast, lively, and often humorous character. It is similar to an allegro, but with a more playful and rapid pace.

Today we offer the Scherzino of the Joly Braga Santos Quintet performed by Manuel Luís Cochofel (flute), Frederico Fernandes (oboe), Paulo Bernardino (clarinet), Ricardo Conde (horn) and Gonçalo Pereira (bassoon).

Beethoven 's musical legacy comprises 32 piano sonatas, numerous works for chamber ensembles, piano and violin concertos, incidental music, sacred music, and, above all, nine symphonies that occupy the zenith of music history . To better understand this legacy, we can divide it into three stages of continuous renewal and refinement: A) Up to 1802. Classical period . This period includes his first ten piano sonatas, the first six string quartets, the septet, the first two symphonies, and the first two piano concertos. B) 1803-1814 . Romantic period . At the height of his artistic maturity and with absolute control of formal structure and lyricism, he composed the symphonies from the 3rd to the 8th, his opera Fidelio, his piano concertos 3rd, 4th, and 5th, the violin concerto, the triple concerto, the piano sonatas "Moonlight" and "Appassionata," the Kreutzer Violin Sonata , and others. From 1815 until his death , he innovated with a more intense musical language, employing bolder harmonic and structural treatments: five final piano sonatas and five final string quartets, Symphony No. 9 with the addition of soloists and chorus, the Missa Solemnis , and others.

Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, also known as the "Choral" Symphony, is the last complete symphony by the German composer Ludwig van Beethoven . It is one of the most transcendent, important, and popular works in music and art. The final movement caused a sensation in its time due to the inclusion of a vocal quartet and mixed choir, something unprecedented at the time; this movement has also become a symbol of freedom. In 2001, the original score of the symphony was inscribed on UNESCO's Memory of the World Register , where it forms part, along with other outstanding monuments, of humanity's spiritual heritage.

Structure . The symphony has four movements: I (0'06") ALLEGRO MA NON TROPPO, UN POCO MAESTOSO, in D minor. The symphony begins powerfully, with a main theme that unfolds in thrilling scales and variations, with later interludes for lyrical moments, again interrupted by the titanic intensity of the composition. II (14'50") SCHERZO. MOLTO VIVACE, in D minor – PRESTO, in D major . The second movement is described by some critics as "hell in flames," due to its forcefulness and speed, majestically softened in the recapitulation. III (26'41") ADAGIO MOLTO E CANTABILE, in B-flat major – ANDANTE MODERATO – TEMPO PRIMO – ANDANTE MODERATO – ADAGIO – LO STESSO TEMPO. The third movement, although serene, leads firmly into what will be the fourth movement, which contains an easily recognizable, world-famous, and original melody by Beethoven . IV (39'13") FINALE. RECITATIVE (PRESTO – ALLEGRO MA NON TROPPO – VIVACE – ADAGIO CANTABILE – ALLEGRO ASSAI – PRESTO: O FREUNDE) – ALLEGRO ASSAI: FREUDE, SCHÖNER GÖTTERFUNKEN – ALLA MARCIA – ALLEGRO ASSAI VIVACE: FROH, WIE SEINE SONNEN – ANDANTE MAESTOSO: SEID UMSCHLUNGEN, MILLIONEN! – ADAGIO MA NON TROPPO, MA DIVOTO: IHR, STÜRZT NIEDER – ALLEGRO ENERGICO, SEMPRE BEN MARCATO: (FREUDE, SCHÖNER GÖTTERFUNKEN – SEID UMSCHLUNGEN, MILLIONEN!) – ALLEGRO MA NON TANTO: FREUDE, TOCHTER AUS ELYSIUM! – PRESTISSIMO, MAESTOSO, PRESTISSIMO: SEID UMSCHLUNGEN, MILLIONEN! PRESTO ALLEGRO TEMPO. The movement begins with brief recapitulations of the previous movements. Finally, the bass bursts in with a call: "Friends, not in those tones...", after which the melody based on the ode is heard, first through the orchestra and then with the chorus. When the chorus enters, it generally does so homophonically. It constitutes a magnificent musical architecture with diverse textures ranging from recitative to double fugue, including soloists, choir, and so on.

Today it is offered to us by soprano Erin Wall , mezzo-soprano Sonia Prina , tenor Simon O'Neill and bass Alexander Vinogradov with the CBSO Choir , the BBC National Choir of Wales and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales , all conducted by the Chinese maestro Xian Zhang .

Béla Bartók (1881-1945), a Hungarian pianist and composer, extensively researched the folklore of his country and was one of the founders of ethnomusicology . At the age of five, he began his musical studies with his mother, a piano teacher. At eleven, he gave his first concert, performing a work by Beethoven and one of his own compositions from two years prior. Shortly afterward, the family moved to Pozsony, where he met Ernő Dohnányi . Together they moved to Budapest , where he studied composition while continuing his piano studies. There he met Zoltán Kodály, with whom he undertook a profound study of Hungarian folklore (collecting thousands of songs from peasants), which he then applied to his own compositions. He wrote piano music, chamber music, two cantatas, a Concerto for Orchestra, two rhapsodies for violin and orchestra, two violin concertos and one for viola, three piano concertos, an opera, and two ballets.

Today we offer his Concerto for two pianos, percussion and orchestra structured in three movements: I (0´10´´) ASSAI LENTO - ALLEGRO MOLTO .-. II (13´55´´) LENTO, PERO NO DEMASIADO .-. III (20´08´´) ALLEGRO NO DEMASIADO.

This concert is conducted by Vladimir Jurowski (1972), a Russian conductor, son of conductor Mikhail Jurowski and brother of conductor Dimitri Jurowski . Vladimir began his studies in Moscow until 1990, when his father moved the family to Germany for professional reasons. He completed his studies in composition and conducting in Dresden and Berlin . In 1997, he joined the Komische Oper Berlin as assistant conductor and became principal conductor the following year. In 2007, he was appointed principal conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra . He is currently the principal conductor of the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra .

Salsa is a danceable musical genre resulting from the synthesis of Cuban son and other Caribbean and American musical genres such as jazz and blues . Salsa became a commercial success thanks to musicians of Puerto Rican origin in New York in the 1960s, and to the work of its principal architect, the Dominican Johnny Pacheco , although its roots go back decades earlier in countries of the Caribbean basin. Eventually, salsa spread throughout Latin America , giving rise to numerous regional variations. Despite this, although Cuban son is the backbone of salsa , the fundamental element in the emergence of salsa is the role of Puerto Rican musicians and their culture, both on the island of Puerto Rico and in their New York diaspora.

In this video Kyle Johnson offers us an arrangement, salsa version, of the first movement of Beethoven 's Fifth.

Eric Clapton (Ripley, England, March 30, 1945) is a British rock and blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter, best known for his masterful electric guitar playing as a member of the legendary English rock band Cream . Nicknamed " Slowhand ," he is a three-time inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame : as a member of The Yardbirds and Cream , and for his solo career. Many critics consider him one of the most respected and influential figures in popular culture history.

He appears at number 2 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" and at number 55 on their special "Immortals: The 100 Greatest Artists of All Time" issue. In addition, in 2005, Guitar World magazine included five of his songs among the greatest guitar solos of all time. Some of his biggest hits include " Layla " from his time with Derek and the Dominos , " Sunshine of Your Love" with Cream , " Tears in Heaven ," dedicated to his late son Conor and composed with Will Jennings , and "For Your Love" with The Yardbirds , his first major hit.

Macedonia is a pivotal and powerful center of Balkan music, heavily influenced by its Byzantine and Ottoman past, as well as the extraordinary blend of other nationalities. Along with Greece and Bulgaria , it boasts one of the greatest rhythmic diversitys in Europe , particularly in its use of compound rhythms ; all of this is reflected in its incredible folk music and dances. These patterns are often subdivided into groups of two and three beats; for example, a 7/8 pattern might be divided into 3-2-2, 2-2-3, or 2-3-2. Ideally, the beat is in eighth notes, but often the tempo is doubled and must be counted in sixteenth notes; that is, in the case of a 7, it would be 7/16, which further complicates rhythmic perception. (Excerpted from an article by Mucume )

Igor Moiseyev (1906-2007) was a Russian choreographer and dancer who studied at the Bolshoi Theatre Ballet , where he worked and even directed acrobatic dances in Moscow's Red Square. In 1930, the government placed him in charge of a new dance company, the Igor Moiseyev Ballet, with which he created nearly 200 choreographies. Today, the Igor Moiseyev Ballet is one of the world's leading ballet companies, successfully blending the spontaneity of folk dances with the academic rigor of classical ballet.

The maculelé is a folk stick dance of Afro-Brazilian origin, where a number of people gather in a circle called a roda . Sticks called grimas and skirts made of dried grass are needed. To dance, a circle of people is formed; each person carries a pair of long sticks, traditionally made from the wood of the Brazilian biriba tree. The people in the circle begin to rhythmically strike the sticks together; the leader sings, and the people in the circle respond by singing along to the refrain. The leader then signals the start of the dance. It appears that the dance originated during the era of slavery in Brazil , where enslaved people on sugarcane plantations would collect and dance the maculelé to express their anger and frustration at being slaves.