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Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) was an Italian priest, violinist, and composer known as the red priest (“il prete rosso”). He was born in Venice and as a child learned to play the violin from his father; at the age of 15 he entered the Seminary and once ordained a priest, he could barely attend to his religious obligations due to his health problems; so he was appointed violin teacher in an orphanage where he taught theory and instrument classes. At the age of 40, he was appointed Chapel Master in Mantua where he wrote his famous Four Seasons . From there he moved to Milan , then to Rome ; later, again to Venice and finally, to Vienna where he would die. Throughout his life he composed almost 800 works, of which half were concerts, 40 operas, 60 religious works and numerous sonatas.

The bassoon ("basson") is a woodwind instrument with a double reed . It consists of a slightly conical tube folded on itself, with a length of approximately 155 cm, and a total distance from the hole of 250 cm. It was developed at the beginning of the 18th century and reached its current form in the 19th century . The bassoon owes its existence to the musical need to broaden the lower region of the woodwind sound. The instruments of his family are the bassoon and the contrabassoon , in addition to the instruments of the family of the oboe and the heckelphone , as these are also conical tube instruments in which the sound is produced by means of a double reed . In modern orchestras there are usually two to four bassoons so that there is a contrabassoon when necessary.

7 Bassoon Concertos : Today we offer these seven concerts for bassoon in the interpretation of the German bassoonist master Klaus Thunemann accompanied by the famous Italian group I Musici : 1 (0´5´´) in F major, RV 491 .-. 2 (7´56´´) in A minor, RV 499 .-. 3 (15´22´´) in E minor, RV 484 .-. 4 (26´18´´) in G major, RV 494.-. 5 (36´04´´) in G minor, RV 495 .-. 6 (44´55´´) in D minor, RV 481 .-. 7 (47´35´´) in C major, RV 472

Federico Chueca (1846-1908) was born in Madrid , in the Plaza de la Villa into a wealthy family; He received solfeggio classes from elementary school, which he attended at a select school, but his family forced him to abandon music to study medicine. Barbieri helped him orchestrate and conduct the works, and their great success convinced Chueca to leave medicine and dedicate himself to music. He is considered a self-taught musician with an innate talent and a knack for melody and rhythm, which led him to compose extraordinary pieces of music. He worked with several collaborators, but above all with Joaquín Valverde , in many of his works. He is currently considered one of the greatest representatives of the small genre (zarzuelas in one act).

La Gran Vía is a zarzuela in one act and five scenes with music by the maestros Federico Chueca and Joaquín Valverde and a libretto by Felipe Pérez y González premiered at the Felipe Theater in Madrid on July 2, 1886. It achieved such fame that they had to change some paintings, since being a current affairs magazine, it had to be modernized. This is how new paintings appeared, such as En la calle de Alcalá , or El bazaar de toyes . He is an exponent of the small genre taken to the field of the current affairs magazine, where the social and political concerns of the moment were exposed with good humor and a satirical sense. The script portrays with skill and satire, the news of the moment, showing on stage a great parade of types and comic situations of great effect.

Teresa Berganza Vargas (1933-2022) was a Spanish zarzuela and opera singer, frequently associated with characters from operas by Rossini, Mozart and Bizet , admired for her technique, musicality and stage presence. She studied piano and singing at the Madrid Conservatory , where she won first prize for singing in 1954. She made her debut in that city in 1955. Two years later she made her international debut at the Aix-en-Provence Festival . During the ten years Following she made her debut at La Scala , Glyndebourne festival, Royal Opera House , Metropolitan Opera House ... Her concert repertoire included Spanish, French, German and Russian songs. In 1994 she was elected a member of the San Fernando Royal Academy of Fine Arts , the first woman to obtain this distinction.

Leonardo Leo (1694 –1744) was an Italian composer born in San Vito degli Schiavoni (now San Vito dei Normanni). Leonardo Leo shares with his predecessor Alessandro Scarlatti and his contemporaries Francesco Durante and Francesco Feo , the glory of having founded the School of Naples , from which numerous dramatic composers of the first order emerged for a whole century. In his sacred music with an accompanied and concertato style, Leo preserves simplicity and is admired for the beauty of expression. Equally notable in the theatrical genre, Leo is noble, often pathetic and passionate and it is with these very simple means that he managed to make a great impression.

The concerto in D minor for viola is actually a transcription for viola of a concerto that was originally for cello; In this concert Leo adds a movement to the three traditional ones of the time: I (00:00) ANDANTE GRAZIOSO .-. II (3´50´´) WITH SPIRITO .-. III (07:21) LOVING .-. IV (11:20) ALLEGRO. Today Catriona Böhme offers it to us for the campanula viola , which is a viola that has four resonator strings (or more) in addition to the usual ones.

Piotr Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) was a Russian composer who graduated from the Saint Petersburg Conservatory and wrote works of different genres, although he achieved his greatest success with his ballets. In 1859 he obtained a position as a civil servant in the Ministry of Justice , which he would abandon at the age of three to be able to dedicate himself solely to music. His personal life was plagued by continuous crises since 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 Solemn Overture 1812, Op . 49 is a romantic overture written by Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in 1880. The piece was written to commemorate the victory of the Russian resistance in 1812 against the advancing Grande Armée of Napoleon Bonaparte . It premiered in Moscow on August 20, 1882, conducted by Ippolit Al'tani and later, in 1891 conducted by Tchaikovsky himself, at the opening of New York's Carnegie Hall . The final climax, in the original score, includes a salvo of cannon shots and pealing of bells. The overture has become a common accompaniment to fireworks displays on US Independence Day ; Furthermore, the 1812 Overture is in one of Tchaikovsky 's most popular works.

The work begins with a religious melody from the Russian Orthodox Church , played by eight cellos and four violas (sometimes, like the one we are seeing today, this part of the overture is sung by an a cappella choir). It continues with a mixture of traditional and military melodies, which represent the growing anguish of the Russian people when they find out they are invaded by the French army. The piece continues with a march introduced by brass, where armies are heard charging to face each other in the Battle of Borodino . A repetitive and triumphant fragment of the French national anthem, La Marseillaise , serves to represent the invading army and Napoleon 's victory over the Russians. Next, a diminuendo in the music represents the Russian withdrawal, avoiding direct confrontation with French troops while leaving scorched earth behind. The brass march and the fragment of La Marseillaise sound again, to indicate the entry of the French into a burning Moscow . The fragment of La Marseillaise continues to play, now in diminuendo, indicating the withdrawal of the French troops, while a crescendo indicates the Russian siege. Five cannon shots accompany the advance of the Russians expressed in string instruments and brass, which prepare the field for the triumphal closing with the counterpoint between the leitmotiv representing the Russian army and the Russian imperial hymn God save the Tsar , supported by eleven cannon shots and a ringing of bells.

Christina Aguilera (1980) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, model, fashion designer, producer, and businesswoman. She began acting and singing as a child, through roles in stage productions and television shows including Star Search and Mickey Mouse Club . Aguilera 's work has won numerous awards, including six Grammy Awards and a Latin Grammy . She was the biggest seller of the 2000s for material singles, along with Madonna .

Aitana (Barcelona, ​​June 27, 1999) is a singer, songwriter and actress, who became known after participating in the ninth edition of Operación Triunfo (2017), where she obtained second place. Therefore, she was one of the six candidates to represent Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018, with " Arde " solo and " Lo malo " in duet with Ana Guerra , which was a success in sales and streaming. Throughout her career, she has been awarded an Ondas Award , an MTV Europe Music Awards , four Odeón Awards , six Los 40 Music Awards , a Radio Disney Music Awards and another Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards , in addition to having received two nominations at the Latin Grammy Awards , including best new artist.

Léo Delibes (1836 -1891) was a French romantic composer. His mother was a musician and his grandfather an opera singer. His nephew Frédéric was the paternal grandfather of the Spanish writer Miguel Delibes . He began his musical studies at the Paris Conservatoire in 1847, where he was a student of Adolphe Adam . As a composer, he achieved real fame in 1870 with the success of his ballet Coppélia; Among his other ballets, Sylvia , written jointly with Léon Minkus ; the Pizzicato of this ballet is very popular, one of Delibes ' greatest successes. He also composed several operas and operettas, a mass, a cantata, and occasional music for the theater, such as dances and ancient airs.

Sylvia , originally Sylvia ou La Nymphe de Diane (“Sylvia or the Nymph of Diana”) is a ballet in three acts, choreographed by Louis Mérante and music by Léo Delibes , premiered on June 14, 1876 in Paris . Sylvia is a remarkable classical ballet, with some peculiarities that make it unique due to the mythological setting of Arcadia , its creative choreography, its extensive set design, its great influence on the arts and, above all, its remarkable score. Today we offer the entire ballet with Marie-Agnès Gillot, José Martínez and the Ballet of the National Opera of Paris .

Branlea or bralea is a dance of men and women, danced in an open circular chain. The chain or rope goes from the far right, with the movement of the set going counterclockwise. With a rather serious and heavy, ceremonial and solemn style, it is usually considered a social act and, more specifically, it is used to initiate or, more often, close festive dance acts. The name Branle has not been preserved anywhere else in the highlands of the continental Basque Country and has its origins in the chain dance of the same name, which was adopted by European aristocrats, especially in France and England , in the 17th century . . ( Extracted from Auñamendi Euxko Entziklopedia )

Today it is offered to us by the group Argia Dantzari Taldea directed by the teacher Juan Antonio Urbeltz .