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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 he learned to play the violin with 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 Four Seasons , Vivaldi 's best-known work, is a set of four concertos for violin and orchestra (each concerto is dedicated to a season: Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter). Although, unusually for the time, Vivaldi published the concertos with accompanying poems describing what he wanted to represent in relation to each of the seasons, it provides one of the earliest and most detailed examples of what would later be called programmatic or descriptive music . , music with a narrative element.

Today we offer The Winter , explained by Vivaldi himself: I ALLEGRO (0´00´´). Frozen shivering among the silver snow at the severe blow of the horrid wind; run, kicking your feet at all times; and for the superb chattering of the teeth . II LONG (3´34´´) Being by the fire, calm and happy, while outside the rain is pouring wet. III ALLEGRO (5'47'') Walking on the ice, already at a slow pace; for fear of falling, move forward carefully. Go steady, slip, fall to the ground; again go on the ice and run fast without the ice breaking and crumbling. Feeling that you are leaving the iron doors; Sirocco, Boreas, and all the winds at war. This is winter, but what joy it brings us. This Winter 's performance is offered to us by violinist Olga Boico accompanied by the National Chamber Orchestra of Moldova under the baton of teacher Silvia Tabor

Johann Strauss (son) (1825-1899) was an Austrian composer, son of Johann Strauss and brother of the composers Josef Strauss and Eduard Strauss . Known in life as “the king of the waltz”, he was an essential factor in its evolution and sophistication, going from being a peasant dance to an entertainment dance of the Imperial Court . He is the best known of the family for his waltzes, his polkas and his marches; composer, also, of several operettas. His father wanted to prevent his son from going through the hardships of a musician's life, so it was his mother who helped and encouraged him to focus on music. His work forms the basis of the repertoire offered annually at the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra 's New Year's Concert .

The Galop (a word that comes from “gallop”) is a dance with happy and light music originally from France and from the countryside.

Today we offer the Banditen-Galopp , which is a galop composed by Johann Strauss II from melodies from Strauss 's operetta Prinz Methusalem . The title of the composition is derived from the appearance in the play of a band of bandits trying to overthrow the prince, and its main melody is in the duet with chorus of the third act. Today's version is conducted by Austrian maestro Matthias Georg Kendlinger .

Georg Friedrich Händel ( 1685-1759) was born in Halle , Germany; Naturalized English, he is one of the leading figures in the History of Music and, of course, of the Baroque. Of his abundant musical production, we must highlight the Oratorio El Mesías , one of the masterpieces of History . As a child he began taking harmony and counterpoint classes from Friedrich Zachow , organist from Halle , with whom he also learned to play the oboe, violin and organ. At the age of 18 he moved to Hamburg where he wrote his first two operas. After three years he traveled to Florence and then to Rome . In 1710 he returned to Germany and from there to London where he settled for life. Despite the total silence with which he protected his privacy, his homosexuality seems clear. He died at the age of 74 at his home.

The Messiah is an English oratorio composed by Georg Friedrich Hände l in 1741, with a biblical text compiled by Charles Jennens . It premiered in Dublin on April 13, 1742 and was performed almost a year later in London . After a modest initial public reception, the oratorio gained popularity and eventually became one of the best-known and most frequently performed choral works in Western music. Handel turned to English oratorio in the 1730s in response to changing public tastes; The Messiah was his sixth work in this genre, while a marked Italian influence can be recognized in the other oratorios, the music of The Messiah is rooted in ancient German passions and cantatas.

The three-part structure of the work approximates that of Handel 's three-act operas, with the "parts" subdivided by Jennens into "scenes." Each scene is a collection of individual numbers or "movements" that take the form of recitatives, arias and choruses. PART I (0´00´´) begins with the symphony/overture, after which the text uses the prophecies of Isaiah and others, and moves on to the annunciation to the shepherds, the only scene taken from the Gospels . In PART II (56´40´´), Händel concentrates on the Passion and ends with the chorus “ Hallelujah ”. In PART III (1H 53´43´´) it covers the resurrection of the dead and the glorification of Christ in Heaven.

Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849) was a Polish virtuoso pianist and composer; As a pianist, he is considered one of the most important in history and as a composer, one of the leaders of Romanticism . He was born into a vocationally musical family; His mother played the piano and his father played the violin and flute; His first teacher was a sister of his with whom he liked to play four-hand pieces. At the age of eight he gave his first public concert at the Radziwill family palace in Warsaw . Chopin 's work focuses exclusively on the piano, solo or concertante, with which he undertook a solo career of technical perfection, expressive splendor and deepening of rubato until he became the musical reference for said instrument.

The Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21 by Frédéric Chopin is one of two piano concertos by the Polish composer. Despite being published second, it is actually before Concerto No. 1 . It was completed at the end of the winter of 1829, when the composer was 19 years old, and is dedicated to the Countess Delfina Potocka . It was premiered by the composer himself at the piano on March 17, 1830 in Warsaw . It is, on the whole, with more dramatic accents than the Concerto in E minor . All in all, it is a wonderful melodic inspiration, rich in romantic expressiveness and rhythmic sense.

Structure . The concert is structured in three movements: I (0´7´´) MAESTOSO. Written in sonata form with a broad orchestral introduction that exposes the two main themes. The first of them is softly beautiful, with broad and lyrical phrasing; the second is intimate, developed by the soloist. When, after a fortissimo , the piano bursts in brilliantly, it will no longer leave its privileged position.-. II (15'18'') LARGHETTO. Intimate and loving, it was inspired by Chopin 's youthful love: the soprano Konstancja Gładkowska . It has a tripartite structure, with the extreme sections full of amorous outpourings, while the central section has a contrasting dramatic sense.-. III (24'07'') ALLEGRO VIVACE. Written in the form of a rondo , this final beat consists of two main themes: the first is endowed with simplicity and charm, while the second is practically a mazurka with a clear Polish flavor. The piano plays with both themes, in a carefree and very bright atmosphere accompanied by an orchestra in which the strings dominate. The last section is written in moto perpetuo .

Yuja Wang (1987), our soloist today, is a Chinese classical pianist, who began studying piano at the age of six. She entered the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing a year later. At the age of 21 she was already internationally recognized and gave recitals all over the world, performing with the most relevant orchestras in the world. In an interview with the Los Angeles Times she said: "For me, playing music is transporting me to another way of life, another way of being. An actress does that."

Jazz is a musical genre born in the USA at the end of the 19th century . The German critic Joachim-Ernst Berendt describes it this way “ Jazz is a musical art form that originated in the United States through the confrontation of blacks with European music. The instrumentation, melody and harmony of jazz are derived mainly from the music of the West . The rhythm, phrasing and harmony elements of blues are derived from African music and the musical concept of African Americans.” The same author points out the three basic elements that distinguish jazz from European classical music: a) A special rhythmic quality known as swing . b) The role of improvisation and c) An individual sound and phrasing that reflects the personality of the performing musicians.

Joaquín Sabina (Úbeda, 1949) is a Spanish singer-songwriter, poet and painter, who has published seventeen studio albums and seven live albums, and has collaborated with different artists singing duets and making other collaborations. Live albums are recordings of performances in which he has participated alone or together with other artists: It is estimated that he has sold more than ten million records and has also composed for other artists such as Ana Belén, Andrés Calamaro or Miguel Ríos , among others. others. In his literary facet he has published nine books with compilations of song lyrics or poems published in the weekly Interviú . He has achieved three platinum records for Vinagre y rosas (2009) and one gold for Lo niego todo (2017), ​ his latest albums to date.

David Fang (1986) is a Chinese composer of stage music, film, television and audiovisuals. Born in Shanghai and raised in New York , he began studying violin as a child with his father, a professional musician, and formalized his studies in music and musical technology in New York . At the age of 12 he wrote his first orchestral work and from then on he would continue composing music for video games and others. When he was only fourteen years old, he wrote the ballet The Four Seasons , of which today we present his Winter staged by Shanghai Dance Academy.

Argia Dantza Taldea is a Basque dance group from San Sebastian made up of about 45 members directed by Juan Antonio Urbeltz (1940); It has collected “in situ” abundant dances from the Basque Country grouped in cycles in which the authenticity of the choreographic, musical and instrumental versions, and even costumes, has taken precedence. At the 1968 Middlesbrough International Folklore Festival (England) he won first prize for dance among 28 groups from 22 nations. In 1998, the Alfred Toepfer Foundation in Hamburg awarded him the European Prize for Popular Art .

Muriska . According to the caption of the video, it is a show offered at the Arriaga Theater in Bilbao in 1993, with choreography based on Suletino pastorals and premiered at the Olite International Festival .