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Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) together with Bach and Mozart is part of the trio of giants of Western music. Born in Bonn , his father of Flemish origin, tried to make him a second Mozart , although it was a notable failure. Despite this, from the age of nine the organist Christian Gottlob Neefe captivated him with the study of Bach . In 1787 he moved to Vienna with the intention of taking Mozart classes, but the death of his mother returned him to Bonn a few days later. And so after five years, he returned to Vienna where he contacted Haydn and Salieri , becoming known as a composer and pianist with notable public recognition. However, his profession as a pianist could not be carried out due to deafness that attacked him the following year, leaving him completely incapable of this faculty.

Sonata No. 8 in C minor , subtitled “Pathétique” by the editor, was composed by Beethoven at the age of twenty-seven and is one of the sonatas classified as from the classical period ; It consists of three movements, of which today we present the third, Rondó, Allegro offered by the pianist Elena Doubovitskaya .

Leonard Bernstein (1918 - 1990), was an American composer, pianist and conductor. He was the first conductor born in the USA to achieve worldwide fame, famous for having conducted the New York Philharmonic Orchestra , for his Concerts for Young People on television between 1958 and 1972 and for his many compositions, including West Side Story (1957). ) and Candide . He was also an essential figure in the modern revival of the music of Gustav Mahler , the composer he was most passionately interested in. As a composer he wrote music for piano, chamber music, choral music, religious music, numerous stage works for ballet, film, opera and musicals, as well as abundant orchestral work.

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 theater. In 1961 it was brought to the big screen under the direction of Robert Wise .

Today we offer one of the most popular songs "I feel pretty" in the voice of the American coloratura mezzo-soprano, Joyce DiDonato , accompanied by the T onkünstler-Orchester Niederösterreich conducted by the Colombian maestro Andrés Orozco-Estrada .

Piotr Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) was a Russian composer who graduated from the Saint Petersburg Conservatory and wrote works of different genres, although where he achieved the greatest success was with his ballets. In 1859 he obtained a civil servant position in the Ministry of Justice , which he would leave after three years to be able to dedicate himself only to music. His personal life was plagued by continuous crises since the death of his mother and his repressed homosexuality, which forced him to enter into a marriage that only lasted a few months. He wrote more than 150 compositions, including works for piano, quartets, suites, symphonies, concertos, choirs, cantatas, operas and ballets. He died at the age of 53 and is considered one of the greatest composers in history.

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky 's Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36 was composed between 1877 and 1878. During the composition of the symphony, Tchaikovsky wrote to his patron, Nadezhda von Meck , that he "very much" wanted to dedicate it to her, and that he would record in the score "dedicated to my best friend." He had begun composing the symphony shortly after Meck entered his life. He would complete it after his catastrophic marriage, and stated that he would find in it "an echo of your most intimate thoughts and emotions." The premiere took place at a concert of the Russian Musical Society in Saint Petersburg on February 10 (Julian calendar) or February 22 (Gregorian calendar), 1878; directed by Nikolai Rubinstein .​

The symphony is structured in four movements: I (0'21') ANDANTE SOSTENUTO — MODERATO CON ANIMA — MODERATO ASSAI, QUASI ANDANTE — ALLEGRO VIVO (FA MINOR); II (18´35´´) ANDANTINO IN MODO DI CANZONA (SI FLAT MINOR); III (29´08´´) SCHERZO: PIZZICATO​ OSTINATO — ALLEGRO (F MAJOR); IV (34´23´´) FINALE: ALLEGRO CON FUOCO (F MAJOR).

The staging is offered to us by the Gyeonggi Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of maestro Shi-Yeon Sung (Busan, 1975), Korean conductor, who in 2007 became the first female assistant conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra . a position she held until 2010. She was also associate conductor of the Seoul Philharmonic from 2009 to 2013. She has served as artistic director and principal conductor of the Gyeonggi Philharmonic Orchestra since January 2014. Orchestras she has conducted include the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and the United States National Symphony Orchestra , among others.

Joaquín Rodrigo (1901-1999) was a Spanish composer born in Sagunto (Valencia). At seven years old he became blind; At nine, he began his studies in music theory, violin and piano; At 16, harmony and composition and at 22, he began to compose his first works. At the age of 26, he moved to Paris , where for five years he studied with Paul Dukas . In 1940 he premiered the Aranjuez Concerto in Barcelona , which from then on would be known worldwide. He was a prolific composer who wrote works for solo instruments, for piano with another instrument, for string orchestra, wind orchestra and symphony orchestra, concertos for different instruments, songs, symphonic-choral works and stage music, maintaining clarity at all times. , delicacy and distinction of his music.

The Aranjuez Concert is Rodrigo 's best-known work and the work that made him world famous; It consists of three movements: I (0´04´´) ALLEGRO CON SPIRITO. According to the composer, the first movement is "animated by a rhythmic spirit and a vigor without either theme...interrupting its implacable rhythm." II (6'07'') ADAGIO especially popular movement that has been performed by numerous opera and popular song singers; movement that "represents a dialogue between the guitar and solo instruments" (English horn, bassoon, oboe, French horn). III (17'44'') ALLEGRO GENTILE, a movement that "recalls a formal dance in which the combination of a double and triple rhythm maintains a tense tempo close to the next bar."

The version is performed by Chinese guitarist Meng Su .

Ella Fitzgerald (1917-1996), considered the most important and influential singer in the history of jazz and known as the Queen of Jazz , was an American jazz singer, although her repertoire included gospel songs, blues, swing, bossa nova, pop, Christmas songs , etc., etc.; She had a vocal range of three octaves, a clear and precise vocalization and a formidable capacity for improvisation. In the 1950s he set a standard with his conception of the melodic song, parallel to the work of Frank Sinatra , with his versions of the songs of the great composers of American popular song. She won fourteen Grammy Awards , including the Grammy for her entire career, and was awarded the US National Medal of Arts .

Diana Ross (1944), is an American singer and actress, who rose to fame in the sixties when she was part of the group The Supremes , establishing herself as a soloist in 1970. She later played the lead role in the film Lady Sings the Blues, about the life of singer Billie Holiday , which earned her an Oscar nomination for best actress. During the 1970s and 1980s, she became the most successful female artist of the pop era and also spanned the film and television industry as well as the Broadway stage. In 1993, she entered the Guinness Book of Records as the most successful female artist of all time. Sales of her albums and singles have an estimated total of more than 100 million copies. In 1976 she was named " Female Artist of the Century " by Billboard magazine.

Radio City Music Hall is a theater, considered the most important in the USA , located in Rockefeller Center in the middle of New York . Inaugurated in 1932, it has 5,931 seats for other spectators. Since 1933 the Radio City Christmas show has been regularly revived every year with five performances daily; show starring mainly the Radio City Rockettes , which is an artistic group of dancers, Santa Claus and other artists. Other groups of Rockettes travel and perform throughout the nation during the Christmas holidays.

Bolshoi reopening gala. After six years of pharaonic work, the theater reopens its doors and this time offers an exceptional gala directed by Dmitri Tcherniakov . The great artists Placido Domingo, Natalie Dessay, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Violeta Urmana , as well as the company's stars, soloists and ballet corps parade across the stage to perform excerpts from lyrical and choreographic pieces that have made the place famous. The program offers, among others : The Engagement in the Convent by Prokofiev , Prince Igor by Borodin, Iolanta and Swan Lake by Tchaikovsky, Don Quixote by Minkus ... (extracted from Télé Loisirs).