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Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Today we meet one of the three giants of Western music along with Mozart and Beethoven . He was a German violinist, organist, conductor, and composer; He was born in Eisenach and died in Leipzig and his fame as an organist crossed European borders. He belonged to the most prominent musical family in history with more than 30 famous composers within it. He began studying with his father and after his death he continued with his older brother, Johann Christoph . In 1703 he obtained his first job as a court musician for the Prince of Arndstat and later as an organist; In 1705 he obtained permission to move to Lübeck for a few months to take classes from Buxtehude .

In 1707 he moved to Mülhausen as an organist, where he married his cousin María Bárbara with whom he had seven children (three of them would die at a very young age). In 1708 he left Mülhausen to work as concertmaster and organist at the Duke of Weimar 's chapel where he composed numerous keyboard and orchestral works while also having the opportunity to transcribe and study various works by Vivaldi . In 1714 he was rewarded with economic improvements, but forced to meet new requirements such as the creation of a monthly cantata. In 1717 he was offered the position of Chapel Master of the Prince of Köthen , which was the best paid musical position at that time; From here come the Brandenburg Concertos and numerous secular works.

After the death of his wife in 1720, he remarried after a year and a half to María Magdalena with whom he would have another thirteen children. In 1723 he moved to Leipzig where he would reside until his death. Here he composed his Christmas Oratorio, The Passion of Saint Matthew, The Passion of Saint John, the Mass in B minor , numerous cantatas and the most important keyboard works. He died at the age of 65 in Leipzig after a year of blindness. A prolific composer, he wrote sonatas, arias, suites, concertos, cantatas, oratorios, masses and works of all types of musical forms of his time; His legacy of refined technique is considered the summit of counterpoint (different melodic lines that move independently, although harmonically related to each other) and his influence has been notable on Haydn , Mozart , Beethoven , Mendelssohn , Schumann , Chopin ... and many others. renowned composers.

The Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 is a Concerto Grosso (a small group of soloists performs in front of a larger accompaniment group). In the present case, the group of soloists is represented by the violin, the flute and the harpsichord, which plays the double role of soloist at times and accompanist at other times. The concerto consists of three movements: I ALLEGRO .-. II AFFETTUOSO .-. III ALLEGRO, of which today we offer the third version of Apollo's Fire, The Cleveland Baroque Orchestra , a musical ensemble specialized in early music, which performs with period instruments.

Antonio Lauro (1917-1986), was a Venezuelan guitarist and composer. His father, who played guitar and euphonium, died when he was barely 5 years old. He completed his musical studies in Caracas at the age of 9 in 1947 with the highest qualifications, while he paid for his musical studies by working as an accompanying guitarist at the Broadcasting Caracas radio station (currently Radio Caracas Radio). In 1935, he founded and was the singer of Los Cantores del Trópico , where with his excellent bass voice he began to stand out as a composer and arranger. He composed numerous works for classical guitar and is considered one of the main Latin American masters of classical guitar.

Joropo is a traditional musical and dance genre from Venezuela and Colombia .​ Its diversity is manifested in different subregional typologies. Among them it is worth mentioning the eastern joropo , the central joropo (with some specificities such as the tuyero joropo, the mirandino joropo or the aragüeño joropo ), the Andean joropo and the larense coup in Venezuela ; in addition to the joropo llanero and the work songs of the plains in Venezuela and Colombia . In 2017, UNESCO included herding and milking songs in the Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of the world .

For worshipers in rural areas, the term joropo designates more the party or dance event than the music or choreography itself. To designate these elements they use much more specific terms, such as corrido, passage, coup or revolt in the case of music, and valsiao, zapateao or escobillao in the case of dance. In the Venezuelan plains their synonyms are parrando and cantina , and in those of Colombia, guafa ; while in urban areas, the word joropo refers to lively music with harp, cuatro and maracas, without further reference to dancing. Although some authors affirm that the joropo dance comes from the waltz, it is much more certain that it comes from the fandango , a term that it supplanted to refer to the same types of party and music with which it shares greater similarities.

Today Professor Pablo Garibay offers us the guitar joropo, Seis por Derecho , by Antonio Lauro .

The Magnificat is a genre of polyphonic religious vocal music, similar to the cantata, but based on the biblical passage from the Gospel of Luke 1:46-55, which begins "Magnificat anima mea Dominum" (My soul magnify the Lord) and which does not It belongs to the liturgical year. The Magnificat was performed before masses on extraordinary religious festivities. This introductory character gives it a shorter length than the cantatas.

Johann Sebastian Bach's Magnificat was written in 1723, after taking up his position as Thomaskantor in Leipzig . The work is articulated in twelve movements: I (´05´´) MAGNIFICAT .-. II (3´05´´) ET EXSULTAVIT .-. III (5´33´´) QUIA RESPEXIT .-. IV (8´12´´) OMNES GENERATIONES .-. V (9´32´´) QUIA FECIT MIHI MAGNA.-. VI (11´30´´) ET MERCY .-. VII (14´ 50´´) FECIT POTENTIAM.-. VIII (16'44'') POWERFUL DEPOSUIT.-. IX (18´42´´) ESURIENTES.-. X (21´50´´) SUSCEPIT ISRAEL.-. XI (23´40´´) SICUT LOCUTUS EST.-. XII (25´17´´) GLORIA PATRI ET FILIO. Today it is presented to us by the Chœur du Concert D'Astrée with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony conducted by Emmanuelle Haïm (1962), harpsichordist and conductor specialized in baroque music.

Jesús Guridi (1886-1961) was born in Vitoria-Gazteiz into a musical family. After the family moved to Madrid , Guridi entered the Conservatory ; However, the economy did not go well for the parents, so they moved to Bilbao , where thanks to their patron, the Count of Zubiría , they were able to move to Paris and enter the Schola Cantorum to study piano, organ, counterpoint and composition. After finishing his studies, he went through Belgium , Cologne and Munich to delve deeper into them. Returning to Bilbao , at the age of 21, he took charge, as director, of the Bilbao Choral Society , a job that he combined with that of organist at the Basilica (now Cathedral) of Santiago . In 1939 he returned to Madrid , as director of the Conservatory , where he died at the age of 75.

The Ten Basque Melodies was premiered on December 12, 1941, at the Cine Monumental in Madrid , by the Madrid Symphony Orchestra conducted by Enrique Jordá ; Its ten melodies are: I (0´00´´) NARRATIVE .-. II (1´25´´) LOVING .-. III RELIGIOUS (4´00´´) .-. IV (6'33'') EPITHALAMIC .-. V (7´48´´) OF ROUND .-. VI (8'49'') LOVING .-. VII (12'43'') ROUND .-. VIII (14'08'') DANCE .-. IX (16´25´´) ELEGÍACA .-. X (19´15´´) FESTIVE. Today we can hear it in a version by the Euskadi Symphony Orchestra under the direction of the Granada maestro Miguel Ángel Gómez Martínez .

Bach 's case is unique in the history of music: no other composer has left such a deep mark on the style in subsequent generations, so lasting over time and so noticeable on listeners. The unparalleled mastery of counterpoint and the timeless and abstract character that his music emanates have been inexhaustible sources of inspiration. To the extent that, like few other authors, Bach has crossed stylistic boundaries to encourage reinterpretations in the key of jazz , with the free and improvised character that characterizes this music. The 20th century (and the 19th , and also the 21st ) was Bach 's century. Bach 's omnipresence also affected the field of jazz, and various performers converted his scores into jazz standards . (Juan March Foundation 11-17-18)

Today the jazz trio formed by Jacques Loussier – piano, Dunoyer de Segonzac – bass and André Arpino – drums, offer us a small anthology of Bach 's works in jazz format with some memories of Satie and Ravel : I (0'10' ´) Präludium Nr. 1 C-dur ...... II (5´55´´) Pastorale c-moll .-. ..... III (20´44´´) Air .-. IV ..... (25´11´´) Brandenburgisches Konzert Nr. 5 D-dur, I Satz ...... V (39´28´´) Brandenburgisches Konzert Nr. 5 D-dur, II Satz . ..... VI (44´58´´) Brandenburgisches Konzert Nr. 5 D-dur, III. Satz ....... VII (58'04'') Gymnopédie Nr. 1 .......VIII (1h 3'45'') Boléro ....... IX (1h 17'13 ´´) Cembalokonzert D-dur, III Satz.

Bob Marley (1945-1981) was a Jamaican singer and songwriter. During his musical career he was the leader, composer and guitarist of the bands The Wailers and Bob Marley & The Wailers . Even today Marley remains the most well-known and respected performer of reggae music and is credited with helping spread both the music of Jamaica and the Rastafarian movement (of which he was a committed member) to a global audience. The compilation album Legend , released by Island Records in 1984, 3 years after his death, is the best-selling reggae album in history with 15 platinum records in the United States and more than 25 million copies worldwide. . Marley has recorded nearly 75 million albums sold, making him one of the best-selling musical artists.​

Rastafari is a spiritual movement of Jamaican origin influenced by local currents of thought, philosophical and spiritual, such as Pan-Africanism, African-Americanism, Hinduism , the Judeo-Christian tradition , and traditions with African roots such as Kumina from the Congo , among others, with a clear Afrocentric focus and a strong conception of diaspora.

Reggae is a musical genre that originated in Jamaica in the 1960s. It is usually divided into ska (1960-1966), rocksteady (1966-1968), reggae (1969-1983) and dancehall (from the mid-1980s onwards). , although its beginning in the late 70s can be considered as a gradual process in which deejays gained popularity over traditional singers). Strictly speaking, reggae is the music developed between 1969 and 1983, a period of greater musical diversity than the previous ones in which the electric bass assumed a more central role and as the period went by, the influence of the Rasta movement increased in the letters and the sound.​

Reggae is usually associated with the Rastafari movement, whose followers believe that Haile Selassie I (Last emperor of the Ethiopian nation) is the reincarnation of God . According to this movement, black people and their descendants will be guided to the promised land called Mount Zion .

The use of braids, dreadlocks or Dreadlocks, which are often covered with a knitted cap called a tam ; Dressing in the colors of the Ethiopian flag (Green, Yellow and Red), and the consumption of marijuana are part of the Rastafari idiosyncrasy and reggae itself.

Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048. Bach dispenses with the wind instruments to give all the prominence to the strings. I (0´6´´) ALLEGRO MODERATO. Built from rhythmic cells, the basis of the different melodic themes, worked contrapuntally. II (5'48') ADAGIO originally consists of only two chords, one initial and one final, which form a Phrygian semi-cadence; It is likely that these chords were intended to leave free space for the performer's improvisation, as we offer today. III (6´20´´) ALLEGRO The dance seems to take over the score, as if it were a suite beat. It is the only Bach concert movement to use a binary dance form in two sections, conforming to the jig style.

Saburo Teshigawara is a Japanese choreographer and dancer who was born in Tokyo and became known for founding a company called Karas together with Kei Miyata in 1985. He currently works as a professor in the Department of Stage Design, Drama and Dance at the University of Art. Tama in Tokyo , a center considered one of the best art schools in Japan .

Rihoko Sato , originally from Tokyo , trained in Great Britain and then the United States ; In 1995 she participated in Saburo Teshigawara 's workshops in Tokyo before joining his company, Karas , the following year, becoming his first assistant and one of his most emblematic performers.

Fandango eta Arin-arin Within what Basque Dance is, the Basque fandango with a ternary rhythm and the arin-arin with a binary rhythm form the most common set of dances in the festivals of the Basque Country . Both dances danced by mixed couples have a certain resemblance to other similar dances of the state and to the binary pavane and the ternary galliard that were already danced in the Renaissance . Today, the Basque fandango has a ternary rhythm, written in 3/8 time, and presents square phrases, organized in modules of eight measures. The arin arin is the other dance we have referred to; binary rhythm dance, structurally similar to the fandango with square phrases composed of modules of eight measures. (Texts extracted from Auñamendi Eusko Entziklopedia)

Alkartasuna Dantza Taldea (Alkartasuna Dance Group) After the civil war, in the 1950s the number of Basque dance groups increased significantly in the Basque Country ; So, taking into account the political situation of the 1970s, Basque dance was one of the most powerful tools to express the Basque sentiment so repressed by the Fascist Regime . This is how Alkartasuna Dantza Taldea was born, when in 1976 a group of friends from the Bermeo Institute , Bizkaia, decided to organize a performance in order to raise money for their study trip; performance that, due to the success obtained, encouraged them to continue with the task they had begun. Today we attended a performance by the group within the Bilbao Big Week Festivities.