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Ludovico Einaudi (1955) is an Italian composer and pianist who, trained at the Verdi Conservatory in Milan , began his career as a classical composer, later incorporating other styles and genres such as pop, rock, folk and world . He represents one of the successes of new age music in recent years, not only for record sales, but also for the concerts performed around the world. The same year he graduated in composition he received a scholarship to the Tanglewood Festival in the United States and continued his studies with the composer Luciano Berio . He is a curious musician and open to experimenting from jazz and rock to more contemporary music. His music is ambient, meditative and often introspective.

In 2016, Einaudi participated in the Greenpeace Save the Arctic campaign video, which was filmed in the middle of the Arctic . As part of the campaign, Einaudi composed Elegy for the Arctic , a musical piece that unites the voices of eight million people who have signed to save the Arctic and of which we offer today a small fragment with the author at the piano.

Mikel Laboa (1934-2008) was one of the most important Basque singer-songwriters of the late 20th century . Considered the patriarch of Basque music, his music has influenced younger generations. His album Bat-Hiru was voted by popular vote in Diario Vasco as the best Basque album in history. Born in Donostia/San Sebastián , he spent two years of his childhood in the Biscayan town of Lekeitio. He studied Medicine and Psychiatry in Iruña/Pamplona and always combined his artistic career with that of a doctor. His music can be defined as a combination of tradition, poetry and experimentalism, in the style of the singer-songwriters of the 60s and 70s, but with a strong personal touch.

Anne Etchegoyen is a Basque singer and songwriter born in Donapaleu (Saint Palais). Her mother enrolled her at the age of eight in the children's choir that she directed at Saint-Palais . She later studied singing at the Bayonne Conservatory , which she does in Basque, French, Spanish and Gascon . Her album Les Voix Basques ("The Basque Voices"), has been certified gold in France after selling more than 60,000 copies and she has given concerts in several countries such as Argentina, the United States, England, Ireland, Spain and the Basque Country . In 2014 she went on tour with Basque eta Paz Tour , to spread her idea of ​​peace for the Basque Country .

Txoria txori (sometimes titled Hegoak ) is a Basque poem written by Joxean Artze in 1957 and set to music by Mikel Laboa in 1968. “If I had cut off its wings it would have been mine, it would not have escaped me; but then it would have ceased to be a bird.” Artze was 25 years old when he wrote this poem, which deals with freedom and with possession, dominance and respect between people and animals.

Today Anne Etchegoyen , accompanied by the Aizkoa men's choir and an instrumental background, offers us the song

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) was a German violinist, organist, conductor and composer. He was born in Eisenach into the most prominent musical family in history, with more than 30 famous composers in its midst. In 1703 he obtained his first job as court musician to the Prince of Arndstat and in 1707 he moved to Mülhausen as an organist, where he married his cousin Maria Barbara with whom he had seven children. After the death of his wife in 1720, he remarried Maria Magdalena a year and a half later, with whom he would have another thirteen children. In 1723 he moved to Leipzig, where he would reside until his death at the age of 65. A prolific composer, he is considered one of the three main geniuses in the history of music along with Mozart and Beethoven.

The catalogue of Bach's works or Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis , better known by its initials BWV , consists of a numbered index of all the composer's works arranged thematically by type of work or genre and according to their vocal or instrumental nature and used by scholars and musicians around the world. This catalogue was created in 1950 by the German musicologist Wolfgang Schmieder .

The Brandenburg Concertos are a collection of six concertos (Concertos Nos. 1, 2, 4 and 5 are concertos grosso; Nos. 3 and 6 are orchestral) that Johann Sebastian Bach presented in 1721 to Christian Ludwig , Marquess of Brandenburg , and are something of a “jewel in the crown” of not only Bach 's but also the entire Baroque instrumental music. Bach probably composed the concertos over a period of years while he was Kapellmeister in Köthen . Heinrich Besseler , the eminent German musicologist, has pointed out that the total strength required (leaving aside the first concerto, which was rewritten for a special occasion) exactly matches the 17 performers Bach had at his disposal in Köthen .

Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049 . Articulated in three movements – I () ALLEGRO .-. II (6´47´´) ANDANTE .-. III (10´27´´) PRESTO – the fourth concerto is one of the most luminous in terms of expression and one of the most modern in terms of conception, since it clearly announces the model of the concerto that would flourish in the galante style and later in classicism. The violin part is extremely virtuosic in the first and third movements. In the second movement the violin provides the bass when the concert group plays unaccompanied.

Today's performance will be by the American ensemble Voices of Music.

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) was one of the giants of Western music along with Bach and Mozart . Born in Bonn , Germany , 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 receiving lessons from Mozart , but the death of his mother brought him back to Bonn a few days later. And so after five years, he returned to Vienna where he contacted Haydn and Salieri, making himself known as a composer and pianist with notable public recognition. However, his profession as a pianist could not be realized due to the deafness that attacked him the following year, leaving him totally incapacitated in this faculty.

The catalogue of Beethoven's works . There are 138 musical works composed by Beethoven , arranged by numbers known as opus (Latin for "work") or its abbreviation op. , assigned by the composer's publishers during his lifetime. In addition, there are another 205 works that do not have opus numbers and 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.

The Pastoral Symphony (Sixth Symphony) was composed mainly in 1808, although sketches date from 1806. Beethoven conducted the work at its premiere in Vienna on 22 December 1808, in a programme that also included the premiere of the Fifth Symphony . As he began to outline the Pastoral , he jotted down several ideas about programme music: "The listeners should be allowed to discover the situations for themselves." "People will not need titles to recognise that the general intention is more a matter of feeling than of sound painting." "Pastoral Symphony: it is not a picture, but a game in which the emotions born of the pleasure of the countryside are expressed."

Pastoral style . The main elements include bird song themes, hunting horn themes, shepherds' flutes (pifa opifferari) and shepherds' calls (ranz des vaches or yodeling), country dances, representations of flowing water and the bleating of sheep, and imitations of that characteristic instrument of country life, the bagpipe with its low hum.

Structure of the work : I (00:23) Awakening of joyful feelings upon arriving in the country (Allegro ma non troppo) .-. II (11:43) Scene by the stream (Andante molto moto) .-. III (24:12) Fun gathering of country people (Allegro) .-. IV (29:06) Storm. Storm (Allegro) .-. V (32:53) Song of the shepherd. Happy and grateful feelings after the storm (Alegretto).

Today's version is brought to us by the Frankfurt Radio Symphony, conducted by Colombian maestro Andrés Orozco-Estrada .

Billie Holiday (1915-1959) was an American singer born in Philadelphia and considered one of the three most important women in the history of jazz along with Sarah Vaughan and Ella Fitzgerald . Her song Strange Fruit was considered the best song of the 20th century by Time magazine and her mastery of swing and expressive ability were reflected both in the composition of her arrangements and songs as well as in their interpretation. Her life from the beginning was very tumultuous with a 13-year-old mother, a 15-year-old father who abandoned her as a baby, a rape she suffered when she was ten and an openly manifested bisexuality. Her addiction to drugs progressively undermined her physical and emotional state until she died at the age of 44.

Lester Young (1909–1959) was an American jazz musician, tenor saxophonist and clarinetist, and one of the most important figures in the history of jazz ; his work spanned the fields of swing, bop, and cool . He is considered, along with Coleman Hawkins , one of the two most influential tenor saxophonists in jazz. In 1927 he left the family band and joined Art Bronson's Bostonians ; during that time he switched to tenor saxophone. He returned to the family band in 1929 and played for a few years as a freelance musician. He played with Count Basie for the first time in 1934; toured with saxophonist/tubist Andy Kirk , and then returned to Basie in 1936. During this time he met the young Billie Holiday , and they became lifelong friends.

Alejandro Sanz ( 1968) is a Spanish singer-songwriter and composer born in Madrid , who has sold more than 25 million records worldwide and has won 24 Latin Grammys and 4 American Grammys . He has also collaborated with various national and international artists. He is an adopted son of the city of Cádiz , having spent his childhood in Algeciras , a city of which he was named ambassador. He performed at the opening ceremony of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics , performing John Lennon 's song " Imagine " with three other internationally famous artists. Each of these artists represented a continent and Alejandro was the representative of Europe . Throughout his successful career, Alejandro has experimented, sought out and accommodated different styles.

Igor Moiseyev (1906-2007), Russian choreographer and dancer who studied with the Bolshoi Theatre Ballet , a company with which he worked and even directed acrobatic dances in Moscow's Red Square until 1930, when the Government placed a new dance company under his direction that would be called the Igor Moiseyev Ballet, with which he would prepare nearly 200 choreographies. Today it is one of the great ballet companies in the world, managing to synthesize the spontaneity of popular Russian dances with the academicism of classical ballet.

Kryzhachok is a popular folk dance from Belarus . This name comes from the Belarusian word for wild goose, kryzhak, as the dance imitates the movements of these birds. The folk dance also had other names such as Kryzhik, Pauluchok, Antoshka that depended on the song. This dance from Belarus is ornamental, performed in pairs by a large group of dancers, in this case, from the Igor Moiseyev Ballet Company .

Traditional Japanese Dances. Their origins date back to the ceremonial dances performed for the Court , to the dances of popular festivals and to the Ennen , which are Buddhist dances. In addition, the Japanese Kabuki theatre is closely linked to these traditional dances, since both leave aside everything superficial and follow the Buddhist philosophy of “bringing the soul closer to heaven”. Traditional Japanese dances consist of slow movements of dancers who remain firm and solid on the ground, moving their feet in short steps with their legs bent. Head movements also play an important role, since they transmit the energy and expression of the Japanese spirit. To the eyes of the spectator, the movements seem very slow, but they require exemplary discipline to achieve special and unique postures. Depending on the type of movements performed by the dancers, there are 3 styles of oriental dance: Mai , which are slow and solemn movements; Odori , a fast and very cheerful dance; and Shosa , where feelings and emotions are expressed.

The kimono is the Japanese costume par excellence and of course, it is used in all these dances. The kimono always matches the age of the dancer, the place where the dance is performed and the time of year, for example wearing pink in spring or ochre colours in autumn. The place where the dance is performed also influences the costume. If the scene is outdoors, the dancers wear wooden sandals, but for indoor dances, they wear tabi socks. As for the makeup and hair of the dancers, the Japanese are very traditional: the face is painted white and eyebrows, eyes and lips are highlighted to give the appearance of porcelain skin. In addition, wigs from the Japanese Middle Ages called katsura are used, which are usually short and black. (Extracted from the Asia Gardens Hotel Blog)