The Spanish Hour

Host Candice Agree takes us to Spain and Latin America where the American holiday of Halloween is now celebrated with some very spooky music played on the theremin.  Tune in on 10/26 if you dare!

Classical music chart-topping all-female a capella quartet Anonymous 4 presents music of 14th century Spain on the 9/28 broadcast.

Host Candice Agree takes us back to the 1930s and the Golden Age of Mexican cinema on the 8/24 broadcast.

This month host Candice Agree pays tribute to the "El Sistema" movement for orchestras. Here we see Maestro Gustavo Dudamel with the Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra. (7/27 broadcast)

Born in Barcelona, trained in Germany, and a naturalized American citizen - who is Carlos Suriñach? We'll meet this composer on the June 8th broadcast.

The brilliant Spanish pianist, Alicia de Larrocha began her adult career in 1940, and made her first appearance in the USA in 1955.  On May 4th, host Candice Agree honors mothers like this working mother Alicia de Larrocha.

Paquito D'Rivera has won fourteen Grammy awards. The cuban composer and saxophonist has recorded more than 30 solo albums.  The National Endowment for the Arts website affirms "he has become the consummate multinational ambassador, creating and promoting a cross-culture of music that moves effortlessly among jazz, Latin, and Mozart." Tune in on 3/23 to hear some of his classical compositions. 

La Zarzuela Barroca (2/17) featured in this program combine elements of Greek mythology and Spanish folklore. This program includes selections of Zarzuelas from the 18th century, as well as chamber works by modern Spanish composers (2/3). 

In 2012 there was a centennial celebration of the most important Catalan composer of the 20th century, Xavier Montsalvatge. It was  celebrated through a series of concerts, masterclasses, expositions, and the presentation of a new biography. The exhibition traveled in Barcelona, Girona, and Madrid, Spain before making its way to New York in November and December of 2012. Host Candice Agree shares his music in the Jan 20th broadcast.

Spend Christmas in 13th and 14th century Spain with host Candice Agree, on the 12/23 broadcast.

12/2      Guitar and Orchestra It was hard to choose from among the guitar works of Federico Moreno Torroba and Joaquín Rodrigo. I hope you’ll enjoy this program’s selections for 2 guitars and orchestra.