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THE SPANISH HOUR: RODRIGO, MORENO-TORROBA, MENÉNDEZ

From: Candice Agree
Series: The Spanish Hour with Candice Agree
Length: 58:30

Valencian, Madrid and Basque composers comprise this week’s edition of The Spanish Hour. We’ll hear piano works of Joaquín Rodrigo, guitar pieces by Federico Moreno-Torroba and a suite for clarinet and piano by Julián Menéndez Join me, Candice Agree, for The Spanish Hour. Read the full description.

Spanish__2_finalol__dragged__small This week, some lesser-known works by well-known composers: Joaquín Rodrigo's Tres Evocaciones for piano, Federico Moreno Torroba's Castillos de España for guitar, and Introducción, Andante y Danza by Julián Menéndez.

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Piece Description

This week, some lesser-known works by well-known composers: Joaquín Rodrigo's Tres Evocaciones for piano, Federico Moreno Torroba's Castillos de España for guitar, and Introducción, Andante y Danza by Julián Menéndez.

Broadcast History

KWAX, KWRX, KWVZ
May 21, 2011

Timing and Cues

PROMO:
:30 (:15 (outQ "... The Spanish Hour.") +:15 music bed for local air date/time.

PROGRAM:
58:30, no breaks.

Musical Works

Title Artist Album Label Year Length
El sombrero de tres picos: La danza de los vecinos (exceprt) Paco de Lucía Paco de Lucía Plays Manuel De Falla. Philips 1999 00:40
Tres Evocaciones Gregory Allen Rodrigo: The Complete Music for Piano. Bridge 2002 12:00
Castillos de España Ana Vidovic Moreno Torroba: Guitar Music 1. Naxos 2005 30:54
Introducción, Andante y Danza Oskar Espina Ruiz, clarinet; Keiko Kurachi, piano Basque Heart • Oskar Espina Ruiz. Kobaltone 2001 11:00

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http://www.TheSpanishHour.org