The Spansh Hour 11-23: Ernesto and Rodolfo, Los Hermanos Halffter
Series: The Spanish Hour with Candice Agree
From: Candice Agree
Length: 00:58:30
This week’s program focuses on composers and siblings Rodolfo and Ernesto Halffter. They were members of the Generación de '27 (the Generation of 1927), a Spanish vanguard of artists that included Picasso, Garcia Lorca, Buñuel, Dalí and Mompou.
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This week’s program focuses on composers and siblings Rodolfo and Ernesto Halffter. They were members of the Generación de '27 (the Generation of 1927), a Spanish vanguard of artists that included Picasso, Garcia Lorca, Buñuel, Dalí and Mompou.
Broadcast History
KWAX, KWRX, KWVZ
June 4, 2011
Transcript
Hello, I’m Candice Agree. Welcome to The Spanish Hour, a weekly program of classical music from Spain and the Spanish-speaking world. This week’s program focuses on composers and siblings Rodolfo and Ernesto Halffter. They were members of a Spanish vanguard of artists that included Picasso, Garcia Lorca, Buñuel, Dalí and Mompou.
Ernesto, born in 1905, was the third of six children, and was one of a number of Halffter musicians. His brother Rodolfo, five years Ernesto’s senior, was also a composer, as is nephew, Cristóbal and Cristobal’s son Pedro, whose works we’ll feature in an upcoming edition of The Spanish Hour. Ernesto was only 6 years old when he and Rodolfo, then 11, started writing operas together. Ernesto was 17 and his brother 22 when their compositions came to the attention of the influential critic Adolfo Salazar. Jean Cocteau described Ernesto’s music as combining "spirited...
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Falla: La danza de los vecinos (program theme music) | Paco de Lucía | Paco de Lucía Plays Manuel De Falla. | Philips 836 032-2 | 0 | 00:30 |
| Halffter, Ernesto: Sinfonietta in D Major | English Chamber Orchestra, Enrique García Asensio, conductor | E. Halffter • E. Toldrà • E.C.O. • Enrique García Asensio. | Ensayo ENY-CD-9724 | 0 | 38:00 |
| Halffter, Rodolofo: String Quartet, op. 24 | Cuarteto Bretón (Bretón Quartet) | Halffter, R • Chamber Music, Vol. 3 . | Naxos 8.572420 | 0 | 16:22 |
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