The Spanish Hour 11-25: Three Generations of Spanish Symphonists
Series: The Spanish Hour with Candice Agree
From: Candice Agree
Length: 00:58:30
On this week's edition of The Spanish Hour, Composers representing three generations of Spanish music from the Generation of 1898 to the present day. From the Generation of the Maestros to El Grupo de los Ocho to today, orchestra works by Julio Gómez, Salvador Bacarisse, and José Luis Greco.
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On this week's edition of The Spanish Hour, Composers representing three generations of Spanish music from the Generation of 1898 to the present day. From the Generation of the Maestros to El Grupo de los Ocho to today, orchestra works by Julio Gómez, Salvador Bacarisse, and José Luis Greco.
Broadcast History
KWAX, KWRX, KWVZ
18 June 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. On this week’s show, composers representing three generations of Spanish music: from the Generation of 1898 to the present day.
We’ll start off with an orchestral work by the youngest in the group: José Luis Greco. Born in New York City in 1953, the son of famed flamenco dancers José Greco and Nila Amparo, Greco enjoyed success in a number of disciplines, acting and dancing among them, before choosing to dedicate himself to composition. Artists and arts organizations throughout the United States and Europe regularly commission his works. His oeuvre includes operas, scores for ballet and dance theater pieces, orchestral and chamber music, and children’s music theater. Greco has made Madrid his home since 1994, and is by all accounts a Spanish composer. W...
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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 | 1978 | 00:45 |
| Greco: Pastel | Orquesta Filarmónica De Gran Canaria, Adrian Leaper, conductor | Greco: Triptych/Pastel/I’m Superman • OFGC/Leaper. | ASV CD DCA 1153 | 2003 | 09:48 |
| Gómez: Suite en La | Orquesta de Córdoba, José Luis Temes, conductor | Julio Gómez: Obra Sinfónica Completa. | Verso VRS 2046 | 2007 | 21:16 |
| Bacarisse: Concertino in A Minor for Guitar and Orchestra, op. 72 | Narciso Yepes, guitar; Orquesta Sinfónica RTV Española, Odón Alonso, conductor | Narciso Yepes • Guitarra española. | Deutsche Grammophon 484 666-2 | 2003 | 21:36 |
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