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Spanish Baroque

December 1, 2018, 7:00 pm

Al Ayre Español

In Spain, during the Baroque period there were many significant but often forgotten composers. Fiesta shares some of the treasures of the Spanish Baroque including music by Antonio Literes, José de Torres, and Gaspar Sanz.

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Canción a dos tiples, by Anonymous
Al Ayre Español; Eduardo López, conductor

Marionas, by Gaspar Sanz and Lucas Luis de Ribayas

Impossibles, by Santiago de Murzia

Pasacalles, by Anonymous
La Galanía Ensemble

Quien menoscaba mis bienes, by Anonymous
La Galanía Ensemble; Raquel Andueza, soprano

Ah, del rústico pastor, by Antonio Literes

Pascalles 1 and 2, by Anonymous

Más no puede ser, by José de Torres

¿Quién nos dirá de una flor?, by Juan Francés de Iribarren
Al Ayre Español; Eduardo López, conductor

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Meet the Host

Composer, musician, and professor, Elbio Rodríguez Barilari was born in 1953 in Montevideo, Uruguay, where he studied at the Conservatório Universitario before continuing his education in Brazil at the Cursos Latinoamericanos de Música Contemporáne. Since settling in the United States in 1998, Barilari has lectured at the University of Chicago and the Instituto Cervantes. He is currently on the faculty of the University of Illinois at Chicago.

As a composer, Barilari has received commissions from the Grant Park Music Festival, Concertante di Chicago, Chicago Park District, and Orquesta Filarmonica de Montevideo. In addition to works for orchestra, chamber ensembles and solo instruments, he has provided scores for more than forty plays in the United States, Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.

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