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Baroque Music from Spain and “The Indies”

March 14, 2020, 7:00 pm

“The Indies” was the name the Spaniards gave to the Americas, well into the 19^th century. This episode of “Fiesta” presents rarely heard baroque music from both sides of the Atlantic.

Playlist

Sonata No. 4 in G major, by Antonio Soler
David Schrader, harpsichord

Sonata No. 24 in D minor, by Antonio Soler
David Schrader, harpsichord

Sol fa de Pedro, by Manuel de Zumaya
Chanticleer Sinfonia; Joseph Jennings, conductor

Hieremiae Prophetae Lamentatione, by Manuel de Zumaya
Chanticleer Sinfonia; Joseph Jennings, conductor

Fandango in D minor, by Antonio Soler
David Schrader, harpsichord

Celebren, publiquen, by Manuel de Zumaya
Chanticleer Sinfonia; Joseph Jennings, conductor

Sonata No. 2 in E-Flat major (excerpt), by Antonio Soler
David Schrader, harpsichord

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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.

Introductions

Introductions

Baroque Music from Spain and “The Indies”

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