On Introductions this week: a look back at performances of music by Latin-American composers. Represented are the solo and chamber works of compositores from Brazil, Cuba, Argentina, Puerto Rico, Mexico, and Chicago.
Playlist
Heitor Villa-Lobos: Song of the Black Swan
Jan Vargas Nedvetsky, cello; Milana Pavchinskaya, piano
First broadcast January 16, 2021
Leo Brouwer: Solo Cello Sonata:
I. Allegro moderato
Jan Vargas Nedvetsky, cello
First broadcast January 16, 2021
Alberto Ginastera: String Quartet No. 1, Op. 20:
I. Allegro violento ed agitato
Quartet Feroce: John Lee & Vincenzo Zuppardo, violins; Sean Lee, viola; Samuel Du, cello
First broadcast August 7, 2021
Alberto Ginastera: Danza de la moza donosa
Mark Zhu, piano
First broadcast December 5, 2020
Astor Piazzolla: Verano Porteño, from Four Seasons of Buenos Aires
Golden Trio: Sofia Radovic, violin; Ian King, double bass; Miriam Kessler, piano
First broadcast July 17, 2021
Nando Cordeiro: String Quartet No. 1
ATLYS: Sabrina Tabby & Jinty McTavish, violins; Rita Andrade, viola; Genevieve Tabby, cello
First broadcast September 11, 2021
Jaime García-Añoveros: Episodes for string quartet
ATLYS: Sabrina Tabby & Jinty McTavish, violins; Rita Andrade, viola; Genevieve Tabby, cello
First broadcast September 11, 2021
Jack Delano: Cantarcillo marinero, from Tres cancionitas del mar
Volodymyr Lymar, countertenor; David Schrader, piano
First broadcast June 26, 2021
Consuelo Velázquez: Bésame mucho
Marco Villela, voice and piano
First broadcast August 14, 2021
Antônio Carlos Jobim: Garota da Ipanema
Marco Villela, voice; Robbie Ellis, piano
First broadcast August 14, 2021
Manuel Ponce arr. Jascha Heifetz Estrellita
Esme Arias-Kim, violin; Milana Pavchinskaya, piano
First broadcast November 21, 2020