Home | Programs | Fiesta | Music from Mexico and Argentina

Music from Mexico and Argentina

November 17, 2024, 10:00 pm

Arturo Rodríguez (photo by Martirene Alcantara)

In this program Fiesta present a selection of three pieces from Mexican living composers Eduardo Angulo, Leonardo Coral, and Arturo Rodríguez as well as a rarely heard oboe concerto by Argentine composer Astor Piazzolla.

Playlist

Prelude for Harp, by Eduardo Angulo
Janet Paulus, harp

Laberintos, Cuarteto de Cuerdas No. 3, by Leonardo Coral
Cuarteto Latinoamericano

Saudade, by Arturo Rodríguez
Janet Paulus, harp; Solistas de Minería; Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor

Suite for Oboe and String Orchestra, by Astor Piazzolla
Lajos Lencsés, oboe; Toulouse National Chamber Orchestra; Alain Moglia, conductor

Learn more about advertising and sponsorship on WFMT.

Fiesta is made possible by the generous support of WFMT Members.

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.

Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff

Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff

Music from Mexico and Argentina

Playlist