Since the European expansion into the Western Hemispere, Latin American and European music have experimented in a cross-pollination. On this program, we will listen to Latin American composers that has successful careers in Europe and from European composers that migrated to Latin America to make a name for themselves.
Transatlantic Music
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges (Photo: D'après Mather Brown (1761–1831) & William Ward (1766–1826), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
Playlist
Netzahualcoyotl, by Melesio Morales
Son Dos
Violin Sonata in A major, by Domenico Zipoli
Luigi Cozzolino violin; Bettina Hoffmann, cello; Gian Luca Lastraioli, guitar; Alfonso Fedi, harpsichord
Quartetto concertante No. 1 in B flat major, by Joseph Bologne Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges
Arabella Quartet
Dramatic Fantasia on some passages of Milton’s Paradise Lost, by Sigismond Neukomm
Kölner Akademie; Michael Alexander Willen, conductor
Sonata para Cordas, by Antonio Carlos Gomes
Orquestra Ouro Preto; Silvio Viegas, conductor
