Programs · Episode
Celebrating Black History Month
Program: Concierto
Aired: Sunday, February 27, 2022 @ 6:00 pm
Hosted by Frank Dominguez
Concierto is the program that celebrates the rich contributions of LatinX/e classical musicians. In this episode, there is an hour of Afro-Cuban music to mark Black History Month in the U.S. You’ll hear the Violin Concerto by the 19th century virtuoso, José White Lafitte, and in addition, music for piano and percussion by Pulitzer Prize winning composer Tania León.
Concierto es el programa que celebra las ricas contribuciones de los músicos clásicos LatinX/e. Es este episodio, hay una hora de música afrocubana para conmemorar el Mes de la Historia Negra en los EE. UU. Escuchará el Concierto para violín del virtuoso del siglo XIX, José White Lafitte, y en adición, música para piano y percusión de la compositora ganadora del Premio Pulitzer, Tania León.
Pictured: Tania León by Michael Provost – tanialeon.com, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Playlist
6 pm | |
| Amadeo Roldan · Ritmica V New World Symphony Argo 439737 "Tangazo - Music of Latin America" | |
| Alejandro Garcia Caturla · Three Cuban Dances New World Symphony Argo 439737 "Tangazo - Music of Latin America" | |
| Jose White · Violin Concerto in f# Encore Chamber Orchestra Rachel Barton Pine, violin Cedille Records 035 "Violin Concertos by 18th & 19th Century Black Composers" | |
| Tania León · la Par (The Pair) (1986) Christopher Lamb, percussion; Virginia Perry Lamb, piano New World Records 662 "Tania Leon: Indigena" | |
| Jose White · La Bella Cubana Camerata Romeu BIS 0356 "La Bella Cubana" | |
| Ignacio Cervantes · Los Tres Golpes Elena Casanova, piano MSR 1136 "Recordando - Elena Casanova" | |
7 pm | |
| Vinicio Salazar · "Agnus Dei" (arr. by Carlos Salazar) Renaissance (of Charlotte, NC); Capella Cantorum (of Guatamala) Renaissance (of Charl otte n/a "Music of the Americas - from Guatamala to the Carolinas" | |
| arr. Carlos Salazar · "Sones Guatemaltecos" Cappella Cantorum Renaissance (of Charl otte n/a "Music of the Americas - from Guatamala to the Carolinas" | |
| Carl Maria von Weber · Konzertstuck in f, Op. 79 Philharmonia Orchestra Claudio Arrau, piano EMI Classics 562884 "Chopin; Mendelssohn; Weber: Works for Piano & Orchestra" | |
| Paquito D'Rivera · Aires Tropicales Imani Winds Koch International 7599 "The Classical Underground" | |