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May 1st is International Workers' Day.
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The Internationale (L'Internationale in French) is the most emblematic song of the Workers' Movement . It is considered the official anthem of workers around the world and of most socialist and communist parties as well as some anarchist organizations . The original lyrics, in French, are by Eugène Pottier , and were written in 1871 as part of his work Revolutionary Songs . In 1888 Pierre de Geyter set it to music at the request of Gustave Delory , leader of the French Workers' Party in Lille , France , for the repertoire of the party's choir , the Workers' Lyre (La Lyre des Travailleurs). In 1889 it was adopted as the anthem of the Second International (now the Socialist International ) and as the anthem of the USSR from its creation in 1922 to 1944.
Today we offer this historic document in which the NBC Symphony Orchestra and the Westminster Choir, conducted by the great Arturo Toscanini, offer us the Anthem of the Internationale.
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) was an Italian composer; he wrote 28 operas considered as a bridge from bel canto to verismo . He was born in Le Roncole near Busetto ; as a child he belonged to the Church choir where he received organ lessons and at the age of ten his parents enrolled him in the Busetto Music School ; at the age of 19 he moved to Milan where he continued his studies. He sympathized with the popular movements that demanded the unity of an Italy divided by different European dynasties. To the point that they chanted "Viva Verdi " with the double meaning of Viva Vittorio Emanuele Re D' I talia. His are the most appreciated and most performed operas , such as Aida, La Traviata and Rigoletto , and his Requiem that we will have to include it , also, among his masterpieces.
Aida is an opera in four acts with music by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni . It premiered at the Khedive's Opera House in Cairo on 24 December 1871, conducted by Giovanni Bottesini . Aida , an Ethiopian princess, is captured and taken to Egypt as a slave; a military commander, Radames , struggles as he is torn between his love for her and his loyalty to the Pharaoh ; to complicate the story further, Radames is the object of the love of the Pharaoh 's daughter, Amneris , though he does not reciprocate her feelings.
Today we offer the Triumphal March, corresponding to the arrival of Radamés who returns victorious with his troops marching into the city, performed by the "Voices for Peace" Orchestra and Choir under the baton of Valencian maestro Enrique García Asensio.
Isaac Albéniz (18601–1909) was a celebrated Catalan composer and pianist, a disciple of Felipe Pedrell . Thanks to the help of Count Morphy , composer and patron of the arts, he obtained a pension to train at the Brussels Conservatory in 1876, completing his studies in 1879. Despite being a virtuoso piano composer, Albéniz also composed music for other instruments. He dedicated more than a decade of his almost forty-nine years of life to writing themes for the theater, such as his most successful operatic work Pepita Jiménez; he also dedicated himself to performing concerts or recording his opera Merlín . During his career he wrote more than two dozen songs, as well as several orchestral and chamber themes.
Asturias was composed in the 1890s, a period when Albéniz was living in London . Despite its name, the piece has no connection with the musical tradition of Asturias , being more closely related to Andalusian flamenco. Upon publication, Albéniz conceived it as a prelude to the collection Chants d'Espagne . Years later it would become the fifth movement of the Suite española , published after Albéniz 's death with its current title and subtitled Leyenda in 1911 by the German publisher Hofmeister .
The version we present today is offered by Croatian guitarist Ana Vidovic .
Pablo Sorozábal (1897-1988) was born in Donostia/San Sebastián , according to his own memoirs, "into a working-class, Basque-speaking family." He began his violin studies at the San Sebastián Municipal Academy of Music ; at 17, he joined the San Sebastián Casino Orchestra, and at 21, the Madrid Philharmonic Orchestra . With a scholarship from the Gipuzkoa Provincial Council, he completed his studies in Leipzig and Berlin . Due to his republican ideas, he was isolated as a composer after the Civil War , which made it difficult for him to premiere his various zarzuelas in Madrid . His tenure as director of the Madrid Symphony Orchestra ended on bad terms in 1952 when he was forbidden to play Shostakovich 's Leningrad Symphony , a fact that led to his resignation.
Katiuska is an operetta in two acts, in prose and verse, with music by Pablo Sorozábal and libretto by Emilio González del Castillo and Manuel Martí Alonso . It premiered on January 28, 1931 at the Teatro Victoria in Barcelona and is the first work for the stage that Sorozabal composed . It stands out for its elegant orchestration, good concertantes, intense and varied romances, as well as a collection of dances and comic or exotic numbers typical of the operetta genre. The work presents a simple love story that has as its background an episode from the History of Russia .
From this operetta, today we offer the romance Noche hermosa performed by the great Guipuzcoan soprano Ainhoa Arteta accompanied by the Orchestra of the Community of Madrid conducted by the Madrid maestro Guillermo García Calvo .
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François-Adrien Boieldieu (Rouen 1775 - Varennes-Jarcy 1834) was a French composer who excelled in operatic composition in the first quarter of the 19th century . During the period of the Revolution known as the Reign of Terror , Rouen was one of the few cities that continued to retain significant musical activity. During this time, Boieldieu composed his first works, which brought him immediate success. He later moved to Paris , where he prudently established himself as a piano tuner. His works favored melodies without superfluous embellishment, enhancing them with light but careful instrumentation and spiritual dialogues. In 1804, he traveled to St. Petersburg to take up the post of composer to the Tsar's court , a position he held until 1810, where he composed nine operas and a dozen other works. In 1817, he succeeded Méhul at the Institut de France and was appointed professor of composition at the Conservatoire de Paris, publishing his masterpiece, La Dame Blanche, in 1825. His next opera, Les Deux Nuits (1829), was admired by Richard Wagner himself. On 25 September 1834, he made his last public appearance at the premiere of Adolphe Adam's Le Chalet .
Catalogue of Boieldieu's works. His works are classified by their Opus number (from the Latin opus, meaning "work"), a term used in music to catalogue the works of most composers. Since the 17th century , this form of cataloguing began to be used whenever a work was published, with the word Opus , or its abbreviation Op ., preceding the serial number of the work.
Today we offer the Concerto for Harp and Orchestra in C major, Op. 82 by François-Adrien Boieldieu articulated in three movements: I (0´00´´) ALLEGRO BRILLANTE .-. II (11´18´´) ANDANTE LENTO .-. III (15´18´´) RONDEAU. ALLEGRO AGITATO, and performed by the Swiss harpist Tjasha Gafner accompanied by the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra under the direction of the American maestro Andrew Grams .
Amy Beach (1867-1944), born in the small town of Henniker , New Hampshire , was a pianist and one of the first composers in US history. She grew up in a musical family environment where her grandmother sang in the church choir and her mother was a singer and pianist whom Amy spent hours listening to. At the age of four, she began to play the piano and composed her first piano waltzes; however, because her mother did not want to generate rejection, it would not be until the age of six when she began to give her formal piano lessons. At the age of 14 she began to study harmony and counterpoint and at 16 she made her debut as a pianist in a Boston theater playing Chopin 's Rondo in E flat major and Ignaz Moscheles ' Concerto No. 2 , a successful debut that brought her future contracts. After several tours in Europe , he decided to settle in New York for the rest of his life, spending his winters touring and his summers composing at his country home in Massachusetts. He died in New York at the age of 77.
Catalogue of Beach's works . His works, like those of Boieldieu referred to above, are classified by their opus number.
Summer Dreams, Op. 47. These are six domestic piano duets written by Amy Beach , which in this case are performed by pianists Joo-Hye Lee and Hyesuk Lim.
I (0´08´´) THE BROWNIES .-. II (3´46´´) ROBIN .-. III (5´26´´) TWILIGHT .-. IV (7´36´´) KATY-DIDS .-. V (8´35´´) ELF TARANTELLA .-. VI (10´26´´) GOODNIGHT
The txistu is a musical instrument that belongs to the European family commonly known as the "three-hole flute". It is played with one hand (usually the left), leaving the other hand free to play the small drum that hangs from the arm used to play the txistu. Currently tuned in F, it is frequently accompanied by the whistle or txistu haundi , a lower-pitched instrument, tuned in B flat . The txirula , a higher-pitched instrument, belongs to the same family and is usually accompanied by the ttun ttun (string drum). The txistu is used in pilgrimages, parades, tributes, institutional events and in different types of concerts, both as a solo instrument accompanied by an orchestra, or as part of a small txistu band (Txistu 1st, Txistu 2nd, Silbote, Caja clara).
Txistu Symphonic is a recording of two compositions by Xabier Zabala plus a number of Basque folk songs and dances arranged for solo txistu and symphony orchestra by Pierre Wekstein and Emmanuel Martín and performed by txistulari Garikoitz Mendizabal and the Bratislava Symphony Orchestra , conducted by Enrique Ugarte .
Garikoitz Mendizabal (1973), born in Zestoa , Gipuzkoa, studied at the San Sebastián Conservatory of Music with José Ignacio Ansorena , achieving excellent grades. He has performed as a soloist with various groups in Spain and South Korea ; he currently directs the Bilbao Municipal Txistularis Band .
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) is one of the most renowned composers of the 20th century , who had to adapt to the political status quo with which he lived. His music was sometimes denounced as decadent and reactionary, and at other times, praised by the CPSU as representative of the new socialist art. In public, he always appeared loyal to the system and held important responsibilities in artistic institutions, accepting membership in the CPSU in 1960 and becoming a member of the Supreme Soviet . He wrote fifteen string quartets, fifteen other symphonies, six concertos, several operas, as well as film and ballet music. His music stands out for its relevant contrasts and original rhythmic aspects, which underlie an energetic, sometimes burlesque character.
Third Symphony 'The First of May', Op. 20. The symphony was composed by Shostakovich in 1929, when the composer was 23 years old. The piece bears many similarities to Symphony No. 2 ; both consist of a single movement and use a mixed chorus with text that extols Marxist or socialist ideas. This was a time when Soviet artists were free to create art as they pleased; therefore, Shostakovich was neither coerced nor persuaded to write these "revolutionary" works, as he would later be with other works. The composer apparently viewed the revolution as a signal to introduce new musical ideas, especially formal ones, in which this symphony "expresses the spirit of peaceful reconstruction."
The symphony consists, as we have said, of a single movement in the key of E flat major divided into four sections without interruption between them: I (1´18´´) ALLEGRETTO – ALLEGRO .-. II (10´48´´) ANDANTE .-. III (23´18´´) LARGO .-. IV (26´30´´) MODERATO. It practically lacks thematic development and its interpretation is complex. Certain rhythmic patterns appear throughout the work to offer a certain unity, but the traditional thematic transformations and relationships are absent. In the final segment, choral music appears whose text is an adaptation of the poem "The First of May!" by Semyon Kirsanov . The text is a praise to May 1 and the revolution that celebrates International Workers' Day .
Today we present the version offered by the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra with the Academy Capella Choir conducted by the illustrious Russian maestro Valery Gergiev .
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Pink Martini is a "small orchestra" from Portland, Oregon , founded in 1994 by pianist Thomas M. Lauderdale , an orchestra that plays different musical genres such as Latin music, lounge music, classical music and jazz . Their music has often been described as " vintage ", a definition that reflects the content, style and duration that inspired many of their songs. The lyrics of their songs are sung in different languages: English, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese and even Arabic or Modern Greek on some occasions. Pink Martini 's first debut album, Sympathique , managed to sell over 1,300,000 copies worldwide; since then, their songs have become popular and have been featured in numerous films.
Alanis Morissette (born 1971) is a Canadian singer-songwriter. Her third album, " Jagged Little Pill ," sold over 33 million copies, making it the best-selling album ever by a woman. Throughout her career, she has sold over 60 million records and won seven Grammy Awards, among other major accolades.
Bebel Gilberto (1966) is a Brazilian composer and performer, from a family of Brazilian artists: daughter of João Gilberto and singer Miúcha and niece of singer and composer Chico Buarque . She began singing at a very young age, participating in children's choirs and in albums and musical works. At the age of 9, for example, Bebel participated with her mother and saxophonist Stan Getz in the Carnegie Hall Jazz Festival. Since the release of " Tanto Tempo " in 2000, Bebel has sold more than two and a half million records and her music has been part of soundtracks for various films and television series; music that can be defined within a modern style of bossa nova , influenced by electronic music .
Gloc-9 (real name Aristotle Pollisco ; born October 18, 1977) is a Filipino rapper and hip-hop singer and songwriter, winner of several Awit Awards , who was once a member of the rap group Death Threat . He has collaborated with artists such as Francis Magalona, Jaezelle, Parokya ni Edgar, Gab Chee Kee, Noel Cabangon , and Champ Lui Pio . He was featured on the soundtracks of films such as Jologs and Trip, both under the Star Cinema production company, and released an album titled Sukli , which features songs from the films. His songs mainly address social issues such as injustice, poverty, and patriotism.
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Josef Strauss (1827–1870) was an Austrian composer and conductor, son of Johann Strauss I and brother of Johann Strauss II and Eduard Strauss . Unlike his family, Josef did not aspire to a musical career. Instead, he studied at the Vienna Polytechnic and worked as a surveyor on the construction of a dam in Trumau , Lower Austria. From the autumn of 1852, he increasingly found himself replacing his brother as Kapellmeister . He took composition lessons and learned to play the violin; he composed waltzes, polkas, counterdances, and other dance pieces, as well as an operetta. While on tour in Warsaw , Josef collapsed unconscious and died shortly afterwards in Vienna .
The polka-mazurka is a dance musically similar to the mazurka , but danced very similarly to the polka . Its rhythm is 3 beats per measure (3/4); which meant that it was similar in rhythm to the waltz , but the emphasis of the polka-mazurka was on the first beat of the measure unlike the waltz which places its beats on the last two, as exemplified by the Viennese waltz with its two strongly accentuated final beats of the measure.
Today we offer the polka-mazurka Die Libelle (The Dragonfly) by Josef Strauss with choreography performed by the soloists of the K&K Ballett .
Léo Delibes (1836 -1891) was a French Romantic composer. His mother was a musician and his grandfather an opera singer. His nephew Frédéric was the paternal grandfather of the Spanish writer Miguel Delibes . He began his musical studies at the Paris Conservatoire in 1847, where he was a student of Adolphe Adam . As a composer, he achieved real fame in 1870 with the success of his ballet Coppélia ; among his other ballets, Sylvia , written jointly with Léon Minkus , is also worth mentioning; the Pizzicato from this ballet is very popular, one of Delibes ' greatest hits. He also composed several operas and operettas, a mass, a cantata, and occasional music for the theatre, such as dances and ancient airs.
Coppélia is a sentimental and comic ballet in three acts, with original choreography by Arthur Saint-Léon to a ballet libretto by Saint-Léon and Charles Nuitter and music by Léo Delibes . It is based on a macabre story by E. T. A. Hoffmann entitled Der Sandmann (The Sandman). The ballet premiered on 25 May 1870 at the Paris Opéra . The story concerns a mysterious inventor, Doctor Coppélius , who owns a life-size dancing doll. It appears so lifelike that Franz , a villager, falls in love with it, leaving aside his true love, Swanilde , who in Act II reveals her madness by dressing up as a doll and pretending to come to life.
Today we offer the full version of the ballet choreographed by Natalia Kassatkina and Vladimir Vasiliev in a performance by the Great Moscow Classical Ballet .
José Serrano (1873-1941) was a Spanish composer, born in Sueca , Valencia , known for his more than fifty zarzuelas and author of, among others, the famous zarzuelas La canción del olvido , Los claveles and La dolorosa . Considered the musical heir of Federico Chueca , his works tend towards a simple popular theatre, but charged with dramatic emotion. The influence of Giacomo Puccini and Italian verismo is evident in many of his works. He composed the Anthem of the Valencian Regional Exhibition of 1909, which has been officially adopted as the Anthem of the Valencian Community .
La Dolorosa is a zarzuela in two acts, with music by José Serrano and a libretto by Juan José Lorente . This work, which premiered at the Teatro Apolo in Valencia on May 23, 1930, reflects typical Aragonese customs and scenes. Before composing the score, Serrano suffered the loss of a son, and the work occasionally reveals the grandeur that underpins grief. It was adapted for the cinema in 1934 by Jean Grémillon .
Today we present the Comic Duo of the zarzuela , which is the dialogue of the two protagonists Nicasia (Amelia Font) and Perico (Pablo Juárez) accompanied by Aragonese folk dances.
Chinese dances offer a wide range of artistic expressions, thanks to their colorful, carefully studied movements, diverse origins, and the circumstances in which they are performed. They range from folk dances to opera and ballet performances, and can be performed during public celebrations, rituals, and ceremonies. Of the 56 recognized ethnic groups in China , each group has its own folk dances and their respective performances. There is also currently a revival and revival of traditional Chinese dances and dances adapted to our times, highlighting their colorfulness, coordinated body movements, and varied music and dance styles.
Today, the Dance Corps of the Atlanta Dance Academy, MorningStar , offers us the print Misty Memories.
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