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The Romería de El Rocío —popularly known as El Rocío— is a popular and religious celebration in honor of the Virgin of El Rocío , which takes place in May or June, at the time of Pentecost . It was classified in 1965 as a Festival of National Tourist Interest and in 1980 as a Festival of International Tourist Interest and has experienced great growth since the mid -20th century . During the festival, hundreds of thousands of devotees and tourists gather in the village of El Rocío de Almonte , province of Huelva , in a festival that unites religious, folkloric, environmental and recreational characters.

The pilgrimage begins on Saturday (this year, the 7th) with the recitation of the Holy Rosary . The night from Sunday to Monday is the height of collective fervor. This is when the Virgin reunites with her faithful in the procession that begins with the spectacular "jump over the fence." To the cries of " Long live the White Dove! ", the Virgin is carried in procession and sways at the first light of dawn. The celebration ends when the Virgin returns to her hermitage on Monday morning (this year, the 9th), entrusting herself to the White Dove until the following year. The Virgin of Rocío is popularly known as the " White Dove " in reference to the Feast of Pentecost , when the Holy Spirit visited the Virgin and the Apostles in the form of a dove.

Manuel Pareja-Obregón (1933-1995) was a musician and composer from Seville. His compositions include sevillanas and fandangos de Huelva . He played a key role in introducing Andalusian popular music into mainstream culture, introducing orchestral arrangements where previously only guitar and sticks had been played. He composed some 3,000 works for a large group of famous Spanish stage artists. In 1987, he founded the school of drummers in the village of El Rocío , later known as the Tamborileros de Nuestra Señora del Rocío . He died in Seville at the age of 62 from leukemia, which had kept him hospitalized for the last two months of his life. He was cremated and his ashes were scattered in the village of El Rocío .

The Salve Rociera is the salve sung to the Virgin of Rocío , at the Sanctuary of El Rocío in Almonte (Huelva). El Rocío , as the entire pilgrimage is traditionally called, is a phenomenon between religious and folkloric, which moves more than a million people on the days of celebration in the month of May or June (depending on the variable feast of Pentecost ) who come to the hermitage to venerate the Virgin. It was precisely for the Pilgrimage of El Rocío , the Salve Rociera that Manuel Pareja-Obregón composed, also known as Salve to the Virgin of Rocío or Salve del olé , with lyrics by Rafael de León. Today we present it in a version by Siempre Así , a popular music group from Seville, accompanied by the Royal Symphony Orchestra of Seville , all of them under the direction of the English maestro John Richard Durant

Emilie Mayer (1812–1883) was a German composer and sculptor of the Romantic era . Although she began her composition studies relatively late in life, she was a prolific composer and was highly regarded throughout Europe , composing at least eight major symphonies, fifteen concert overtures, and a large body of chamber music. On August 28, 1840, her life took a surprising turn when her father shot himself, the 26th anniversary of the death of Emilie Mayer 's mother. Author Marie Silling wrote of this event: "Her father's death caused her first great sorrow; in order to numb this pain, she buried herself in work."

A nocturne is a piece of vocal or instrumental music with a sweet melody and free structure. The term "nocturne" was first used in the 18th century to describe a piece played in fits and starts, usually at evening parties, and then dropped. In its most common form (as a single-movement piece, usually written for solo piano), the genre was cultivated primarily in the 19th century . The first nocturnes written under this name were by John Field , considered the father of the Romantic nocturne , which has a characteristic cantabile melody with arpeggiated accompaniment. The most famous exponent of this music, however, was Frédéric Chopin , who wrote 21 works in this genre.

Today we offer an excerpt from Emilie Mayer 's Nocturne , performed by the Kobayashi/Gray duo.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) is considered one of the three giants of musical composition, along with Bach and Beethoven . A child prodigy born in Salzburg , Austria, he mastered the keyboard and violin at the age of six and began composing. His father, Leopold , exhibited him on exhausting tours of various European courts. A prolific composer (more than 600 works written between the age of five and his death), he cultivated all kinds of musical genres: piano works, chamber music, symphonies, concertante works, choral works, operas... each and every one of them a masterpiece of their kind. His operas The Magic Flute, Don Giovanni, Così fan Tutte, and The Marriage of Figaro are among the 10 most performed operas in the world. He died in Vienna at the age of 35.

A Mass , a sacred musical genre, is a choral composition that places music in fixed sections of the liturgy. Masses can be a cappella (for the human voice alone) or accompanied by musical instruments, even including a full orchestra. Many Masses, especially the more recent ones, were never intended to be performed during a liturgical Mass.

Structure. To be considered complete, this musical form must include the following six sections, which together constitute the "ordinary" of a Mass: I (0'17") KYRIE. This movement often has a structure that reflects the conciseness and symmetry of the text. Many are in ternary form (ABA), where the two occurrences of the phrase "Kyrie eleison" are associated with the same musical theme and are articulated with a contrasting "Christe eleison" section. II (3'10") GLORIA. This is a celebratory passage of the glory of God and Christ . III (7'53") CREDO. The longest text of the Mass is an adaptation of the Nicene Creed (dogmatic declaration of the contents of the Christian faith, promulgated at the First Council of Nicaea in 325 and expanded at the Council of Constantinople in 381). IV (14´34´´) SANCTUS. The Sanctus is a doxological prayer to the Trinity .-. V (16´31´´) BENEDICTUS. The Benedictus is a continuation of the Sanctus .-. VI (20´ 24´´) AGNUS DEI. The Agnus Dei is an arrangement of the litany Lamb of God.

Coronation Mass for organ, chorus, soloists and orchestra in C major (KV 317) is a sacred work of art in the Classicist repertoire, composed by Mozart . This mass seems to have its nickname because it was performed in Vienna during the coronation celebrations of Emperor Leopold II in 1791 and Emperor Francis II in 1792.

Today we present the version offered by the French master Laurence Equilbey .

Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) was a French composer, a leading figure in programmatic music and Romanticism in general. His father, a doctor, sent him to Paris to study medicine; but he abandoned it and enrolled at the Paris Conservatoire , where he studied composition. From there he went to Rome , where, while on a scholarship, he wrote several operas, symphonies, overtures, various songs, and choral works. He was inspired by the hymns of his teacher, Jean-François Lesueur , and closely imitated Beethoven , then unknown in France ; also Gluck, Mozart, Étienne Méhul , and Carl Maria von Weber. In 1844 he composed the first known work for saxophone, the sextet Sacred Song , which premiered on February 3, 1844, under the baton of Berlioz himself and with Adolphe Sax playing the saxophone.

The Fantastic Symphony, Op. 14, subtitled Episode from the Life of an Artist , premiered on 5 December 1830 at the Conservatoire de Paris . Performed under the direction of François-Antoine Habeneck , it was a huge success. The Symphony is considered the first example of program music (music that aims to evoke ideas and images in the listener's mind, musically representing a scene, image or mood). Inspired by a literary work, the symphony narrates the dreams of a young musician who, after suffering a heartbreak, decides to turn to opium. The composer also introduces a variety of autobiographical elements referring to his unrequited love for the actress Harriet Smithson .

The work consists of five movements: I (0'8") DREAMS AND PASSIONS describes the anxiety produced by the protagonist before meeting his beloved, and later the volcanic love she inspires in him. Towards the end of this movement, we perceive a contrast between the passion produced by the protagonist and the heartbreak caused by rejection. This movement begins with an introduction in C minor that creates a melancholic atmosphere. It is then structured into four sections, in the last of which the melody that represents the beloved, the "fixed idea", appears for the first time. II (14'07") A DANCE, the reunion with the beloved takes place after rejection, as its name indicates, at a dance. The music then adopts the tempo of a waltz, thus describing the protagonist's anxiety. The "fixed idea" appears briefly interrupting the waltz, reappearing at the end of the movement. III (20'48") SCENE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE. It depicts two shepherds, represented by the duet of English horn and oboe, enjoying a wonderful summer afternoon. Towards the middle of the movement, the beloved appears, and he is overcome by terrible forebodings. Later, different emotions alternate and manifest themselves in contrast: hope and doubt, suffering and serenity, etc. At the end, the English horn reappears, evoking the pastoral theme once again and ending with a timpani roll, creating a mysterious atmosphere. IV (36:34) THE MARCH TO THE GALLOW. The musician dreams that he has killed his beloved and, therefore, is condemned to be executed by guillotine; at that moment, he remembers the feeling of love for the last time. The march is based on two main themes, each played by strings and wind instruments. The movement ends with drum and timpani rolls along with chords played by the brass instruments that symbolize the power of justice. V (41´47´´) A WITCH'S NIGHT'S DREAMS. The protagonist witnesses his own funeral, surrounded by witches and spirits, among whom he can see his beloved transformed into a harpy. In this movement, the main idea is interpreted by the clarinet, which describes the appearance of the beloved among the witches and spirits. The Dies Irae (a 12th-century melody belonging to Gregorian chant and part of the Requiem ) is introduced into the work along with the witches' round, accompanied by the ringing of bells. ( Extracted from Digital melomano)

Today's version is by the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Latvian maestro Mariss Jansons .

Stanley Clarke (Philadelphia, June 30, 1951) is an American bassist and double bass player whose production, almost always linked to jazz , covers styles such as funk , fusion and post-bop . In his childhood he played the accordion, cello and violin. He worked in rhythm and blues and rock bands during his adolescence; but after moving to New York , he played with the avant-garde saxophonist Pharoah Sanders in the early seventies. Other sidemen included Gil Evans, Mel Lewis, Horace Silver, Stan Getz, Dexter Gordon and Art Blakey ; all were impressed by his talent; however, Clarke began his successful career by joining Chick Corea in his group Return to Forever , working mainly on electric bass until he began his parallel projects as a soundtrack composer, within the field of commercial music.

The Rolling Stones are a British rock band formed in London in 1962. Their early productions included covers and songs of blues, rock and roll and American R&B . However, over the course of their career they have added stylistic touches of psychedelic music, country, punk, disco, soul, reggae and electronic music . To date, the band has released twenty-five studio albums and placed thirty-two singles within the ten most popular in the United Kingdom and the USA . The Rolling Stones ' total sales are estimated between 200 and 250 million records and they are considered one of the greatest rock bands in history. No rock group to date has sustained such a long and still world-renowned career as The Rolling Stones .

Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787) was a German composer, widely regarded as one of the most important opera composers of the Classical period (1750-1820). He completely reformed opera, eliminating da capo arias and long dry recitatives with harpsichord, replacing them with recitatives accompanied by an orchestra; he dispensed with castrati and the exhibitionism of the singers, giving greater importance to the plot, while elevating the overture, the ballet and the chorus as integral parts of his operas. Among his most highly valued works are Orfeo ed Euridice (1762) and Alceste (1767) premiered in Vienna , and Iphigénie in Aulis (1774), Armide (1777) and Iphigénie in Tauride (1779) premiered in Paris .

Orpheus and Eurydice is his first opera; written in three acts, it reflects his innovative concerns, discarding all types of trivial manifestations and highlighting the force of the argument; for which he does not hesitate to use dances and choruses, in addition to the aforementioned. The plot is based on the Greek myth of Orpheus , who was able to tame beasts with his music and who, after the death of his beloved Eurydice , was allowed by Cupid to descend to the underworld to rescue her on the condition that on the way back he does not turn his head to look at her; faced with Eurydice 's insistent pleas, Orpheus turns his gaze towards her, thus definitively losing his beloved.

Today we offer the prelude to the second act, Dance of the Blessed Spirits , from Pina Bausch 's production of Orpheus and Eurydice at the Palais Garnier , 2008

Amalia Hernández (1917-2000) was a Mexican dancer and choreographer, founder, in 1952, of the ballet that bears her name and which is emblematic of the folk art of this country, based at the Palace of Fine Arts in Mexico City. Amalia dedicated herself to rescuing traditional Mexican dances that had been lost over time, striving to improve their quality. In 1959, President López Mateos asked this group to become one of Mexico 's natural ambassadors. The Amalia Hernández Ballet , also known since then as the Ballet Folklórico de México , has more than 60 of its own choreographies with performances throughout Mexico and more than 100 international tours visiting a total of 60 countries.

Today offers us a careful exhibition of Polkas and Juanes