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Part I of Handel's "Messiah," sometimes called the Christmas portion of the oratorio, will be heard in this program in a 1984 recording conducted b...
- Added: Dec 12, 2023
- Length: 01:58:29
Performances recorded of Leo Sirota, featuring compositions by Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Glazunov, and Rubinstein.
- Added: Dec 12, 2023
- Length: 01:58:00
As a priest and a professional composer working for the church, José Maurício Nunes Garcia wrote several pieces celebrating Christmas. And in this ...
- Added: Dec 12, 2023
- Length: 58:30
This week, Fiesta takes you to an imaginary concert hall with a program featuring a late 18th century overture by Brazilian composer José Maurício ...
- Added: Dec 12, 2023
- Length: 58:30
Robert Langevin is the soloist in the Celtic-influence Flute Concerto by Christopher Rouse. We’ll also hear works by Copland and Ravel including th...
- Added: Dec 06, 2023
- Length: 01:58:30
Fiesta features two passionate and romantic Latin American masterpieces from Argentina and Brazil. Constantino Gaito’s String Quartet No.1 and Fran...
- Added: Dec 06, 2023
- Length: 58:30
A variety of compositions known as Light Classics featuring composers such as Brahms, Shostakovich, Rossini, and many more.
- Added: Dec 05, 2023
- Length: 01:56:30
We visit Lyadov's Enchanted Lake and The Swan Lake of Tchaikovsky before hearing the Symphony No. 10 by Dmitri Shostakovich.
- Added: Dec 01, 2023
- Length: 01:58:30
Music composed by Jonathan Leshnoff, including, his Piano Concerto, Symphony No. 3, Violin Concerto, and Guitar Concerto.
- Added: Nov 27, 2023
- Length: 01:57:30
Born in Buenos Aires in 1862, Alberto Williams was the first Argentine composer that reached international fame. Fiesta visits his symphonic and pi...
- Added: Nov 27, 2023
- Length: 58:30
We're celebrating the season of Advent on this week's show, with works like Canite tuba by Giovanni da Palestrina, Charpentier's O Antiphons, Alma ...
- Added: Nov 27, 2023
- Length: 58:30
Alan Gilbert is joined by two former Artists-in-Residence in works by Beethoven, Dvorak, and former Composer-in-Residence Magnus Lindberg. Dvorak's...
- Added: Nov 25, 2023
- Length: 01:58:30
In this week's episode we hear Bach's epic work The Art of the Fugue.
- Added: Nov 22, 2023
- Length: 58:30
In this episode we hear four pieces that illustrate Handel's brilliance, including both favorite instrumental works and arias.
- Added: Nov 22, 2023
- Length: 58:30
Music composed by Edward Elgar and conducted by Elgar himself, Arturo Toscanini, and John Barbirolli in four historic recordings. Program 2 of 2.
- Added: Nov 21, 2023
- Length: 01:57:30
USA-born pianist Mac McClure developed a strong relationship with Catalonia and the Catalonian music scene. This week, Fiesta will feature a select...
- Added: Nov 21, 2023
- Length: 58:30
From innocence to war: Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts Ravel's "Mother Goose" suite and Stravinsky's Symphony in Three Movements, which was inspired by ...
- Added: Nov 16, 2023
- Length: 01:58:31
In this episode we hear Fauré's Trio in D minor for Piano, Violin and Cello, Op. 120 and the Sextet in C major for Clarinet, Horn, Violin, Viola, C...
- Added: Nov 16, 2023
- Length: 58:30
This broadcast features symphonies by Haydn and Prokofiev, plus a selection of songs by Franz Schubert orchestrated by various composers and the Fa...
- Added: Nov 15, 2023
- Length: 01:58:30
In this episode we hear two works by 20th Century American composers. Corigliano's Sonata for Violin and Piano and Beach's Quintet in F-sharp minor...
- Added: Nov 14, 2023
- Length: 58:30
Historic live performance recordings of music by Edward Elgar. Program 1 of 2.
- Added: Nov 14, 2023
- Length: 01:57:00
The broadcast opens with a work by a composer who was greatly inspired by Mahler's music: Passacaglia, Op. 1 by Anton Webern. Also on the program i...
- Added: Nov 14, 2023
- Length: 01:58:30
There is a huge repertoire of Latin American symphonic and chamber music inspired by the indigenous American cultures. We will celebrate this inspi...
- Added: Nov 08, 2023
- Length: 58:30
Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, "Choral" and Brahms' Symphony No. 2, both conducted by Wilhelm Furtwängler.
- Added: Nov 06, 2023
- Length: 01:58:00
Tango was born around 1880 in Buenos Aires and Montevideo as dance music, but by the 1940ʼs, it was introduced to the concert hall. Since then, tan...
- Added: Nov 06, 2023
- Length: 58:30
