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The Spanish Hour 2415: Music for the Festival of Sant Jordi
From: Candice Agree
Series: The Spanish Hour with Candice Agree
Caption: A rose and a book for La Diada de Sant Jordi
The Spanish Hour celebrates the Catalan national holiday with Catalan classics from the Renaissance through the 20th century.

Bought by WCQS, WRGY, KRZA, WXXI Rochester, New Hampshire Public Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 07, 2024
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 40
The Spanish Hour 2414: Cuba’s Classical Legacy
From: Candice Agree
Series: The Spanish Hour with Candice Agree
Caption: Ernesto Lecuona postage stamp
Whether making their homes in Spain, the United States, or never venturing from the Pearl of the Antilles, Cuba’s best-known and best-loved compos...

Bought by WRTI, WRGY, KVNO, KRZA, KSJE and more


  • Added: Mar 31, 2024
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 36
The Spanish Hour 2413: Falla and the Theater
From: Candice Agree
Series: The Spanish Hour with Candice Agree
Caption: Pablo Picasso theater curtain for The Three-Cornered Hat, 1919
In 1904, Carlos Fernandez Shaw introduced Manuel de Falla to "The Three-cornered hat," Pedro Antonio de Alarcón’s satire of village life in Andaluc...

Bought by WRTI, WCQS, WXXI Rochester, KVNO, KRZA and more


  • Added: Mar 24, 2024
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 45
The Spanish Hour 2411: Music for Children
From: Candice Agree
Series: The Spanish Hour with Candice Agree
Caption: Young People's Chorus of New York City members
Music written for children -- to sing, to play, to enjoy -- by Cuban-born Paquito D'Rivera and Emilio Aragón, Catalan Xavier Montsalvatge, and Teru...

Bought by Royalton Community Radio, KSJE, New Hampshire Public Radio, WRTI, KVNO and more


  • Added: Mar 10, 2024
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 31
The Spanish Hour 2410: Paseo Latinoamericano
From: Candice Agree
Series: The Spanish Hour with Candice Agree
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Classical and traditional music of Puerto Rico, Venezuela, and Paraguay, as well as a work by a North-American composer with Peruvian, Chinese, Lit...

Bought by WRTI, New Hampshire Public Radio, KSJE, KRZA, KVNO and more


  • Added: Mar 04, 2024
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 21
The Spanish Hour 2409: Mexico‘s Choral Music Tradition
From: Candice Agree
Series: The Spanish Hour with Candice Agree
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From 17th -century masters Juan García de Zéspedes and Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla to modern-day composers Guillermo Alvarez Navarro and Sergio Cárde...

Bought by KSJE, New Hampshire Public Radio, WRTI, WCQS, KVNO and more


  • Added: Feb 25, 2024
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 33
The Spanish Hour 2408: Transcribed and Transformed
From: Candice Agree
Series: The Spanish Hour with Candice Agree
Caption: Guitarist-composer Jorge Caballero
A program of well-known Spanish keyboard and orchestral treasures transcribed for guitar and heard anew.

Bought by KUER, KSJE, WRTI, KMUN, New Hampshire Public Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 18, 2024
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 41
The Spanish Hour 2407: Classics from Argentina, Chile, and Venezuela
From: Candice Agree
Series: The Spanish Hour with Candice Agree
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20th-century South American classcis from Argentina’s Carlos Guastavino to Chile’s Juan Antonio Sánchez to Venezuela’s Evencio Castellanos.

Bought by KSJE, New Hampshire Public Radio, WRTI, KMUN, WCQS and more


  • Added: Feb 11, 2024
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 37
The Spanish Hour 2406: Spanish Love Songs for Valentine's Day
From: Candice Agree
Series: The Spanish Hour with Candice Agree
Caption: Flamenco dancers Laura del Sol and Antonio Gades
Love songs, nothing but love songs! Spanish love songs for El Día de los Enamorados – Valentine’s Day from Sephardic romances from the Middle Ages ...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WRGY, KSJE, WRTI, KMUN and more


  • Added: Feb 03, 2024
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 28
The Spanish Hour 2405: Dances, Impressions & Rhapsodies
From: Candice Agree
Series: The Spanish Hour with Candice Agree
Caption: Quena (Andean bamboo flute)
From Joaquín Rodrigo to Ernesto Lecuona to Alberto Ginastera to Gabriela Lena Frank, old and new favorites from Spain and Latin America.

Bought by KSJE, WRTI, New Hampshire Public Radio, KMUN, WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: Jan 29, 2024
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 21
The Spanish Hour 2404: The Genius of Isaac Albéniz
From: Candice Agree
Series: The Spanish Hour with Candice Agree
Caption: Isaac Manuel Francisco Albéniz y Pascual
Keyboard masterpieces by the Spanish compsoer and piano virtuoso Isaac Albéniz, performed by Miguel Baselga and Judith Jáuregui

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, GCR (Global Community Radio), KSJE, WRTI, KMUN and more


  • Added: Jan 22, 2024
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 36
The Spanish Hour 2402: Invitation to the Dance
From: Candice Agree
Series: The Spanish Hour with Candice Agree
Caption: John Singer Sargent: "El Jaleo"
A program recorded live in concert of Spanish and Latin American music of some of the most recognizable and beloved popular dances of Spain. Habane...

Bought by KSJE, GCR (Global Community Radio), KMUN, WCQS, WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: Jan 08, 2024
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 48
Blue Dimensions L45: Carlos Henriquez tells "A Nuyorican Tale."
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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Carlos Henriquez has music about the experience of Puerto Rican migration to New York City on his new album "A Nuyorican Tale."

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KMUN, Northwest Public Broadcasting, KJZX-Austin, Royalton Community Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 01, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
Blue Dimensions L38: New Music From Three Cuban Pianists Now Living In Other Countries
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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New music from three Cuban pianists now living in other countries: Alfredo Rodríguez, Harold López-Nussa, and Hilario Durán.

Bought by KJZX-Austin, GCR (Global Community Radio), KKRN, Royalton Community Radio, Northwest Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Sep 13, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
From activism to heart break, Tufawon brings the beats
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Minneapolis-based recording artist Tufawon, Credit: Tufawon
Recording artist, singer/songwriter and producer Tufawon has gained notoriety In Minnesota and internationally for his powerful songs of protest an...

  • Added: Feb 23, 2023
  • Length: 05:05
DJ Queen Duin Creates Community Through Music
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: DJ Queen Duin, Credit: Vanessa Hernandez
Vanessa Duina Hernandez known locally as DJ Queen Duin is a music curator and radio host who hosts residencies at the Saloon in downtown Minneapoli...

  • Added: Mar 24, 2022
  • Length: 05:55
Grupo Mio: Tex-Mex Roots with a Minnesota Twist
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Grupo Mio performs at SPNN in St. Paul., Credit: Ryan Dawes
Tejano is a word that means “Texan” in Spanish. Tejano is also the name of a music genre fusing US American and Mexican musical traditions, plus a ...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: May 31, 2021
  • Length: 04:23
  • Purchases: 1
¿Cómo componía Beethoven estando sordo?
From: Colorado Public Radio
Series: Beethoven 250
Caption: Evelyn Glennie, Credit: James Callaghan/Courtesy of the Artist
La multipercusionista escocesa Evelyn Glennie ha estado completamente sorda desde los 12 años. Compartió con CPR Classical cómo una persona sorda p...

  • Added: Dec 11, 2020
  • Length: 03:07
Canción Mixteca
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits
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Singer Yesenia Mejia of Artisanas Mexicanas

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 23, 2019
  • Length: 04:18
  • Purchases: 1
Unconventional percussionist uses bike to make music
From: Elizabeth Estrada
Caption: Reynaliz playing her bike at home. , Credit: Elizabeth Estrada
Classically trained percussionist Reynaliz Herrera used to use her bike to get around Boston. Now, she uses it to make music.

  • Added: Jun 20, 2019
  • Length: 05:10
The Song Says It All
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Immigration and Labor: Stories from the Texas Workforce (2018 Summer Institute)
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Workers across Texas have to fight to receive their wages and fair treatment. The Workers Defense Project Band gives their fight a soundtrack. Thi...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 03, 2018
  • Length: 04:40
  • Purchases: 1
Charanga Tropical Brings Cuban Charanga to the Ice house in Minneapolis
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Charanga Tropical, Credit: Walter Horishnyk
Charanga Tropical is led by Twin Cities sax and flute player, Doug Little. Doug began studying Cuban music in 2002, and founded Charanga Tropical i...

  • Added: Oct 06, 2017
  • Length: 08:00
Charanga Tropical Brings Cuban Charanga to the Upper Midwest
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Charanga Tropical, Credit: Walter Horishnyk
Charanga Tropical is led by Twin Cities sax and flute player, Doug Little. Doug began studying Cuban music in 2002, and founded Charanga Tropical i...

  • Added: Oct 06, 2017
  • Length: 08:00
Twin Cities Latin Jazz Orchestra’s 18 Pieces Fills with Sound Crooner’s in Minneapolis this Tuesday
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Twin Cities Latin Jazz Orchestra, Credit: Diego Ramallo
The Twin Cities Latin Jazz Orchestra is 18 pieces in all. It’s got a growing book of tunes, a growing audience and growing stature. In 2017, the Tw...

  • Added: Sep 22, 2017
  • Length: 08:00
Danilo Perez creates "comprovization"
From: Reese Erlich
Series: Jazz Perspectives
Caption: Danilo Perez, Credit: (c) Reese Erlich
Pianist Danilo Perez combines composition and improvisation in his Latin and straight ahead performances.

  • Added: Jul 26, 2017
  • Length: 07:08