December 3, 2016: This week’s program is dedicated to the music of Spain and includes a unique form of Spanish light theater music called zarzuelas, as well as Spanish and Catalonian sacred music by Pablo Casals and Anselm Viola. In the second hour I bring you exciting flamenco music by Juan Serrano, followed by a collection of Spanish songs by Manuel de Falla and featuring soprano Victoria de los Angeles. The program will conclude with a beautiful performance of Benjamin Britten’s “A Ceremony of Carols” as sung by the Boys Chorus at the Escolania de Montserrat.
Hour 1:
Intro: Francisco Asenjo Barbieri- Pan Y Toros (Ensamble de Madrid/Fernando Poblete) [1.17]
Sacred Music of Pablo Casals: Nigra Sum; Oracio al la Verge de Montserrat; and Salve Regina (Escolania de Montserrat/Ireneu Segarra) [14.21]
Music of Anselm Viola: Beautus vir; Laetatus sum; and Magnificat a 7 voces (Escolania de Montserrat & Cor i Orquestra d’antics escolans/Ireneu Segarra with Gregori Estrada, organ) [15.52]
A Spanish Zarzuela: Frederico Moreno Torroba-La Chulapona (Ensamble de Madrid/Fernando Poblete) [3.45]
Mozart-Regis Coeli K. 276 (Arnold Schoenberg Choir with Consentus Musicus/Nikolaus Harnoncourt) [6.58]
Hour 2:
Spanish Flamenco Music: Juan Serrano-Fantasia por Alegrias; Juan Serrano-Verbana Gitana; & Melchor de Marchena-Los Piconeros (Ramon de Algeciras, Nino Miguel, Enrique de Melchor & Manolo Sanlucar,guitar) [8.05]
Music of Manuel de Falla: Seven Popular Spanish Songs & The Great Theatre of the World (Orquestra de Cambra Teatre Lliure/Josep Pons with Victoria de los Angeles, soprano) [23.04]
Britten-A Ceremony of Carols (Escolania de Montserrat/Ireneu Segarra) 22.16]
