Fiesta

SATURDAYS @ 10PM

Fiesta is devoted to Latino concert music and presents artistically significant compositions from Latin America, Spain and Portugal to listeners. The creative force behind this series is Elbio Barilari, an acclaimed composer, musician, performer and professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago. The Uruguayan-born Barilari says, "Fiesta features the hottest Latin-American music from the sixteenth to the twenty-first centuries."

3/23

Two Major Works from Brazil and Argentina: In this program Fiesta showcases two monumental pieces from the Latin American repertoire: a piano quintet by Argentine composer, Constantino Gaito and a piano concerto by Brazilian composer, Francisco Mignone.

 

3/30

Mexican Composer, Gutierrez Heras: Born in Tehuacan, Mexico in 1927, Joaquin Gutierrez Heras studied with great composers of his time including Blas Galindo, Rodolfo Halffter, and Olivier Messiaen. Today we will share his monumental work, Eight Pieces, Op. 1, featuring cellist Carlos Prieto.

 

4/6

Medieval and Renaissance Spanish Music: Fiesta features a treasure of Spanish music from the twelfth to the eighteenth century, including the mysterious Codex Calixtinus.