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Kate Molleson journeys through the Christmas season across Latin America. Today, rollerskating and folk revivals in Venezuela.

Kate Molleson journeys through the Christmas season in Latin America, introducing the composers who shaped local festivities across centuries and longitudes. From cathedrals to countryside to the deep heat of megacities, we revel in music for worship, friendship, family and fiestas.

Today, in Venezuela, we hear about Vicente Emilio Sojo, the man who saved folk carols from extinction, the 19th-century β€œvalkyrie of the piano” Teresa CarreΓ±o, and about the nation’s preferred mode of festive transport: rollerskates.

Trad: Tun Tun
Nancy Ramos

Trad: NiΓ±o Lindo
Schola Cantorum de Venezuela
Alberto Grau, conductor
Isabel Palacios, soloist

Vicente Emilio Sojo: Five Pieces from Venezuela
John Williams, guitar

Trad: Corre caballito; La mula
Serenata Guayanesa

Aldemaro Romero: Fuga con Pajarillo (from Suite for Strings)
Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

Teresa CarreΓ±o: Nocturne: Souvenir de mon pays
Alexandra Oehler, piano
Teresa CarreΓ±o: Vals gayo
Clara Rodriguez, piano

Evencio Castellanos: Avilena Suite (excerpt)
Venezuela Symphony Orchestra
Jan Wagner, conductor

Produced by Amelia Parker for ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Audio Wales and West

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Music Played

  • Nancy Ramos

    Tun Tun

    Performer: Nancy Ramos.
    • PROMUS.

  • Traditional Venezuelan

    NiΓ±o Lindo

    Performer: Isabel Palacios. Choir: Schola Cantorum de Venezuela. Director: Alberto Grau.
    • FundaciΓ³n Schola Cantorum de Venezuela.

  • Vicente Emilio Sojo

    Five Pieces from Venezuela

    Performer: John Williams.
    • SONY.

  • Traditional Venezuelan

    Corre caballito

    Ensemble: Serenata Guayanesa.
    • El Palacio de la Musica.

  • Traditional Venezuelan

    La mula

    Ensemble: Serenata Guayanesa.
    • El Palacio de la Musica.

  • Aldemaro Romero

    Suite for strings (Fuga con Pajarillo)

    Orchestra: SimΓ³n BolΓ­var Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • DG-477 9154.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 5.

  • Teresa CarreΓ±o

    Souvenirs de mons pays, Op 10

    Performer: Alexandra Oehler.
    • GRAND PIANO : GP660.
    • GRAND PIANO.
    • 1.

  • Teresa CarreΓ±o

    Vals Gayo

    Performer: Clara Rodriguez.
    • NIMBUS : NI6103.
    • NIMBUS.
    • 13.

  • Evencio Castellanos

    Avilena Suite (4th mvt, Amanecer de Navidad; 5th mvt, Navidad)

    Orchestra: Orquesta SinfΓ³nica de Venezuela. Conductor: Jan Wagner.
    • NAXOS : 8.572681.
    • NAXOS.
    • 6.

Broadcast

  • Tue 10 Dec 2024 16:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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