The Roaring Twenties
Ch谩vez arrives in New York at the height of the Roaring Twenties. Here he meets Aaron Copland and, though they make an unlikely pair, the two become fast friends.
Carlos Ch谩vez was both a rebel and an educator. Born in a Mexico on the brink of revolution, he would go on to single-handedly revolutionise Mexican music and culture, filling his compositions with indigenous Aztec stories and sounds. Many cite Aaron Copland as an influence on Ch谩vez, but the truth may have been the reverse. While Copland was championing American music in the States, Ch谩vez was fighting for it in Mexico, educating the next generation of Mexican composers. He may have shaped American music more than any other - yet his legacy is little known. Odaline de la Martinez joins Donald Macleod to explore his life and work.
In today's programme, Ch谩vez arrives in New York at the height of the Roaring Twenties. Chavez is just another young man with big ideas, making the pilgrimage, in the hope of finding like-minded, daring thinkers. It's here that he met Aaron Copland. Though they made an unlikely pair, they became fast friends. As Ch谩vez wrote to Copland: "You and I see things in the same light."
Poligonos
Hilde Somer, piano
Tres Exagonos
Southwest Chamber Music
Jeff von der Schmidt, conductor
Otros Tres Exagonos
Southwest Chamber Music
Jeff von der Schmidt, conductor
Energia:
Southwest Chamber Music
Jeff von der Schmidt, conductor
Suite de Caballos de Vapor: I. Danza del hombre, II. El barco, III. El tropico
Sim贸n Bol铆var Symphony Orchestra
Eduardo Mata, conductor
Produced by Alice McKee for 主播大秀 Audio Wales and West
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Carlos Ch谩vez
Poligonos
Performer: Hilde Somer.- PHOENIX USA : PHCD140.
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Tres Exagonos
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Carlos Ch谩vez
Otros Tres Exagonos
Performer: Southwest Chamber Music. Performer: Jeff von der Schmidt.- CAMBRIA : CAMCD-8852.
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Carlos Ch谩vez
Energia
Performer: Southwest Chamber Music. Conductor: Jeff von der Schmidt.- CAMBRIA : CAMCD-8851.
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Carlos Ch谩vez
Suite de Caballos de Vapor: I. Danza del hombre, II. El barco
Performer: Sim贸n Bol铆var Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Eduardo Mata.- DORIAN : DOR-90211.
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Carlos Ch谩vez
Suite de Caballos de Vapor: III. El tropico
Performer: Sim贸n Bol铆var Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Eduardo Mata.- DORIAN : DOR-90211.
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- Tue 12 Sep 2023 12:00主播大秀 Radio 3
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