Breakup
Kate Molleson and Alejandro Madrid explore the breakup of the friendship between Silvestre Revueltas and Carlos Chavez, and the repercussions this had for Revueltas’s career.
Kate Molleson and Alejandro Madrid explore the breakup of the friendship between Silvestre Revueltas and Carlos Chavez, and the repercussions this had for Revueltas’s career.
Silvestre Revueltas was a blazingly energetic and politically charged musician, a whirlwind of a composer who lived through a time of great political and creative upheaval in Mexico. The French writer André Breton was stunned when he visited the country and found not one unified identity, but many strikingly different cultures existing side by side with all of their clashing values, creeds, and customs. This kaleidoscopic and sometimes jarring world is the musical universe of Revueltas, one of a generation of artists who, along with Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, tried to encompass a true sense of Mexican identity in their works after the country’s revolution. In his personal life Revueltas also lived a life of fiery extremes, before succumbing to an early death exasperated by alcoholism. Over the course of this week of programmes, Kate Molleson tries to shed some light on this forgotten composer, guiding us through the rhythms of Silvestre Revueltas’s colourful life with the help of Professor Alejandro Madrid of Harvard University. They track Revueltas’s moves from revolutionary Mexico, to prohibition-era America, to the trenches of the Spanish Civil War, and back to his homeland. Although most of Revueltas’s works date from the final decade of his short life, it is music which bursts with energy, colour, and humour. It is music which speaks with irony and passion about politics and people, about both the joys and hardships of life. It is music that speaks of Mexico.
In Wednesday’s episode, Kate and Alejandro explore the breakup of the friendship between Silvestre Revueltas and Carlos Chavez, and the dramatic repercussions this had for Revueltas’s career.
Introduction from “Redes”
PostClassical Ensemble
Angel Gil-Ordonez, conductor
Ventanas
Orquesta FilarmĂłnica de la Ciudad de MĂ©xico
Enrique Bátiz, conductor
Janitzio
Orquesta SinfĂłnica Venezuela
Theodore Kuchar, conductor
Musica para Charlar I.
Orquestre filharmonica de Moravia
Jorge Perez Gomez, conductor
Canto a muchacha negra
Adriana DĂaz de LeĂłn, soprano
Alberto Cruzprieto, piano
El Renacuajo Paseador
Ebony Band Amsterdam
Werner Herbers, conductor
Produced by Sam Phillips for ±«Óătv Audio Wales & West
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Silvestre Revueltas
Introduction from "Redes"
Ensemble: PostClassical Ensemble. Conductor: Angel Gil-Ordóñez.- NAXOS.
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Silvestre Revueltas
Ventanas
Orchestra: Orquesta Filarmónica de la Ciudad de México. Conductor: Enrique Bátiz.- ASV : CD-DCA 942.
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Silvestre Revueltas
Janitzio
Orchestra: Orquesta SinfĂłnica de Venezuela. Conductor: Theodore Kuchar.- BRILLIANT CLASSICS : 92-62.
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Silvestre Revueltas
Musica para Charlar, Suite No 1
Orchestra: Moravská filharmonie Olomouc. Conductor: Jorge Pérez Gómez.- TROKA.
- QUINDECIM RECORDINGS.
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Silvestre Revueltas
Canto a muchacha negra
Performer: Alberto Cruzprieto. Singer: Adriana Diaz De Leon.- URTEXT : JBCC 030.
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Silvestre Revueltas
El Renacuajo Paseador
Orchestra: Ebony Band Amsterdam. Conductor: Werner Herbers.- CHANNEL : CCSSA-21104.
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- Wed 24 Jul 2024 16:00±«Óătv Radio 3
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