Leonardo Balada, born in Catalonia in 1933, currently teaching at the School of Music at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, is, for many, the most important living Spanish composer. Fiesta dedicates this program to his work and thinking.
Playlist:
Leonardo Balada (Spain, b.1933)
Zapata, imágenes para orquesta (1998)
Barcelona Symphony Orchestra
Salvador Más Conde, conductor
Albany Records Troy 343
20:00
Leonardo Balada
Persistencias (1979)
Pablo Amorós, piano
Naxos 8.572594
13:04
Leonardo Balada
Simphony No. 6 “Sinfonía de las penas” (Symphony of the Sorrows) (2005)
Galicia Symphony Orchestra
Jesús López-Cobos, conductor
Naxos 8.573298
18:25