The jota is a rhythmic Spanish dance that often features the clacking sound of castanets. Today we’ll hear a jota by José White Lafitte (1836-1919), with violinist Samuel Nebyu playing the tune and percussion at the same time.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Isaac Albeniz: Seville
John Novacek, piano
Album: Spanish Rhapsody
Ambassador 1014
Ernest Chausson: Concerto in D Major for Piano, Violin, and String Quartet, Op. 21: Movement 1
John Novacek, piano | Andrew Wan, violin | Steven Copes, violin | Stefan Hersh, violin | Toby Appel, viola | Bion Tsang, cello
Colorado College Summer Music Festival, Packard Hall, Colorado Springs, CO
Ruth Gipps: Symphony No. 2 Op. 30
Basel Sinfonietta | Jessica Horsley, conductor
Casino, Bern, Switzerland
Jose White Lafitte: La jota aragonesa, caprice for violin and piano, Op. 5
Samuel Nebyu, violin | Charles Abramovic, piano
Lucerne Festival, St Luke's Church, Lucerne, Switzerland
Hour 2
Franz Liszt: 28 Grandes etudes de Paganini, S. 141: No. 3 in G-Sharp Minor "La campanella"
Yekwon Sunwoo, piano
Album: Crossing Spheres: Works by Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt, and Tchaikovsky
Genuin 17475
Camille Saint-Saens: Bacchanale, from 'Samson et Dalila'
Romanian Radio National Orchestra | Adrian Morar, conductor
Mihail Jora Concert Hall, Bucharest, Romania
Frederic Chopin: Scherzo No. 2 Op. 31 in B-flat minor
Yekwon Sunwoo, piano
Close Encounters with Music, Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington, MA
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Nonet in F minor, Op. 2
Titus Underwood, oboe | Gabriel Campos Zamora, clarinet | Catherine Chen, bassoon | Dominic Rotella, horn | Wyatt Underhill, violin | Samantha Rodriguez, viola | Joseph Johnson, cello | Paul Macres, bass | Henry Kramer, piano
Lakes Area Music Festival, Tornstrom Auditorium, Brainerd, MN
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