Roberto Sierra's Fandangos
March 22: Dvořák Symphony No. 8
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10m
Roberto Sierra’s Fandangos, titled after the lively partner dance from Spain and Portugal, is what the composer calls a “super-fandango” drawing on his fascination with other composers’ fandango music mixed with his own Baroque-style musings, contemporary sonorities and imaginative orchestration.
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