Robin Hood Radio Interviews

A Chamber Music Concert by one of Crescendo’s Ensembles: Mientras me abraza–Baroque, Latino, and Folk Fusion On April 8 and 9, the music organization Crescendo will present the first in a series of four concerts of vocal and instrumental music. This first concert of Crescendo’s 2022 season is a program featuring chamber music with a “twist.” The repertoire featured and the instruments uses not only crossover into different genres of classical, folk and contemporary music, but they also break down the barriers between these genres and illustrate how very connected these different styles of music are. The unifying element is the folk dance – from Poland over Spain to Latin America. Folk music and dance rhythms permeate classical music, and connect different genres and eras from the Baroque to present times. Polish folk music and dances influenced music by many Baroque composers, including some that are generally associated with serious sacred music, such as Johann Sebastian Bach and George Philip Tel