The Spanish Hour with Candice Agree

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There's no better way to know a country or a people than through its music. The Spanish Hour with Candice Agree invites everyone who has an interest in, a fascination of, and a love for the cultural life of Spain and the Spanish-speaking world to be entertained, enriched, and informed by this unique classical music program.

There's no better way to know a country or a people than through its music. The Spanish Hour with Candice Agree invites everyone who has an interest in, a fascination of, and a love for the cultural life of Spain and the Spanish-speaking world to be entertained, enriched, and informed by this unique classical music program.

This one-of-a-kind radio show is designed for both the aficionado and the general listener. Along with recorded performances of great works by great artists, The Spanish Hour with Candice Agree also presents recordings of live concerts featuring Iberian and Latin American composers, conductors, and performers. Artists and luminaries from the Spanish-speaking world, as well as specialists in the Spanish repertory are invited to share their knowledge, passion, and art through interviews and exclusive in-studio live performances.

Veteran classical music broadcaster Candice Agree produces and hosts this weekly one-hour program. Combining her extensive musical training (Interlochen Arts Camp, Eastman School of Music) with Spanish and Catalan language skills, Candice brings listeners fresh insights into the vast repertory of music from the Iberian Peninsula, the Americas, Mexico, the Caribbean, and the Philippines, from the Middle Ages through the 21st century. Hide full description

There's no better way to know a country or a people than through its music. The Spanish Hour with Candice Agree invites everyone who has an interest in, a fascination of, and a love for the cultural life of Spain and the Spanish-speaking world to be entertained, enriched, and informed by this unique classical music program.

This one-of-a-kind radio show is designed for both the aficionado and the general listener. Along with recorded performances of great works by great artists, The Spanish Hour with Candice Agree also presents recordings of live concerts featuring Iberian and Latin American composers, conductors, and performers. Artists and luminaries from the Spanish-speaking world, as well as specialists in the Spanish repertory are invited to share their knowledge, passion, and art... Show full description


40 Pieces

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Caption: Conductor Ataúlfo Argenta
Ataúlfo Argenta, one of the great conductors of the 20th century, in works by Manuel de Falla and Francisco Escudero.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and KWAX


  • Added: Oct 02, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Golden Haggadah, Catalonia c. 1320-1330
Jordi Savall, New York Baroque Ensemble, and Alia Musica share sacred, paraliturgical, and secular music of the Sephardim.

Bought by WVTF, KSJE, WRTI, KUCO, KMUN and more


  • Added: Mar 28, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 10

  • Added: Jan 08, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 18
Caption: Guitarist Julian Bream (1933-2020)
Selections from the Spanish repertory of British guitarist Julian Bream, joined, at times, by guitarist John Williams and the RCA Victor Orchestra.

Bought by KUCO, GCR (Global Community Radio), WRTI, KSJE, KMUN and more


  • Added: Jul 23, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 25
Caption: Uruguayan Composer Enrique Crespo
20th-century chamber music for winds and small orchestra from Panama and Uruguay.

Bought by KUCO, WRTI, KSJE, GCR (Global Community Radio), Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 24, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 31
Caption: Pianist Judith Jáuregui
Lesser known orchestral and chamber works by the composer of Goyescas and 12 Spanish Dances, including forgotten orchestral and instrumental treasu...

Bought by KSJE, WRTI, KUCO, KMUN, WCQS and more


  • Added: Apr 02, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 39
Caption: Carlos Chávez
Romantic works by two of Mexico’s great modern masters: the Trio romántico of Manuel María Ponce and the Symphony No. 4 of Carlos Chávez.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), WRTI, KUCO, KMUN, KVNO and more


  • Added: Mar 21, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 38
Caption: Pianist Alicia de Larrocha
The enigmatic musical world of 20th-century Catalan composer Frederic (Federico) Mompou.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WRTI, GCR (Global Community Radio), KUCO, WCQS and more


  • Added: Mar 13, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 34
Caption: Pianist Miguel Baselga
Famous Spanish and Mexican composers and their not so famous works. With pianist Miguel Baselga, The State of Mexico Symphony Orchestra, and Barcel...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, GCR (Global Community Radio), KUCO, WRTI, KVNO and more


  • Added: Mar 05, 2023
  • Length: 58:26
  • Purchases: 32
Caption: Paquito D'Rivera
A child prodigy, the Cuban-born clarinetist and saxophonist Paquito D’Rivera is well-known equally in both the jazz and classical worlds. We’ll hea...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), New Hampshire Public Radio, WRTI, KUCO, KMUN and more


  • Added: Feb 26, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 41
Caption: Juan Crisóstomo de Arriaga, the Spanish Mozart
Spain's Juan Crisóstomo de Arriaga was born 50 years to the day after the birth of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Like Mozart, Arriaga was a prodigy who ...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), New Hampshire Public Radio, KUCO, WRTI, KMUN and more


  • Added: Feb 20, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 42
Caption: Composer José Luis Greco, Credit: Photo © Sandra Gallardo
Ballet music by Manuel de Falla and a violin concerto by José Luis Greco, son of flamenco dancers José Greco and Nila Amparo.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), New Hampshire Public Radio, KUCO, WRTI, KMUN and more


  • Added: Feb 13, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 39
Caption: Illustration from a Cantigas de Santa María manuscript
From the Five Kingdoms of 13th-century Spain to the polyphony of Spanish Renaissance master Tomás Luis de Victoria, this week’s program explores Sp...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), New Hampshire Public Radio, WRTI, KMUN, KUCO and more


  • Added: Jan 30, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 40
Caption: Anne-Sophie Mutter
An array of some of the great Spanish works written for violin in the second half of the nineteenth century. Works by Sarasate, Monasterio, and Fer...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), New Hampshire Public Radio, WRTI, KUCO, KMUN and more


  • Added: Jan 23, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 41
Caption: Soprano María Bayo , Credit: Javier Salas
Not to be confused with the popular operettas and lyric operas popular in Spain from the 1850s through the mid-20th century, the zarzuelas on this ...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), WRTI, KMUN, New Hampshire Public Radio, KUCO and more


  • Added: Jan 19, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 38

  • Added: Jan 01, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 27
Caption: Detail from Picasso's Gernika (Guernica)
We commemorate the anniversary of the bombing of the Basque village of Guernica (April 26, 1937) with “Guernica” Piano Trio number 1 by Octavio Vá...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WRTI, KSJE, KMUN, WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: Apr 16, 2023
  • Length: 58:32
  • Purchases: 31
Caption: A rose and a book for La Diada de Sant Jordi
The Spanish Hour celebrates the Catalan national holiday with Catalan classics from the Renaissance through the 20th century.

Bought by WRTI, KVNO, KSJE, KMUN, WCQS and more


  • Added: Apr 09, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 32
Caption: Russian postage stamp honoring Mikhail Glinka
Russian composers who were inspired by the music of Spain.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KUCO, WRTI, KSJE, WCQS and more


  • Added: Aug 27, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 38
Caption: a page from the Codex Las Huelgas
The female a capella quartet Anonymous 4 present selections from the Burgos Codex Las Huelgas, dating from the turn of the 14th century.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KSJE, KVNO, WCQS, WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: Sep 24, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 36