Poster Composer Gabriela Ortiz
This episode of 'Extra Eclectic' features music by Gabriela Ortiz.
Marta Arteaga
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Hispanic Heritage Month begins

Extra Eclectic - Sept. 17, 2025

The 2025 BBC Proms Festival may have come to its conclusion, but we still have lots of recorded highlights to bring your way, and Steve Seel shares two on the latest episode of Extra Eclectic, from a Royal Albert Hall concert on August 31. Anna Clyne’s The Years — a work written during the uneasy time of the global pandemic — and Bent Sorensen's Evening Landare featured in the first hour, and in the second hour, we begin our celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month with modern works from Mexico, Venezuela, Argentina and Peru, including Gabriela Ortiz’ Canto Abierto, Osvaldo Golijov’s Lua Descoloria, and Jimmy Lopez Bellido’s Peru Negro.

Playlist

Autumn Prelude
Robert Jurjendal
Volkmar Zimmermann, guitar
Albany 1738

Evening Land
Bent Sorensen
Fabio Luisi, conductor
Danish National Symphony Orchestra
2025 BBC Proms Prom 44

The Years
Anna Clyne
Fabio Luisi, conductor
Danish National Symphony Orchestra
2025 BBC Proms Prom 44

saman
Olafur Arnalds
Jess Gillam Ensemble
Jess Gillam, soprano saxophone
London/Decca 4870832

The Unquestioned Answer
Laurie Spiegel
James McVinnie, organ

The Wind (El Viento)
Mario Armengol
Isabelle Perrin, harp
Quindecim 194

Altar de cuerda: Canto abierto
Gabriela Ortiz
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Los Angeles Phiharmonic Orchestra
Maria Duenas, violin

In the Depths of My Distance Your House Emerges
Rafael Diaz
Georgina Isabel Rossi, viola

Lua Descolorida (Colorless Moon)
Osvaldo Golijov
Julian Azkoul, conductor
United Strings of Europe
Ruby Hughes, soprano
Bis 2549

Leyendas: An Andean Walkabout: Chasqui
Gabriela Lena Frank
Del Sol String Quartet
Dorian 92164

Peru Negro
Jimmy Lopez
Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor
Norwegian Radio Orchestra

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