Balada's works from the early 1960s display some of the characteristics of Neoclassicism, but the composer was ultimately dissatisfied with his technique, and in 1966 began to move towards a more avant-garde style, producing works such as Guernica. Balada felt a need for a change again in 1975, his work from then onward being characterized by the combination of folk dance rhythms with the avant-garde techniques of the previous period. Harmonically, Balada's mature period work displays a combination of the tonality of folk music with atonality. Compositions representative of this period include Homage to Sarasate and Homage to Casals. No matter the stylistic phase, Balada's music features extensive rhythmic variance and unique orchestration, often in service of a haunting atmosphere.
Leonardo Balada (*1933): Steel Symphony (1972) -- Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra diretta da Lorin Maazel --
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published: 03 May 2011
Leonardo Balada: GUERNICA (1966)
Barcelona Symphony and Catalonia National Orchestra
Salvador Mas Conde (Conductor)
published: 01 Jul 2015
Leonardo Balada - Concerto for piano, winds and percussion
Leonardo Balada - Concerto for piano, winds and percussion
Enrique Graf, piano
Carnegie Mellon Wind Ensemble
Stephen Story, conductor
published: 13 Jun 2016
Leonardo Balada: Sinfonía No 6 "Sinfonía de las Penas" (2005)
Galicia Symphony Orchestra conducted by / Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia dirigida por Jesús López-Cobos.
Spanish-American composer Leonardo Balada possesses wide musical interests, yet his programmatic works are keen about historical subjects. His sixth symphony recalls one of the most painful moments of his nation’s history, the Civil War: a war that, according to his musings, had no actual winner.
El compositor hispano-americano Leonardo Balada posee vastos intereses musicales, pero sus obras programáticas consisten en meditaciones sobre temas históricos. Su sexta sinfonía recuerda uno de los momentos más dolorosos de la historia de su país, la Guerra Civil; una guerra que de acuerdo a sus ideas, en realidad no tuvo ganadores.
More info/más información: http://musicalhistories.blogspot...
published: 20 Feb 2015
Leonardo Balada: Homage to Sarasate (1975)
Barcelona Symphony and Catalonia National Orchestra
Salvador Mas Conde (Conductor)
published: 01 Jul 2015
Leonardo Balada: Analogías para guitarra (1967)
I-Propulsiones
II- Oscilaciones
III-Contornos
IV- Abismos
This piece by L.Balada (born 1933) was written for 10-stringed guitar and dedicated to Narciso Yepes. The version for 6-stringed guitar was made by Wolfgang Lendle, the performer here! In this version it was 1st performed in a concert of the Music Academy Kassel in the frame of the Concerts with contemporary music arround the 12th documenta in Kassel!
Andres Cardenes- Leonardo Balada: Violin Concerto #1 - Mvt. 1
Andres Cardenes, violin
published: 19 Sep 2011
Leonardo Balada. Preludis Obstinants (1979) - Pablo Amorós (piano)
Pablo Amorós presents his new Naxos Album "Leonardo Balada. Piano Music" at the Politechnic University of Valencia. June 2012.
published: 25 Feb 2013
Alicia de Larrocha plays Leonardo Balada - Preludis Obstinants (No.4)
LEONARDO BALADA (b. 1933)
Preludis Obstinants (No. 4)
ALICIA DE LARROCHA, piano
Live from Avery Fisher Hall, New York; 08-November-1981.
Information: https://www.aliciadelarrocha.com/es/content/avery-fisher-hall-lincoln-center-15
_______________________________________________
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https://fondo.aliciadelarrocha.com
_______________________________________________
LEONARDO BALADA (b. 1933)
Catalan American composer, now teaching and composing in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he was educated at the Barcelona Liceo Conservatory and at the Juilliard School with Persichetti and Dello Joio. His early works were in a Spanish nationalist style. Later compositions were written with an individual serial technique.
Preludis Obstinants (1979)
The short set ...
Leonardo Balada (*1933): Steel Symphony (1972) -- Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra diretta da Lorin Maazel --
The music published in our channel is exclusively ...
Leonardo Balada (*1933): Steel Symphony (1972) -- Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra diretta da Lorin Maazel --
The music published in our channel is exclusively dedicated to divulgation purposes and not commercial. This within a program shared to study classic educational music of the 1900's (mostly Italian) which involves thousands of people around the world. If someone, for any reason, would deem that a video appearing in this channel violates the copyright, please inform us immediately before you submit a claim to Youtube, and it will be our care to remove immediately the video accordingly.
Your collaboration will be appreciated.
Leonardo Balada (*1933): Steel Symphony (1972) -- Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra diretta da Lorin Maazel --
The music published in our channel is exclusively dedicated to divulgation purposes and not commercial. This within a program shared to study classic educational music of the 1900's (mostly Italian) which involves thousands of people around the world. If someone, for any reason, would deem that a video appearing in this channel violates the copyright, please inform us immediately before you submit a claim to Youtube, and it will be our care to remove immediately the video accordingly.
Your collaboration will be appreciated.
Galicia Symphony Orchestra conducted by / Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia dirigida por Jesús López-Cobos.
Spanish-American composer Leonardo Balada possesses wid...
Galicia Symphony Orchestra conducted by / Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia dirigida por Jesús López-Cobos.
Spanish-American composer Leonardo Balada possesses wide musical interests, yet his programmatic works are keen about historical subjects. His sixth symphony recalls one of the most painful moments of his nation’s history, the Civil War: a war that, according to his musings, had no actual winner.
El compositor hispano-americano Leonardo Balada posee vastos intereses musicales, pero sus obras programáticas consisten en meditaciones sobre temas históricos. Su sexta sinfonía recuerda uno de los momentos más dolorosos de la historia de su país, la Guerra Civil; una guerra que de acuerdo a sus ideas, en realidad no tuvo ganadores.
More info/más información: http://musicalhistories.blogspot.mx/2015/02/desafios-politicos-v-otra-guerra-para.html
Image/imagen: Valle de los Caídos. Today, memorial for both Falangist soldiers and Republican soldiers and POWs. / Hoy, memorial para soldados falangistas y prisioneros de guerra republicanos.
Galicia Symphony Orchestra conducted by / Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia dirigida por Jesús López-Cobos.
Spanish-American composer Leonardo Balada possesses wide musical interests, yet his programmatic works are keen about historical subjects. His sixth symphony recalls one of the most painful moments of his nation’s history, the Civil War: a war that, according to his musings, had no actual winner.
El compositor hispano-americano Leonardo Balada posee vastos intereses musicales, pero sus obras programáticas consisten en meditaciones sobre temas históricos. Su sexta sinfonía recuerda uno de los momentos más dolorosos de la historia de su país, la Guerra Civil; una guerra que de acuerdo a sus ideas, en realidad no tuvo ganadores.
More info/más información: http://musicalhistories.blogspot.mx/2015/02/desafios-politicos-v-otra-guerra-para.html
Image/imagen: Valle de los Caídos. Today, memorial for both Falangist soldiers and Republican soldiers and POWs. / Hoy, memorial para soldados falangistas y prisioneros de guerra republicanos.
I-Propulsiones
II- Oscilaciones
III-Contornos
IV- Abismos
This piece by L.Balada (born 1933) was written for 10-stringed guitar and dedicated to Narciso Yepes. ...
I-Propulsiones
II- Oscilaciones
III-Contornos
IV- Abismos
This piece by L.Balada (born 1933) was written for 10-stringed guitar and dedicated to Narciso Yepes. The version for 6-stringed guitar was made by Wolfgang Lendle, the performer here! In this version it was 1st performed in a concert of the Music Academy Kassel in the frame of the Concerts with contemporary music arround the 12th documenta in Kassel!
I-Propulsiones
II- Oscilaciones
III-Contornos
IV- Abismos
This piece by L.Balada (born 1933) was written for 10-stringed guitar and dedicated to Narciso Yepes. The version for 6-stringed guitar was made by Wolfgang Lendle, the performer here! In this version it was 1st performed in a concert of the Music Academy Kassel in the frame of the Concerts with contemporary music arround the 12th documenta in Kassel!
LEONARDO BALADA (b. 1933)
Preludis Obstinants (No. 4)
ALICIA DE LARROCHA, piano
Live from Avery Fisher Hall, New York; 08-November-1981.
Information: https://w...
LEONARDO BALADA (b. 1933)
Preludis Obstinants (No. 4)
ALICIA DE LARROCHA, piano
Live from Avery Fisher Hall, New York; 08-November-1981.
Information: https://www.aliciadelarrocha.com/es/content/avery-fisher-hall-lincoln-center-15
_______________________________________________
All right reserved by the《Arxiu Alicia de Larrocha》
https://fondo.aliciadelarrocha.com
_______________________________________________
LEONARDO BALADA (b. 1933)
Catalan American composer, now teaching and composing in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he was educated at the Barcelona Liceo Conservatory and at the Juilliard School with Persichetti and Dello Joio. His early works were in a Spanish nationalist style. Later compositions were written with an individual serial technique.
Preludis Obstinants (1979)
The short set of five preludes, Preludis Obstinants, were composed in 1979 for the great pianist Alicia de Larrocha, to whom they are dedicated. She performed the complete set on several occasions. The title "obstinate" suggests the repetitious character of each prelude, in which a single idea is obsessively repeated, although not necessarily exactly but with slow evolution. Prelude IV is slow and nostalgic, like a chorale with its emphasis on chordal harmonies that flow beneath simple and seemingly naive melodic motifs. These harmonies, however, range from traditional triads to modern tone clusters, resulting in extreme harmonic contrasts.
AdL has never recorded these pieces commercially, in this recording she played Prelude IV as the first encores in the recital.
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ALICIA DE LARROCHA, pianist (Network Media - Official)
Website: https://www.aliciadelarrocha.com
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@lisilisin
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/AliciadeLarrochaOficial
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alicia_de_larrocha_oficial/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/alicia_larrocha
LEONARDO BALADA (b. 1933)
Preludis Obstinants (No. 4)
ALICIA DE LARROCHA, piano
Live from Avery Fisher Hall, New York; 08-November-1981.
Information: https://www.aliciadelarrocha.com/es/content/avery-fisher-hall-lincoln-center-15
_______________________________________________
All right reserved by the《Arxiu Alicia de Larrocha》
https://fondo.aliciadelarrocha.com
_______________________________________________
LEONARDO BALADA (b. 1933)
Catalan American composer, now teaching and composing in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he was educated at the Barcelona Liceo Conservatory and at the Juilliard School with Persichetti and Dello Joio. His early works were in a Spanish nationalist style. Later compositions were written with an individual serial technique.
Preludis Obstinants (1979)
The short set of five preludes, Preludis Obstinants, were composed in 1979 for the great pianist Alicia de Larrocha, to whom they are dedicated. She performed the complete set on several occasions. The title "obstinate" suggests the repetitious character of each prelude, in which a single idea is obsessively repeated, although not necessarily exactly but with slow evolution. Prelude IV is slow and nostalgic, like a chorale with its emphasis on chordal harmonies that flow beneath simple and seemingly naive melodic motifs. These harmonies, however, range from traditional triads to modern tone clusters, resulting in extreme harmonic contrasts.
AdL has never recorded these pieces commercially, in this recording she played Prelude IV as the first encores in the recital.
******************************************************
ALICIA DE LARROCHA, pianist (Network Media - Official)
Website: https://www.aliciadelarrocha.com
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@lisilisin
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/AliciadeLarrochaOficial
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alicia_de_larrocha_oficial/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/alicia_larrocha
Leonardo Balada (*1933): Steel Symphony (1972) -- Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra diretta da Lorin Maazel --
The music published in our channel is exclusively dedicated to divulgation purposes and not commercial. This within a program shared to study classic educational music of the 1900's (mostly Italian) which involves thousands of people around the world. If someone, for any reason, would deem that a video appearing in this channel violates the copyright, please inform us immediately before you submit a claim to Youtube, and it will be our care to remove immediately the video accordingly.
Your collaboration will be appreciated.
Galicia Symphony Orchestra conducted by / Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia dirigida por Jesús López-Cobos.
Spanish-American composer Leonardo Balada possesses wide musical interests, yet his programmatic works are keen about historical subjects. His sixth symphony recalls one of the most painful moments of his nation’s history, the Civil War: a war that, according to his musings, had no actual winner.
El compositor hispano-americano Leonardo Balada posee vastos intereses musicales, pero sus obras programáticas consisten en meditaciones sobre temas históricos. Su sexta sinfonía recuerda uno de los momentos más dolorosos de la historia de su país, la Guerra Civil; una guerra que de acuerdo a sus ideas, en realidad no tuvo ganadores.
More info/más información: http://musicalhistories.blogspot.mx/2015/02/desafios-politicos-v-otra-guerra-para.html
Image/imagen: Valle de los Caídos. Today, memorial for both Falangist soldiers and Republican soldiers and POWs. / Hoy, memorial para soldados falangistas y prisioneros de guerra republicanos.
I-Propulsiones
II- Oscilaciones
III-Contornos
IV- Abismos
This piece by L.Balada (born 1933) was written for 10-stringed guitar and dedicated to Narciso Yepes. The version for 6-stringed guitar was made by Wolfgang Lendle, the performer here! In this version it was 1st performed in a concert of the Music Academy Kassel in the frame of the Concerts with contemporary music arround the 12th documenta in Kassel!
LEONARDO BALADA (b. 1933)
Preludis Obstinants (No. 4)
ALICIA DE LARROCHA, piano
Live from Avery Fisher Hall, New York; 08-November-1981.
Information: https://www.aliciadelarrocha.com/es/content/avery-fisher-hall-lincoln-center-15
_______________________________________________
All right reserved by the《Arxiu Alicia de Larrocha》
https://fondo.aliciadelarrocha.com
_______________________________________________
LEONARDO BALADA (b. 1933)
Catalan American composer, now teaching and composing in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he was educated at the Barcelona Liceo Conservatory and at the Juilliard School with Persichetti and Dello Joio. His early works were in a Spanish nationalist style. Later compositions were written with an individual serial technique.
Preludis Obstinants (1979)
The short set of five preludes, Preludis Obstinants, were composed in 1979 for the great pianist Alicia de Larrocha, to whom they are dedicated. She performed the complete set on several occasions. The title "obstinate" suggests the repetitious character of each prelude, in which a single idea is obsessively repeated, although not necessarily exactly but with slow evolution. Prelude IV is slow and nostalgic, like a chorale with its emphasis on chordal harmonies that flow beneath simple and seemingly naive melodic motifs. These harmonies, however, range from traditional triads to modern tone clusters, resulting in extreme harmonic contrasts.
AdL has never recorded these pieces commercially, in this recording she played Prelude IV as the first encores in the recital.
******************************************************
ALICIA DE LARROCHA, pianist (Network Media - Official)
Website: https://www.aliciadelarrocha.com
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@lisilisin
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/AliciadeLarrochaOficial
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alicia_de_larrocha_oficial/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/alicia_larrocha
Balada's works from the early 1960s display some of the characteristics of Neoclassicism, but the composer was ultimately dissatisfied with his technique, and in 1966 began to move towards a more avant-garde style, producing works such as Guernica. Balada felt a need for a change again in 1975, his work from then onward being characterized by the combination of folk dance rhythms with the avant-garde techniques of the previous period. Harmonically, Balada's mature period work displays a combination of the tonality of folk music with atonality. Compositions representative of this period include Homage to Sarasate and Homage to Casals. No matter the stylistic phase, Balada's music features extensive rhythmic variance and unique orchestration, often in service of a haunting atmosphere.