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New Horizons

Kate Molleson follows Tania León's journey including a trip to South Africa where she met Nelson Mandela, with the composer in interview.

Kate Molleson follows Tania León's journey including a trip to South Africa where she met Nelson Mandela, with the composer in interview. They also discuss the composer’s return to Cuba to hear her own music performed in that country for the first time, and they delve into works composed around the turn into the twenty-first century including León's first autobiographical work, Horizons.

Saóko
Meridian Arts Ensemble

Horizons
NDR Sinfonieorchester
Peter Ruzicka, conductor

De Memorias
Mexico City Woodwind Quintet

Tumbao
Margaret Halbig, piano

Esencia
Bergamot Quartet

Produced by Luke Whitlock

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59 minutes

Broadcast

  • Wed 14 Oct 202616:00

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