Cancelled performances & a Contemporary composer

As towns and regions across Spain assumed new governments after last May's regional and local elections, the programming for their summer festivals has also undergone changes. Many of the musicians hired by the previous administrations have found themselves rejected by the new ones. Additionally, one performer has had his concert cancelled as a result of a popular petition, objecting to the "sexism" and "denigration of women" in his songs. In the first part of the program we hear some of those rejected musicians; then, in the second part we hear a work by Spanish composer Carmelo Bernaola (1929-2002) that was commissioned to commemorate the 5th centennial of Columbus' discovery of America. The title of the piece offers us an indication of Bernaola's sense of humour: "¡Tierra!" (Land, ho!).