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'Para Observar los Cielos' and 'Canción Exaltada'

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Composer Tony Solitro.

Hear the work of two composers: Carlos Carrillo and Tony Solitro.

Carrillo’s “Para Observar los Cielos” (To Observe the Heavens) examines identity from the concept of iconic places, including a very special place in Puerto Rico, the Arecibo Observatory.

Solitro’s “Canción Exaltada” is a work about finding your voice, and was inspired by the liberation poetry of Julia de Burgos, an early 20th-century Puerto Rican poet and civil rights activist.

  1. 'Island of Enchantment'
  2. 'Escenas' and 'Washy' from 'Ni Fú, Ni Fa'
  3. 'Amatista,' 'Pitorro' and 'Isla Verde'
  4. 'Se Oyen los Lamentos por Doquier' and 'What My Mother Wrote'