Full Concert: Música Mexicana
In this October 6, 2024 performance livestreamed from the Fisher Center at Bard, TŌN and conductor Leon Botstein perform works by three of the leading Mexican symphonic composers of the twentieth century. Manuel Ponce, known as the “father of Mexican Music” is represented by two pieces: the exuberant Ferial, depicting an afternoon fair in a small town, and the impressionistic Chapultepec, a colorful symphonic poem that takes audiences to the Mexico City suburb where the composer lived. Carlos Chávez’s boisterous Horsepower Suite reflects the interconnection of humans and industry, which the composer referred to as “struggle, effort, and creation.” And finally the suite from Silvestre Revueltas’ score for the film La noche de los Mayas is a powerfully expressive work straight out of the Yucatan jungles.
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0:30 Introductory remarks by TŌN bass trombonist Samuel Boeger
7:50 Remarks by conductor Leon Botstein
19:02 Manuel Ponce Ferial
>Read concert notes by TŌN clarinetist Dávid Kéringer
33:35 Carlos Chávez Suite de Caballos de Vapor (Horsepower Suite)
>Read concert notes by TŌN percussionist Nick Goodson
1:04:09 Introductory remarks by TŌN bass trombonist Samuel Boeger
1:08:42 Manuel Ponce Chapultepec
>Read concert notes by TŌN oboist David Zoschnick
1:26:17 Silvestre Revueltas La noche de los Mayas (The Night of the Mayas)
>Read concert notes by TŌN cellist Elvira Hoyos Malagon