Concert Performances

Silvestre Revueltas’ “La noche de los Mayas”

TŌN, conducted by Leon Botstein, performs Silvestre Revueltas’ La noche de los Mayas (The Night of the Mayas) in a livestreamed concert from the Fisher Center at Bard on Oct 6, 2024.

0:11 Noche de los Mayas (Night of the Mayas)
8:59 Noche de Jaranas (Night of Merrymakers)
15:26 Noche de Yucatán (Night of Yucatán)
23:19 Noche de Encantamiento

Silvestre Revueltas
Born: 12/31/1899 in Santiago Papasquiaro, Mexico
Died: 10/5/1940 at age 40 in Mexico City

Written 1939, at age 39
Film Premiered: 1/13/1941
Orchestral Suite Premiered: 1/31/1960; Orquestra Sinfónica de Guadalajara; José Ives Limantour conductor

>Read concert notes by TŌN cellist Elvira Hoyos Malagon