SYMPHONIC 1

MUSICAL JOURNEY

Venue: Diego / 18:00 

Bedřich Smetana (1824 – 1884)

From Má Vlast: Vltava (‘My Fatherland: The Vltava’) 

Paquito D’Rivera (*1948)

The Journey – Concerto for clarinet, cello and orchestra

I.   Beans
II.  Rice
III. The Journey

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 – 1908)
Scheherazade, Op. 35

 I. The Sea and Sinbad’s Ship

II.  The Story of the Kalender Prince

III. The Young Prince and the Young Princess

IV. Festival at Baghdad. 

Paquito D’Rivera, clarinet

Rolando Fernández, cello

Andy Lin, erhu

The Impossible Orchestra 

Alondra de la Parra, conductor

SYMPHONIC 2

GREAT MASTERS

Venue: Diego / 18:00

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 – 1921)

Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33

I. Allegro non troppo

II. Allegretto con moto

III. Molto Allegro

Wolfgang A. Mozart (1756 – 1791)

Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K. 488 

I. Allegro

II. Adagio

III. Allegro assai

Johannes Brahms (1833 – 1897)

Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73 

I. Allegro non troppo

II. Adagio non troppo

III. Allegretto grazioso

IV. Allegro con spirito

Sophie Kauer, cello

Maria Hanneman, piano

The Impossible Orchestra

Alondra de la Parra, conductor

CHAMBER 1

HAPPY BIRTHDAY,

SERGEI! 

RACHMANINOFF’S

150’S ANNIVERSARY

Venue: Diego / 18:00

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 – 1943)
String Quartet No.1

I. Romance. Andante espressivo

II. Scherzo. Allegro

Yorrick Troman, violin
Julia Dausacker, violin
Karen Foster, viola
Rolando Fernández, cello

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 – 1943)

Arr. for cello and piano, reconstructed by Modest Altschuler (1873-1963)

Mélodie on a Theme by Rachmaninoff

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 – 1943)
Arr. for cello and piano
Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14

Sophie Kauer, cello
Maria Hanneman, piano

Georg Friedrich Handel (1685 – 1759)
Concerto Grosso in D minor, HWV 316, Op. 3 n. 5

I. Grave

II. Allegro

III. Adagio

IV. Allegro ma non troppo

V. Allegro

NN

Enrique Crespo (1941 – 2020)
Bruckner Etude for low brass

NN

Astor Piazzolla (1921 – 1992)

Arr. Steven Verhelst (1981)
María de Buenos Aires Suite

I. Yo soy María

II. Balada

III. Habanera

IV. Fuga y misterio

Alexander von Puttkamer, tuba

Jörgen van Rijen, trombone

Tomer Maschkowski trombone 

NN

BALLET GALA 

WHEELDON’S WORLD

DANCING IN PARADISE

Venue: Diego / 18:00 

Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky (1840 – 1893)

Pas de Deux

Choreography: George Balanchine (1960)

Jovani Furlan, Unity Phelan

Gili Schwarzman 

Pas de Quatre

Choreography: Yoshihisa Arai (2023)

Anais Bueno, Amanda Assucena, 

José Pablo Castro Cuevas, Alberto Velázquez

Karl Jenkins (*1944)

Palladio

Choreography: Craig Davidson

Fabrizzio Ulloa

Joni Mitchell (*1943)

Arr. Gordon Hamilton

The two of us

Choreography: Christopher Wheeldon (2020)

Sara Mearns, Robbie Fairchild

Ilya Demutsky (*1983)

Pas de deux from Anna Karenina 

Choreography: Yuri Possakov

Anaïs Bueno, Juan Pablo Castro Cuevas

Arvo Pärt (*1935)

Liturgia

Choreography: Christopher Wheeldon

Jovani Furlan, Unity Phelan

Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky (1840 – 1893)

Grand Pas de deux

Choreography: Christopher Wheeldon

Amanda Assusuena, Alberto Velázquez

George Gershwin (1898 -1937)

An American in Paris

Choreography: Christopher Wheeldon

Sara Mearns, Robbie Fairchild

The Impossible Orchestra

Alondra de la Parra, conductor

Christopher Wheeldon, choreographer in residence

CHAMBER 2

COLORFUL STRINGS

Venue: Diego / 18:00 

Mario Castelnuovo Tedesco (1895 – 1968)

Quintet, Op. 143, for classical guitar and strings

I. Allegro, vivo e schietto

II. Andante mesto

III. Scherzo. Allegro con spirito, alla Marcia

IV. Finale. Allegro con fuoco

NN, guitar

Guy Braunstein, violin

Massimo Spadano, violin

Sara Ferrández, viola

Michal Korman, cello

Eugenio Toussaint (1954 – 2011):

Gauguin – Concerto for harp, English horn and

string orchestra, Op. 8

Kristi Shade, harp
Tamar Imbar, English horn
Andy Lin, viola
Orieta Dado, violin
Pierre Frapier, violin
Sophie Kauer, cello 

PAAX Fellowship, strings

Yamandu Costa (*1980)

Samba pra Rafa

Toninho Horta (*1948)

Aquellas cosas todas

Vittorio Monti (1868-1922)

Czardas

Yamandu Costa (*1980)

Meiga

Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962)

Liebesleid

Egberto Gismonti (*1947)

Palhaco

Gentil Montaña (1942-2011)

Porro

Alexis Cárdenas, violin 

Yamandu Costa, guitar

SYMPHONIC 3

TANGO – MILONGA – MALAMBO

Venue: Diego / 18:00 

Mozart Camargo Guarnieri (1907 – 1993) 

Dança Brasileira

Omar Massa (*1981)

Buenos Aires – Berlin. Concerto for bandoneon and chamber orchestra

I. Prólogo & Tango

II. Plegaria. Adagio

III. Tango-Scherzo. Finale

Yamandu Costa (*1980) – Sergio Assad (*1952)

Ilhas Concertantes – Concerto for 7-strings classical guitar and orchestra

I. Itaparica. Moderato 

II.  La Graciosa. Moderato 

III.  La Invernada. 

Alberto Ginastera (1916 – 1983)

Estancia – Suite, Op. 8 (1943)

I. Agricultural workers

II. Wheat dance

III. The farm labourers

IV. Final dance (Malambo)

Omar Massa, bandoneon

Yamandu Costa, guitar

The Impossible Orchestra

Alondra de la Parra, conductor

CHAMBER 3

FROM QUARTETS TO

SEXTETS

Venue: Diego / 18:00 

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791)

Quartet for flute and strings in D major, K. 285

I. Allegro

II. Adagio

III. Rondo

Matvey Demin, flute

Julia Becker, violin

Karen Forster, viola

Rolando Fernández, cello

Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)

Arr. for woodwind quintet by David Walter (1958) 

American String Quartet, Op. 96, in F major

I. Allegro ma non troppo

II. Lento

III. Molto vivace – Trio

IV. Finale. Vivace, ma non troppo

Vivace, ma non troppo

Matvey Demin, flute

Mor Biron, bassoon

Sacha Rattle, clarinet

Tamar Inbar, oboe

Norbert Dausacker, horn

Carl Nielsen (1865 – 1931) 

Serenade in Vano, CNW 69

I. Allegro non troppo, ma brioso

II. Un poco adagio

III. Tempo di marcia

Sacha Rattle, clarinet 

Mor Biron, bassoon

Matías Piñeira, horn 

Sophie Kauer, cello

Edicson Ruiz, double bass

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827)

Sextet, for two horns and string quartet, Op. 81b (1795)

I. Allegro con brio

II. Adagio

III. Rondó. Allegro

Norbert Dausacker, horn

Matías Piñeira, horn

Julia Becker, violin

Yorrick Troman, violin

Karen Forster, viola

Rolando Fernández, cello

SYMPHONIC 4

A TEMPO

Diego / 18:00 

John Corigliano (*1938):

Promenade Overture 

Avner Dorman (*1975)

Frozen in Time – Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra

I. Indo-Africa

II. Eurasia 

III. The Americas

Joe Chindamo(*1961)

Fantaskatto – Fantasia for Voice and Orchestra 

Aaron Copland (1900 – 1990)

Appalachian Spring – Suite for Orchestra 

Christoph Sietzen, percussion

Olivia Chindamo, singer

The Impossible Orchestra

Alondra de la Parra, conductor

CHAMBER 4

GRAND DUO

Diego / 18:00 

Zoltán Kodály (1882 – 1967)

Dances of Galánta 

Guy Braunstein, violin. 

Gili Schwarzman, flute.

 Sacha Rattle, clarinet. 

Salvador Navarro, horn.

Michal Korman, cello.

NN, piano.

Giovanni Bottesini (1821 – 1889)

Arr. for double bass, violin and string orchestra by Camillo Sivori (1815 – 1894)

Grand Duo Concertante in A minor, IGB 12

Edicson Ruiz, double bass.

Massimo Spadano, violin. String 

PAAX Fellowship, string

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827)

Septet in E flat major, Op. 20 (1800)

I. Adagio – Allegro con brio

II. Adagio cantabile

III. Tempo di Minuetto

IV. Theme with Variazioni: Andante

V. Scherzo: Allegro molto e vivace

VI. Andante con moto alla Marcia – Presto

Yorrick Troman, violin

Karen Forster, viola

Michal Korman, cello

Edicson Ruiz, double bass

Sacha Rattle, clarinet

Mor Biron, basson

Matías Piñeira, horn

SYMPHONIC 5

ARMONÍA SOCIAL CONCERT

Salón Diego / 13:00

Orquesta infantil / juvenil Armonía Social

Alondra de la Parra, conductor

GRAND FINALE

Diego / 18:00 

George Gershwin (1898 – 1937)

Concerto for piano and orchestra in F major (1825)

I. Allegro

II. Adagio – Andante con moto

III. Allegro agitato

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)

Tzigane, for violin and orchestra 

Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)

Symphony n. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 “From the New World” 

I. Adagio – Allegro molto

II. Largo

III. Molto vivace

IV. Allegro con fuoco

Thomas Enhco, piano

Alexis Cárdenas, violin

The Impossible Orchestra

Alondra de la Parra, conductor