Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Announces Fall Outdoor Concerts in New York and New Jersey in September and October 2020

Orpheus Chamber Orchestra / photo credit Neda Navaee

Orpheus Chamber Orchestra announces five outdoor concerts in New York and New Jersey in September and October 2020. Small chamber groups composed of Orpheus members will perform live for limited audiences using marked seating to ensure social distancing with masks required.

Executive Director Alexander Scheirle says, “It’s been such a long spring and summer not being able to do what we love and do best: making music! We are so grateful to have this opportunity to present our musicians in these outdoor chamber music settings. We will be able to perform for you live, keeping musicians and audience socially distanced in a safe and scenic environment.”

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Naumburg Orchestral Concerts: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and Bandoneonist JP Jofre

Naumburg Orchestral Concerts Series presents Orpheus Chamber Orchestra with bandoneon virtuoso JP Jofre in free program Pasión – A Concert Of Spanish/South American Music; on Tuesday, August 6, 2019 at 7 pm at Temple Emmanu-El

On Tuesday, August 6, 2019 at 7pm, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra returns to Naumburg Orchestral Concerts for the series’ 114th season, this year held in Temple Emmanu-El due to repairs on the iconic Naumburg Bandshell in Central Park.

The free program, titled Pasión – A Concert Of Spanish/South American Music, features bandoneon virtuoso JP Jofre in his own composition Tangodromo 1 for bandoneon and strings (2016) and Piazzolla’s Adiós Nonino for bandoneon and strings. Orpheus recorded Jofre’s Double Concerto for Violin and Bandoneon with Jofre and violinist Michael Guttman for a 2018 release on the Progressive Sounds Label.

JP Jofre, bandoneonist ; photo credit Mihyun Kang

The program also includes Turina’s La Oración del torero, Op. 34; Rodrigo’s Zarabanda lejana y villancico; Villa-Lobos’s Bachianas Brasilieras No. 9; Gabriela Lena Frank’s “Chasqui and Coqueteos” from Leyendas: An Andean Walkabout; and Ponce’s Estampas Nocturnas.

Naumburg Orchestral Concerts are FREE and ALL require tickets, available online or by registering with a form at the door. Allow extra time for tickets and for a security check when arriving for the concerts.

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Program:
Joaquin Turina (1882-1949): La Oración del torero, for string orchestra, Op. 34
Joaquin Rodrigo (1901-1999): Zarabanda lejana y villancico
Juan Pablo Jofre (b. 1983): Tangodromo 1 for bandoneon and strings
JP Jofre, bandoneon
Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992): Adiós Nonino, for bandoneon and strings
JP Jofre, bandoneon
Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887–1959): Bachianas Brasilieras No. 9 for string orchestra
Gabriela Lena Frank (b. 1972): “Chasqui and Coqueteos” from Leyendas: An Andean Walkabout
Manuel Ponce (1882-1948): Estampas Nocturnas
La Noche
En tiempos del rey sol
Arrulladora
Scherzo de Puck

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Live Concerts in NY/NJ: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

Live Concerts in NY/NJ: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Announces Fall Outdoor Concerts in New York and New Jersey in September and October 2020

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