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.
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.
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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
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