Ensemble Connect
Performers
Ensemble Connect
Gabriela Ortiz, Artistic Partner
Leonardo Pineda, Conductor
Martirene Alcántara, Visual Artist
Program
GABRIELA ORTIZ Pigmentum (NY Premiere)
CARLOS SÁNCHEZ-GUTIÉRREZ Luciérnagas
ILEANA PEREZ VELAZQUEZ Light echoes (NY Premiere)
RICARDO LORENZ La Hamaca (NY Premiere)
ALEJANDRO CARDONA Axolotl (US Premiere)
CAROLINA NOGUERA Gritos de Fuego, Patrias de Papel (World Premiere, commissioned by Carnegie Hall)
The Orchestra Now
Mily Balakirev Chopin Suite
Bedřich Smetana (orch. Szell) From My Life(String Quartet in E Minor)
Beethoven (orch. Weingartner) Hammerklavier(Piano Sonata No. 29)
Leon Botstein conductor
The Orchestra Now
Program to be announced
Charles Barker conductor
American Ballet Theatre Studio Company
The Orchestra Now
Program to be announced
Charles Barker conductor
American Ballet Theatre Studio Company
Bard Conservatory Orchestra
A concert by the Bard Conservatory Orchestra with maestro Leon Botstein, featuring works by Brahms, Franck, Perle, and pianist Tianxiang Ni, performing Mozart’s Concerto No. 24.
Program
The Bard Conservatory Orchestra
Leon Botstein, Music Director
Johannes Brahms
Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491
Tianxiang Ni, piano
George Perle
Six Bagatelles
César Franck
Symphony in D minor
The Orchestra Now
David Serkin Ludwig Fanfare for Sam
Joan Tower A New Day
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5
Zachary Schwartzman conductor
Raman Ramakrishnan cello
The Orchestra San Antonio
MANUEL DE FALLA
The Three-Cornered Hat, Suite 1
ARTURO MÁRQUEZ
Concierto de Otoño
ALDEMARO ROMERO
Fuga con Pajarillo
EDNA LONGORIA
World-Premiere (Name to be revealed)
ASTOR PIAZZOLLA
Tangazo: Variations on Buenos Aires
JUAN PABLO CONTRERAS
Mariachitlán
Conductor: Leonardo Pineda
Soloist: Pacho Flores
OPERA San Antonio
Sung in Italian with English translations projected above the stage.
This powerful opera is the passionately moving tale of a young Japanese woman's unrequited love for an American sailor. Puccini's lush score is rich with so many memorable moments it has become a beloved favorite with audiences worldwide. Set against a backdrop of cultural contrasts and the rigid binds of honor, this opera explores the devastating aftermath of love forsaken and the consequences of unwavering trust.
OPERA San Antonio
Sung in Italian with English translations projected above the stage.
This powerful opera is the passionately moving tale of a young Japanese woman's unrequited love for an American sailor. Puccini's lush score is rich with so many memorable moments it has become a beloved favorite with audiences worldwide. Set against a backdrop of cultural contrasts and the rigid binds of honor, this opera explores the devastating aftermath of love forsaken and the consequences of unwavering trust.
Bard Conservatory Orchestra
Tan Dun conducts the Conservatory Orchestra; program to be announced.
Dean of the Bard College Conservatory of Music and UNESCO Global Goodwill Ambassador, Tan Dun, has made an indelible mark on the world’s music scene with a repertoire that spans the boundaries of classical music, multimedia performance, and Eastern and Western traditions.
The Orchestra San Antonio
CLARICE ASSAD
Ode to Carmen Miranda
ERICH WOLFGANG KORNGOLD
Violin Concerto
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 3 Op. 55, E-flat major “Eroica”
The Orchestra Now and All City Orchestra
The Orchestra Now presents a free holiday season concert at the Talent Unlimited High School for the performing arts on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. TŌN is joined by NYC’s All-City High School Orchestra for Borodin’s evocative “Polovtsian Dances” and two movements from Holst’s iconic The Planets.
Bard Conservatory Orchestra
A concert by the Bard Conservatory Orchestra with maestro Leon Botstein and soloists from Bard Vocal Arts Program.
Program
The Bard Conservatory Orchestra
Leon Botstein, Music Director
Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
Symphony No. 8 in B Minor “Unfinished”, D 759 (1822)
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809–1847)
Psalm 42, Op. 42, Wie der Hirsch schreit (As pants the hart) (1837/38)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975)
Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93 (1953)
The Nutcracker
All Valero Sensory-Friendly Performances at The Tobin Center are provided at no cost to students, teachers, caregivers, and families thanks to generous funding from Valero and additional support from The Najim Family Foundation, Betty Stieren Kelso Foundation, and The Hearst Foundations. While there is no cost for this performance, tickets are required.
The holidays aren’t complete until you experience the magic of Ballet San Antonio’s The Nutcracker! Make the journey with us through the Land of Snow and Sweets as this magical holiday tradition brings all kinds of dream characters to life: Nutcracker Prince, Clara, Mouse Queen, Snow Queen, and Sugar Plum Fairy. This production features a children’s cast of more than 100 San Antonio area children, live music by the CMI Orchestra, San Antonio community heroes in the role of Mother Ginger and is a magical holiday tradition for our community and their families!
Debussy and Romeo & Juliet (Assistant Conductor)
TŌN Resident Conductor Zachary Schwartzman returns with the orchestra to Symphony Space for another free concert. The program comprises Debussy’s colorful Nocturnes and selections from Prokofiev’s three Romeo & Juliet suites, plus the NY premiere of the Scherzo No. 1 of composer Herman Whitfield III, a Black man who died in April 2022 after he was restrained by the police when his parents called 911 because he was having a mental health crisis.
Bard Conservatory Orchestra (Assistant Conductor)
A concert by the Bard Conservatory Orchestra with maestro Leon Botstein.
Program
The Bard Conservatory Orchestra
Leon Botstein, Music Director
Richard Strauss (1864–1949)
Don Juan, Op. 20 (1888)
George Crumb (1929–2022)
Echoes of Time and the River (1967)
Franz Liszt (1811–1886)
A Symphony to Dante’s Divine Comedy (1857)
Concertmaster and Commander
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Divertimento in D major, K. 136,
“Salzburg Symphony No. 1”
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Fantasia on a Theme by
Thomas Tallis
Conductor: Leonardo Pineda
EINOJUNANI RAUTAVAARA
Epitaph for Béla Bartók
BÉLA BARTÓK
Divertimento for String Orchestra,
Sz. 113
Flying over the cuckoo’s nest into the serenity now (Conductor)
Leonardo conducts CMI Chamber Ensemble for Peter Maxwell-Davies, Richard Strauss and GUSTAV MAHLER
KRZYSTOF PENDERECKI
String Quartet No. 1
PETER MAXWELL-DAVIES
Eight Songs for a Mad King
RICHARD STRAUSS/PAUL BRANTLEY
Four Last Songs
GUSTAV MAHLER
Symphony No. 5: Adagietto
The Pirates of Penzance (Assistant Conductor)
OVERVIEW
Music by: Arthur Sullivan
Libretto by: W.S. Gilbert
Running Time: 2 hours and 25 minutes with one intermission
All hands on deck for The Pirates of Penzance, a swashbuckling tale of Frederic, a young man who’s reached the end of his pirate apprenticeship. When he falls in love with Mabel, his former shipmates throw a wrench into his plans, setting off a series of hilarious events pitting Frederic against his pirate clan. Filled with witty banter, catchy tunes, and a royal visit, Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance is a toe-tapping delight for audiences of all ages.
Sung in English with projected English translations.
This production of The Pirates of Penzance is an original production of Opera Theatre of Saint Louis. Scenery and Costumes designed by James Schuette. Costumes are the property of Opera Theatre of Saint Louis. Scenery owned by The Atlanta Opera and Palm Beach Opera.
This production is presented in collaboration with Classical Music Institute.
D-Vinci Coda
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Don Giovanni: Overture, K. 527
Piano Concerto No. 20
in D minor, 466
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Symphony No. 4
in D minor, Op. 120
Can't miss!
Leonardo Pined, Ramón Carrero and the CMI Chamber Orchestra perform Peteris Vask’s Viola concerto, Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir de Florence and Galina Grigorjeva’s Song on the Occasion of Czarina Yevdokia Taking the Veil.
The Concert where Francisco plays Brahms Violin Concerto
Johannes Brahms
Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G minor, WoO 1
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77
Antonín Dvořák
Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88, B. 163
Romeo and Juliet (Assistant Conductor)
Composer: Charles Gounod
Librettists: Jules Barbier and Michel Carré
Based on: Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Premiere Date: Théâtre-Lyrique Impérial du Châtelet, Paris. April 27, 1867
The Apotheosis of the Dance
“THE APOTHEOSIS OF THE DANCE”
Edna A. Longoria – La Banda WORLD PREMIERE
Dmitri Shostakovich/Lev Zhurbin – Jazz Suite No. 2: Waltz No. 2
Miguel del Aguila – Conga-Line in Hell
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 9
Pagliacci
Composer & Librettist: Ruggero Leoncavallo
Premiere Date: Teatro Dal Verme, Milan. May 21, 1892
When a traveling acting troupe arrives to perform in a bustling town, the secrets and jealousies among them threaten to explode onstage—with deadly consequences.