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Masterworks II: Pepe Plays Ponce Presented by ASO
September 30, 2023 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
$33.50 – $91
Pepe Plays Ponce
Ravel, Revueltas & Ponce
Masterworks II
Friday & Saturday, November 3 & 4 @ Maryland Hall at 7:30 PM
Rossini Overture to Il barbiere di Siviglia
Ponce Concierto del Sur, Pepe Romero, guitar
Revueltas Homenaje a Federico García Lorca
Ravel Ma Mère l’Oye
Join the ASO for an evening filled with Mediterranean flair, passionate music, and momentos sin respiración (moments of breathlessness). This evening we present music that’s truly changed the world!
Ponce and Revueltas were instrumental in proudly showcasing Latin American folk music to European and American audiences, opening the door for future Latino and Hispanic composers and musicians. Similarly, our guest artist, world-class guitarist Pepe Romero has long served as an ambassador from Spain to music lovers around the globe. He joins the orchestra for Ponce’s masterful Concierto del Sur.
Rossini, a natural storyteller, brings to life the humor, passion, and magic of Spain with his Barber of Seville.
We move from Spain and Italy to southern France in a performance of Ravel’s Ma Mère l’Oye (Mother Goose), a beautiful musical rendering of childhood fairy tales. Ravel originally wrote this piece as a five-movement suite for piano four hands, but in 1911 made an orchestral transcription and expanded the suite into a full-scale ballet. It is this version audiences will experience at Masterworks II.
