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Join Orchestra 2001 and Penn Museum for a spectacular evening of contemporary Mexican classical music and introductory tours of the new Mexico and Central America Gallery!
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 2020
Doors open 5:00pm
Concert with intermission 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Enjoy brief Global Guide tours of the Mexico and Central America Gallery prior to concert, during intermission and after the concert! Cash bar available.
Penn Museum
3260 South St., Philadelphia, PA 19104
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General Admission $25 * **
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*Penn Museum Members must log-in to to activate their discounts.
**Orchestra 2001 SOUNDING BOARD Members receive complimentary free admission to all Orchestra 2001 concerts for an entire year, by giving $250 or more. Email Alice athompson@orchestra2001.org to learn more and reserve your ticket. Or get started on a donation today and we'll reach out to you!
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Orchestra 2001 ensemble, Mark Loria conducting, performing at Teatro Esperanza on May 5, 2019.
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Carlos Chávez – Xochipilli (An Imagined Aztec Music)
Silvestre Revueltas – Ocho por Radio
Gabriela Ortiz – Ríos: Papaloapan
Francisco Cortés-Álvarez – Trascendiendo Muros (Transcending Walls)
2019 Steven R. Gerber Commission
Orchestra 2001
Mark Loria, Conductor
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Experience Mexico’s history through sound with four works by Mexican composers. Marimbas (the national instrument of Guatemala), spirited winds, strings, and percussion form an audio stroll through history. Xochipilli, named after the Aztec god of art and beauty, is Aztec music as imagined by famed master composer Carlos Chávez. Silvestre Revueltas’ Ocho por Radio incorporates folk influences including mariachi. Rios: Papaloapan, written by Mexico's leading composer, Gabriela Ortiz, is inspired by the Papaloapan River, on the border between the states of Oaxaca and Veracruz.
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And finally, Francisco Cortés-Álvarez’s recent work, Trascendiendo Muros (Transcending Walls), is meant serve as a bridge between the people of Mexico and the United States, inspired by the work of muralists on the Mexican side of existing border walls.
Audience members can take mini-tours of the new Mexico and Central America Gallery before the performance or during intermission.
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AMERICA’S FOLK MUSIC TRANSFORMED – George Crumb's THE RIVER OF LIFE
MARCH 23 to MARCH 28, 2020
NEA regional US tour to Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi.
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UNHINGED at the Barnes Foundation
FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 2020
6:00pm - 7:00pm & 7:30pm - 8:30pm
An eclectic collection of contemporary music, inspired by Dr. Albert Barnes’ groupings of paintings and folk art, and his passion for iron door hinges and decorative hardware.
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¡Conexiones! Puerto Rico at Teatro Esperanza
SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 2020
7:00pm - 8:15pm
An evening of colorful new music from Puerto Rico!
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