Bard Music Festival
Program OneChávez and Mexico’s Musical Heritage
August 7, 2015
Bard Music Festival
August 7, 2015
8 pm Performance with Commentary by Leon Botstein; with the Daedalus Quartet; Ava Pine, soprano; Anna Polonsky, piano; Erika Switzer, piano; Jason Vieaux, guitar; Orion Weiss, piano; members of the American Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leon Botstein, music director
Carlos Chávez (1899–1978), from H.P.: Danse des homes et des machines (1926); String Quartet No. 2 (1932); from Ten Preludes (1937); Xochipili: An Imaginary Aztec Music (1940)
Manuel M. Ponce (1882–1948), Concierto del sur (1941)
Silvestre Revueltas (1899–1940), Ranas (1931), Toccata (sin fuga) (1933)
Songs and other works by Manuel de Sumaya (c.1678–1755); Juventino Rosas (1868–94); Felipe Villanueva (1862–93); Gustavo Campa (1863–1934); Ricardo Castro (1864–1907); Ernesto Elorduy (1854–1913); Julián Carrillo (1875–1965); José Pablo Moncayo (1912–58); and Mario Lavista (b. 1943)