As part of the Etcetera! series, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts presents...

Celebrating Don Quixote| read review | see program

Saturday, November 19, 2005, 7:30pm
The Kennedy Center Terrace Theatre

Commemorating the 400th anniversary of Don Quixote, this one-of-a-kind evening features Manuel de Falla’s sublime puppet opera Master Peter’s Puppet Show, based on a scene from Cervantes’ novel. The program also includes readings, Ravel’s classic Don Quixote songs, and Don Quixote incidental music by Jacques Ibert.

POST-CLASSICAL ENSEMBLE
ANGEL GIL-ORDÓÑEZ, conductor
CHRIS PEDRO TRAKAS, baritone; reader
AWET ANDEMICAEL, soprano
PETER BURROUGHS, tenor
IN COLLABORATION WITH WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY
THEATER DEPARTMENT AND PUPPETSWEAT THEATER

This program is made possible with support from the Spanish Ministry of Culture
$25 Single Tickets
For Reservations, please call the Kennedy Center Box Office: (800) 444-1324.

The Virginia Theologica Seminary presents...

Manuel de Falla and the Music of Faith| read review | see program

Tuesday, March 14, 2006, 7:30pm
Lettie Pate Auditorium, 3737 Seminary Road, Alexandria, Virginia

The centerpiece of this program is Manuel de Falla’s late Concerto, which culminates in a religious slow movement that Ravel called one of the twentieth century’s great chamber-music compositions. In performing the de Falla concerto, Post-Classical Ensemble explores the sources of de Falla’s inspiration: the worlds of Spanish religious music, and of the harpsichord masters Scarlatti and Soler.

POST-CLASSICAL ENSEMBLE
ANGEL GIL-ORDÓÑEZ, conductor
PEDRO CARBONÉ, piano
Admission Free (reservation required)
For reservations, please call (202) 966-8778
by December 15, 2005.