Mario LavistaIn collaboration with the Cultural Institute of Mexico and GALA Theatre-Tivoli, Washington, D.C.
Thursday, November 9, 2006, 8:00pm
GALA Theatre-Tivoli
3333 14th St. NW .
Washington, DC
202 234-7174
Tickets, $25; students $10.
A portrait of one of Latin America ’s foremost living composers, who also takes part as commentator.
LAVISTA: Reflejos de la noche for string orchestra (to be performed twice)
Marsias for oboe and tuned glasses
Three Secular Dances for cello and piano
DEBUSSY: Syrinx for solo flute
Beyond Flamenco: Finding Spain in Music
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Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, University of Maryland, College Park, Clarice Smith Center box office
, 301.405.ARTS
An all-day immersion experience; a Spanish dinner will be available on site. Tickets $30 (2 pm), $15 (4 pm), $30 (7:30 pm). Purchase tickets to all three and receive a 20% discount, paying $60 total. (Space for 4pm is limited, so the discount will be first-come, first-served). Student tickets $7.
Iberia
Sunday, November 19, 2006, 2:00pm
Gildenhorn Recital Hall
A rare chance to hear a complete performance of all four books of Isaac Albeniz’s Iberia (1906–09), the summit of the Spanish keyboard repertoire, as performed by one of Spain’s leading presentday pianists — hailed as “a major artist” by The Washington Post.
Redefining Spain
Sunday, November 19, 2006, 4:00pm
Kogod Theatre
A multi-media exploration of the “Europeanization” of Spanish culture at the turn of the 20th century, with film by Carlos Saura, music by Joaquín Turina, poetry by Federico García Lorca, and visual art by Ignacio Zuloaga and Pablo Picasso.
Falla in Context
Sunday, November 19, 2006, 7:30pm
Gildenhorn Recital Hall
A late masterpiece by Manuel de Falla, the Concerto (1926), will be performed alongside poetry by John of the Cross, choral music by Tomás Luis de Victoria, and keyboard works by Falla and Soler. Reporting on a similar program last season, The Washington Post wrote, “It was brilliant.”
PEDRO CARBONÉ, piano
DELORES ZIEGLER, mezzo-soprano
WOODLEY ENSEMBLE, chorus
Also take note of:
“The Classical Music ‘Crisis’ and What To Do About It”
Wednesday, March 7, 2007, 7 pm
Coolidge Auditorium, the Library of Congress
Lecture by Joseph Horowitz, with the participation of music historian Karen Ahlquist and Washington National Opera Director of Artistic Operations Christina Scheppelmann. Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress, 1st and Independence Sts.,SE (across from the U.S. Capitol).
Free admission.
November Tribute at Taberna del Alabardero
1776 “Eye” Street, NW, in Washington, D.C.
Reservations: (202) 429-2200.
Taberna del Alabardero offers a special tribute menu throughout the month of November. Attend “Beyond Flamenco” and get a 10% discount with your ticket stub. Taberna del Alabardero has been designated by the Spanish government as the “Best Spanish restaurant outside of Spain.”
The Song of the Earth
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Friday, March 16, 2007, 8:00pm
Kay Theatre
Gustav Mahler’s sublime Der Abschied (The Farewell) from The Song of the Earth in the context of the traditional Chinese music and poetry that inspired it. The program includes the premiere of a commissioned work by the master Chinese-American composer Zhou Long. Experience what happens when cultural boundaries are crossed by intrepid creative spirits.
DELORES ZIEGLER, mezzo-soprano
MIN XIAO-FEN, pipa
XU KE, erhu
SHI HONG ALDIN, actress
