Cinco de Mayo
Evening Music | May 6, 2010
Cinco de Mayo honors the day in 1862 when the Mexican army under Zaragoza first defeated Napoleon’s army; it is now a widely (and wildly) celebrated Mexican-American holiday.
WNYC joins the 5/5 festivities by airing a veritable ensalada of music by Mexican composers, much of it played by performers from south of the border. We begin as Jorge Fedrico Osorio plays the short piano work by Manuel Ponce, “Scherzino mexicano,” and return to Ponce later as we hear his “Balada mexicana” for piano and orchestra, Eva Suk soloing with the State of Mexico Symphony under Enrique Batiz.
Carlos Chavéz, another Mexican composer of note (no pun intended), is also represented by two pieces: his “Sinfonia india” gets a rousing interpretation from Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic, while we hear Hsuan-Ya Chen play his Piano Sonata No. 6.
Copland’s “El salon Mexico” tips a United States hat to our neighbors. Arturo Marquez gives us Danzon No. 4, performed by the Orquesta de las Americas under Benjuamin Juarez Echenique; we also hear the Relache Ensemble performs his “Octeto malandro.”
And that’s not all, so stay tuned...
WNYC joins the 5/5 festivities by airing a veritable ensalada of music by Mexican composers, much of it played by performers from south of the border. We begin as Jorge Fedrico Osorio plays the short piano work by Manuel Ponce, “Scherzino mexicano,” and return to Ponce later as we hear his “Balada mexicana” for piano and orchestra, Eva Suk soloing with the State of Mexico Symphony under Enrique Batiz.
Carlos Chavéz, another Mexican composer of note (no pun intended), is also represented by two pieces: his “Sinfonia india” gets a rousing interpretation from Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic, while we hear Hsuan-Ya Chen play his Piano Sonata No. 6.
Copland’s “El salon Mexico” tips a United States hat to our neighbors. Arturo Marquez gives us Danzon No. 4, performed by the Orquesta de las Americas under Benjuamin Juarez Echenique; we also hear the Relache Ensemble performs his “Octeto malandro.”
And that’s not all, so stay tuned...
