Fiesta’s Mexican concert starts with an overture by Spanish Mexican composer Rodolfo Halffter, continues with a lively piece by a Mexican living composer Hebert Vázquez, revisits the work of the 19th century genius Ricardo Castro and ends with Carlos Chávez’s Romantic Symphony conducted by the composer himself
A Mexican Concert
Carlos Chávez Carl Van Vechten, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Playlist
Obertura festiva, by Rodolfo Halffter
Mexico Festival Orchestra; Enrique Bátiz, conductor
El Árbol de la Vida, by Hebert Vázquez
Pablo Garibay, guitar; Orquesta Juvenil Universitaria Eduardo Mata; Gustavo Rivero Weber, conductor
Minuetto, Op. 23, by Ricardo Castro
Orquesta Juvenil Universitaria Eduardo Mata; Gustavo Rivero Weber, conductor
Sinfonia Romantica (Symphony No. 4), by Carlos Chávez
The Stadium Symphony Orchestra of New York; Carlos Chávez, conductor
