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WMP’s electrifying season finale ‘Music of the Americas’ features a splendid array of music from North, Central and South America. Puerto Rican composer Angélica Negrón’s (currently based in Brooklyn, New York) work has been described as “wistfully idiosyncratic and contemplative". Her piece Tornasol (Spanish for sunflower) is a work that focuses on the vibrancy of color and how it changes through scientific experimentation, all portrayed in various sections of the orchestra. In contrast, guest artist Colin Davin will perform Concierto del Sur, a masterpiece for guitar and orchestra by Mexican composer Manuel Ponce. The second half of the program includes music that is lively, rhythmic, and exciting. El Salón México by Aaron Copland depicts scenes and imagery from his experience at a popular dance hall in Mexico City. Four Dance Episodes from Alberto Ginastera’s ballet La Estancia incorporates Argentinian folk music that represent dance, character, and settings of life on the ranch. We conclude the program with Danzon No. 2 by Arturo Marquez – a seductive, yet melancholy and irresistible ballroom dance inspired by the Cuban Habanera performed by full orchestra.

Music of the Americas

The George Washington Masonic National Memorial

This concert is free and open to the public as part of the Summer Guitar Intensive.

Colin Davin

Guitarist

Events

May 10, 2024

Music of the Americas · Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic Association

Jul 19, 2023

Guest Artist Concert: Colin Davin · Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University

Future and recently performed repertoire

Guitar in El Salón México by Copland

Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic Association

Guitar in Estancia by Ginastera

Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic Association

Guitar in Concierto del sur by Ponce

Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic Association

Guitar in Tornesol by Negrón

Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic Association

Guitar in Danzón No. 2 by Márquez

Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic Association

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