2010-2011 SEASON

Friday, October 29, 2010

7:30 PM

Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York

Alondra de la Parra, Conductor

Chris Noth, Narrator

Chavez - Caballos de Vapor Suite

Copland - Lincoln Portrait

Higdon - Concerto for Orchestra

2009-2010 SEASON

2010 MI ALMA MEXICANA

8:00 PM - Friday, May 21st, 2010

7:00 PM - Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York

Don’t miss the launch concert of POA’s exciting year-long Mexico Bicentennial project! This evening will feature master works by Mexican composers that are seldom heard in the concert hall, and which are the centerpieces of POA’s forthcoming recording for Sony Classical (released in August). Conducted by Alondra de la Parra and featuring the POA with special guests Daniel Andai (violin) and Pablo Sainz-Villegas (guitar).

Castro              Intermezzo de Atzimba

Campa              Melodía para violín y orquesta

Ponce               Concierto del Sur

Ibarra               Sinfonía No. 2

Chavez             Caballos del Vapor - III. Trópicos    

Huizar               Imágenes

Piazzolla            Otoño and Invierno Porteño

Márquez            Danzón No. 2

BAJOFONDO & FRIENDS

8:00 PM on Friday, May 14, 2010

Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90012

Los Angeles’ Walt Disney Concert Hall will ring to the sounds of tango, pop and electronica fused with full symphony orchestra when Argentine-Uruguyan music collective Bajofondo joins forces with the POA and Alondra de la Parra for a single evening of spectacular Latin fusion. This production is presented by the Los Angeles Philharmonic as part of its Americas and Americans Festival to celebrate the arrival of its new music director, Gustavo Dudamel.

Huizar              Imágenes         

Piazzolla           Otoño and Invierno Porteño

Márquez           Danzón No. 2

Gustavo Santaolalla, Bajofondo and possible Special Guest Artists

2010 NIÑOS CONCERT

3:00 PM on Sunday, March 14, 2010

El Teatro at El Museo del Barrio, 1230 Fifth Avenue, NY

Please join us for the annual public celebration of our Niños education program in New York City schools, featuring world premiere performances of compositions developed in classrooms by Niños students during a five-month teaching residency by POA artists.  Conducted by Alondra de la Parra and featuring the POA with student composers from New York City schools.

TBA         World Premiere Niños Composition/s 

Alondra de la Parra, Conductor

Denise Djokic, Cello

Wednesday, October 21 2009 @ 7pm

Frederick P. Rose Hall, Home of Jazz at Lincoln Center, Broadway at 60th Street, New York City

Corigliano - Promenade Overture

Marquez - Espejos en la Arena

Piazzolla - Tangazo

Bernstein - Candide Overture

Stravinsky - Firebird Suite, 1919

This very special concert, "Celebración de un sueño" (Celebration of a Dream), takes place at 7:00 PM on Wednesday, October 21, 2009, and features a joyful celebration of Latin and American music by Piazzolla, Bernstein, Corigliano, and Marquez, conducted by Alondra de la Parra and featuring guest cellist Denise Djokic.

The concert opens with Oscar-winning composer John Corigliano's "Promenade" Overture, and also features Astor Piazzolla's "Tangazo," Leonard Bernstein's "Candide" Overture, Arturo Marquez's cello concerto, "Espejos en la Arena (Pictures in the Sand)," and Igor Stravinsky's iconic "Firebird" Suite.

2008-2009 SEASON

2009 GALA CONCERT

FEATURING
Alondra de la Parra, conductor
Elena Urioste, violin

Thursday, May 14 2009 @ 7pm

Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center

John Adams, Short Ride in a Fast Machine

Samuel Barber, Concerto for Violin Op. 14
Leonard Bernstein, Symphonic Dances from "West Side Story"

Camargo Guarnieri, 3 Dansas para Orquestra

NIÑOS CONCERT

Celebrating the culmination of POA's Arts and Education Program, in association with the Academy—a program of Carnegie Hall, The Juilliard School, and The Weill Music Institute in partnership with the New York City Department of Education

FEATURING

Alondra de la Parra, conductor

Int'l Rescue Committee's Youth Program students &

PS 153M Adam Clayton Elementary School and Long Island City High School students

Saturday March 28, 2009 @ 3pm
The Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College
695 Park Avenue, New York

Compositions by POA Arts and Education Program students
Compositions by Int'l Rescue Committee students inspired by Danzón No. 2
Ljova, Sugar Hill Bump
Márquez, Danzón No. 2

SOUNDS OF WOMEN CONCERT

FEATURING

Alondra de la Parra, conductor
Jade Simmons, piano

Thursday March 5, 2009 @ 7pm

New York City Town Hall

Libby Larsen, Overture: Parachute Dancing
Joan Tower, Made in America

Tania León, Kabiosile
Amy Beach, Symphony in E minor, "Gaelic"

BEYOND BORDERS CONCERT TOUR

FEATURING

Alondra de la Parra, conductor
Olivia Gorra, soprano
Winning Piece of Young Composers Competition

October 30, 2008 @ 7pm

Skirball Center for the Performing Arts - NY

Carlos Chávez, Sinfonia India

José Alberto Sánchez-Ortiz, Ometeotl (Winner of Young Composers Competition)
Javier Alvarez, Metro Chabacano
Osvaldo Golijov. Three Songs for Soprano - featuring Olivia Gorra, soprano
Dvorák. Symphony No. 9 - "From the New World"

TOUR CITIES AND DATES

Nov. 12 - Houston, TX - Tribute to Gloria Estefan - Latin Grammy's

Nov. 15 - Mexico City, Mexico - Beyond Borders Concert
Nov. 18 - Mexico City, Mexico - Side-by-side Concert with
Nezahualcóyotl Children's Orchestra

Nov. 19 - Guadalajara, Mexico - Beyond Borders Concert, featuring Olivia Gorra, soprano - Teatro Galerias

Nov. 20 - Oaxaca, Mexico - Beyond Borders Concert, featuring Olivia Gorra, soprano - Teatro Macedonio Alcala

TOUR SPONSORED IN PART BY

Fundacion Televisa

Mexico Tourism Board

National Geographic Traveler

Deutsche Bank

Hotel Beacon

D'Exposito and Partners

New York City Department of Cultural Affairs

JOURNEY TO THE NORTH - SEASON OPENING CONCERT

Featuring guest-conductor Jean-Philippe Tremblay
and POA bassoonist Edward Burns

September 24, 2008 @ 7pm

El Museo Del Barrio - NY

Mercure, Kaleidoscope

Mignone, Concertino for Bassoon and Chamber Orchestra

Julien Bilodeau, Quebec - I (U.S. Premiere)

Richard Danielpour, Adagietto

Ginastera, Variaciones Concertantes

2007-2008

PERCUSSION FEAST! - 2008 GALA CONCERT

Featuring Mexican percussion ensemble TAMBUCO

June 6, 2008 @ 7pm

Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center - NY

Eduardo Gamboa, Fanfarria (U.S. Premiere)

Jan Jarvlepp, Garbage Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra (NY Premiere)

Silvestre Revueltas, La Noche de los Mayas

BRASILEIRO!

Featuring Maria Fernanda Castillo, Flute

April 10, 2008 @ 7pm
New York City Town Hall - NY

Clarice Assad, Brazilian Fanfare
Lalo Schiffrin, Concierto Caribeño for Flute
Paul Brantley, Electric Fan
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Bachianas Brasileiras No. 7

NIÑOS CONCERT

Featuring 14 year-old pianists Lilian Finckel and Jeremy Cohen

February 29, March 1 - 2008
El Museo del Barrio, NY

Arturo Márquez, Danzón No. 2

PS 187, 3rd and 4th Grades, Carnival of the Composers (arr. Pedro da Silva)

Camille Saint-Saëns, Carnival of the Animals

NO BORDERS CONCERT TOUR




Featuring Venezuelan pianist Ana Karina Alamo

Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts – Washington, D.C. 
November 28, 2007

Palacio de Bellas Artes – Mexico City, Mexico
November 24, 2007

The Meyerson Symphony Center – hosted by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra –
Dallas, TX
November 20, 2007

George Gershwin, Cuban Overture
Edward Macdowell, Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 23
Enrico Chapela, Ínguesu
Astor Piazolla, Otoño Porteño, Invierno Porteño
Silvestre Revueltas, Sensemayá

Side-By-Side televised Concert with Children’s Orchestra of Mexico – Mexico City, Mexico
November 26, 2007

Ginastera, Estancia Suite

Arturo Márquez, Danzón no. 2

Leonard Bernstein, Mambo from West Side Story

George Gershwin, Cuban Overture

Jean Sibelius, Finlandia

Skirball Center for the Performing Arts - NY
November 15, 2007
Sala Nezahualcóyotl – Mexico City, Mexico
November 25, 2007

Arturo Márquez, Danzón No. 2
Edward MacDowell, Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in D Minor

Aaron Copland, Appalachian Spring
Enrico Chapela, Ínguesu

Bosque de Chapultepec – Private Event – Mexico City, Mexico
November 22, 2007

Aaron Copeland, Appalachian Spring

Jean Sibelius, Finlandia

Anonymous, Hymn to Chapultepec (1909)

Astor Piazolla, Otoño Porteño, Invierno Porteño

2006-2007

SUMMER CONCERT 2007

Featuring Venezuelan pianist Ana Karina Alamo and Puerto Rican Tenor Joel Prieto

Stowe Summer Music Festival - Vermont
August 16 and 18, 2007

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Overture Marriage of Figaro

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 23

Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 7

Heckscher Theater, El Museo del Barrio- NY
August 21, 2007

Astor Piazzolla, Adios Nonino
Gloachino Rossini, Ecco ridenti in cielo from II Barbiere di Siviglia
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schon from Die Zauberflote
Rafael Hernández (arr. Arturo Rodríguez), Lamento Borincano, Ausencia, and Silencio
Gaetano Donizetti, Una furtiva lagrima

Eduardo Marturet, Canto llano

Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 7

2007 GALA CONCERT



Featuring Paquito D'Rivera

Rose Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center Gala Concert- NY
June 12, 2007

George Gershwin, Cuban Overture

Paquito D’Rivera, Fantasias Mesianicas (Blues for Akok)

Paquito D’Rivera, Memories (Danzón)

Martin Capella, Ixbalanqué (World Premiere) (Winning piece of the first POA Young Composers Competition)

Silvestre Revueltas, Sensemayá

Alberto Ginastera, Estancia Dances, Op. 8A

BRAZILIAN CONCERT



Featuring Brasil Guitar Duo

Miller Theatre Concert - NY
April 5, 2007

Mark Bergman, "Dance of the Americas" - New York Premiere 

Douglas Lora , “Brazilian Fugues” - New York Premiere

Jacob do Bandolim, “Doce de Coco” arranged  R. Sion /J. Luiz  

Egberto Gismonti, “7 Aneis” 

Jose Moncayo, “Homenaje a Cervantes” 

Arturo Márquez, “Danzón No. 4”            

Aaron Copland, “Three Latin American Sketches"

POA ANNIVERSARY CONCERT



Featuring Mexican pianist Eugenio Toussaint

Tribeca Performing Arts Center- NY
December 13th, 2006

Perez Prado, Mambo Suite (arr. Eugenio Toussaint)

Eugenio Toussaint, Concerto for Improvised Piano (US Premiere)

Astor Piazzolla, Tres Movimientos Tanguísticos Porteños

Osvaldo Golijov, Second Round

Heitor Villa-Lobos, Sinfonietta No. 1

2005-2006

SUMMER CONCERT SERIES

Featuring Mexican flutist Horacio Franco

Stowe Summer Music Festival - NY
August 25th and 26th

Giovanni Batista Pergolesi, Stabat Mater

Heitor Villa-Lobos, Bachianas Brasileiras No.5 - Arr. John Krance

Mark Bergman, Dance of Americas (North American premiere)

Aaron Copland, Old American Songs

María Greever (Arr.Horacio Uribe),  Alma MiaCortazar

Esperón (Arr. Horacio Uribe), Traigo un Amor

St. Peters Church
August 29th, 2006

Arturo Rodríguez, Canto en la Noche (World premiere)

Antonio Vivaldi, Concerto No.3 Op.10 in D major “Il Gardelino”

Astor Piazzolla (Arr. José Bragato), Otoño Porteño & Invierno Porteño (From 4 Estaciones Porteñas)

Mario Lavista, Reflejos de la Noche (1986)

Eugenio Toussaint, Danza de la Ciudad

LINCOLN CENTER DEBUT



Featuring Venezuelan double bassist Edicson Ruiz

Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center - NY
June 8th 2006

Mozart Camargo Guarnieri, Encantamento

Paul Desenne, The Bass Concerto (World Premiere)

Astor Piazzolla, Tangazo

Silvestre Revueltas, Suite from Redes (arr. Erich Kleiber)

Leonard Bernstien, Overture to West Side Story (arr. Maurice Peress)

2004-2005

SUMMER CONCERT 2005
Stowe Summer Music Festival
Stowe, Vermont - August 28, 2005

Silvestre Revueltas, Ocho Por Radio

W.A. Mozart, Horn Concerto No.4 K49

Silvestre Revueltas, Homenaje A Federico Garcia Lorca

Aaron Copland, Appalachian Spring Suite, Original Version

Debut Concert at Mexico Now! Festival
Town Hall in New York City
November 30, 2004

Arturo Marquez - Danzón No. 2
Mario Lavista - Clepsydra

Enrico Chapela -  Inguesu (US Premiere)
Ernesto Villa-Lobos -  La Promesa Del Guerrero (World Premiere)