Mientras me abraza (While she hugs me)–Baroque, Latino, and Folk Fusion
Chamber Music with a ‘twist’: Polish folk music influenced music by J.S. Bach and Telemann, and traditional and contemporary Latin American works arranged for an unusual combination of instruments.
Robin Hood Radio with Marshall Miles interviews Christine Gevert about the April 2022 Program
PROGRAM
Singet dem Herrn BWV 225/I – Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), arr. Christine Gevert
La Bruja, Son Jarocho Tradicional – Anonymous (Oral Tradition, Mexico), arr. Job Salazar and C. Gevert
Jesusita en Chihuahua – Quirino Mendoza y Cortés (1862–1957), arr. J. Salazar and C. Gevert
La Llorona – Anonymous (Oral Tradition, Mexico), arr. J. Salazar and C. Gevert
Jarabe Tapatío – Jesús González Rubio (d. 1874), arr. J. Salazar and C. Gevert
Concerto Polonois TWV 43:G7 – Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767), arr. C. Gevert
Dolce / Allegro / Largo / Allegro
INTERMISSION
Perpetuo forever (2003) – Dan Román (b. 1974)
Estudio para Charango – Mauro Núñez Cáceres (1902-1975), transcribed by Horacio Durán (b. 1945)
Vírgenes del sol – Jorge Emilio Bravo de Rueda Querol (1895-1940), arr. Carlos Boltes and C. Gevert
La Concheperla – José Z. Alvarado, arr. C. Boltes and C. Gevert
Mientras me abraza (2021) – Esteban Ariel D’Antona (b. 1973)
Mi Chilena – Francisco Soler (b. 1838), arr. C.s Boltes and C. Gevert
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor BWV 1067 – Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. C. Boltes and C. Gevert
Polonaise – Double / Menuet / Badinerie
PERFORMERS
Job Salazar Fonseca, violin and percussion
Carlos Boltes, viola and charango
Christine Gevert, virginal and organ
These concerts have been made possible in part with support from the Connecticut Office of the Arts, which also receives funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. Support has also been provided to Crescendo from CT Humanities (CTH), with funding provided by the Connecticut State Department of Economic and Community Development/Connecticut Office of the Arts (COA) from the Connecticut State Legislature.