María Dueñas spielt die deutsche Erstaufführung von »Altar de cuerda« von Gabriela Ortiz

In the organizer's words:

A rhythmic ostinato, ear-caressing melodies that meander through the orchestra, and all of this set in a large-scale orchestral crescendo: these are the well-known ingredients of Maurice Ravel's "Boléro". However, these components can also be used to cook another orchestral dish: Arturo Márquez's Danzón No. 8 bears the illuminating subtitle "Hommage à Maurice" and is a reinterpretation of Ravel's famous model. Like Márquez, Gabriela Ortiz comes from Mexico. She wrote her violin concerto "Altar de cuerda" for the Spanish violinist María Dueñas, who premiered the work in 2022. In her seventh contribution to the series of "musical altars", Ortiz pays homage to musical syncretism with European and Latin American references. In 1916, Manuel de Falla was commissioned to compose ballet music for the turbulent comedy of mistaken identity "El sombrero de tres picos". In preparation for this, de Falla undertook an extensive journey through various regions of Spain in order to study the different dances on the spot. The result is a rousing masterpiece that combines national identity with avant-garde subtlety.

ARTURO MáRQUEZ
Danzón No. 8
GABRIELA ORTIZ
Violin concerto "Altar de cuerda" (German premiere)
MANUEL DE FALLA
Excerpts from "El sombrero de tres picos"
MAURICE RAVEL
"Boléro"

Conductor PAOLO BORTOLAMEOLLI
Violin MARíA DUEñAS