Still without a musical director, the Jalisco Philharmonic Orchestra (JPO) kicks off its second (summer) season of the year next weekend with a program featuring the works of two Spanish composers.
Canadian conductor Marco Parisotto will pick up the baton for the opening two concerts on Friday, June 7 and Sunday, June 9 at the Degollado Theater in Guadalajara.
One of Canada’s foremost conductors, Parisotto is the winner of no less than seven major international competitions. He has conducted major orchestras, including the the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestre National de France and the Mexico City Philharmonic. He studied violin and piano before turning to conducting.
Parisotto will lead the JPO in “The Bullfighter’s Prayer” by Spaniard Joaquin Turina (1882-1949) and “The Lascivious Devout” by contemporary Spanish composer Juan Jose Colomer, who lives and works in Los Angeles, California. The second piece will feature the acclaimed Spanish Brass Quintet Luur Metalls. The closing piece will be Rachmaninoff’s “Symphony No. 2.”
Luur Metalls will give a free master class on Saturday, June 8, 10 a.m. at the Degollado Theater. There is free entry but reservations should be made by calling the JPO office at (33) 3030-9772.
The second program will see Alfredo Ibarra conduct Tchaikovsky’s “Marche Slave,” “The Swan Lake suite” and “Symphony No.4” on Friday, June 14 and Sunday, June 16.
Spain’s Oriol Sans is the guest conductor for the third program on June 21 and 23, which features Schubert’s “Symphony No.5,” Brahms’ “Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No.1” and “Fuga (Ricercata) a 6 voci for Orchestra” (arranged from Bach’s Musical Offering) by Bach and Webern. Christian Leotta is the invited pianist.
Also from Spain, conductor Jesus Amigo takes the baton for the fourth program on June 28 and 30, when the JPO interprets De Falla’s “Three Cornered Hat, Suite No.1” and Bruch’s “Symphony No. 3.”
Anatoly Zatin, a Russian musician, composer and teacher residing in Colima, will be on hand to play the piano in one of his own works, “Double concerto for Piano, Trumpet and Orchestra.” This will also feature Vladimir Kafelnikov on trumpet.