With the Beethoven-heavy Festival de Mayo winding down as we go to press, the Jalisco Philharmonic Orchestra embarks on its second season of 2024.
The OFJ’s seven summer offerings, all to be performed in the cool and acoustically renowned Teatro Degollado, stretch from May 30 until July 14 and promise fresh and innovative musical breezes along with beloved favorites. The latter include works by beloved Czech composer Antonin Dvorak, who integrated Bohemian and Moravian folk music into the symphonic tradition (June 20 and 23); Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 3 incorporating Russian dance rhythms (July 4 and 7); and a highlight, Anton Bruckner’s Symphony No. 8, nicknamed “The Apocalyptic” (July 11 and 14).
The innovation will be on full display in the first program Thursday, May 30, and Friday, May 31, as OFJ conductor Jose Luis Castillo directs the orchestra in parts of two film scores by Mexican composer Silvestre Revueltas, while the films, one an anti-war take on the iconic Pancho Villa, are projected onscreen.The movies were made in the 1930s, just before the Golden Epoch of Mexican Cinema. (This program will be presented on a Thursday and Friday evening at 8:30 p.m., while all the others are Thursdays at 8:30 p.m. and Sundays at 12:30 p.m. All the OFJ concerts cost 100 to 250 pesos.)
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