Celebrating the Americas

Jackson Auditorium, Austin

Sunday, September 11, 2022, 4:00PM

Jackson Auditorium, Seguin

Akiko Fujimoto, conductor

Vanguel Tangarov, clarinet

Ballet Folklórico De La Rosa, Teatro de Artes de Juan Seguin, dancers

From gorgeously costumed Folklórico dancers to Gershwin’s Cuban Overture, this concert is a kaleidoscope of sound and movement that unites cultures of North, Central and South Americas through the power of music. Plus, a tour de force performance of Artie Shaw’s jazzy clarinet concerto performed will have you swinging in the aisles.

Program

Gershwin: Cuban Overture

Frank, Gabriela Lena: Three Latin American Dances

Price (orch. Still): Dances in the Canebrakes

Shaw: Clarinet Concerto

Abreu (arr. Colnot): Tico Tico

Lecuona (arr. Dragon): Siboney

Hernández (arr. Hager): Hortencia

Márquez, Arturo: Danzón No. 2

Moncayo: Huapango

Ginastera: Estancia: Four Dances, op. 8a