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Listen: Alondra de la Parra conducts Mexican music

Rick FulkerSeptember 21, 2016

At the Beethovenfest's Campus Concert, the National Youth Orchestra of Germany plays music from Mexico - including a work commissioned by DW. It's a German-Mexican performance full of surprises.

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Alondra de la Parra and the National Youth Orchestra of Germany. (c) Beethovenfest/B. Frommann
Image: Beethovenfest/B. Frommann

campuskonzert 15.09.2016

Mexican soloists, Mexican and German music, the National Youth Orchestra and a fiery young maestra: The Campus Concert serves up exciting intercultural encounters.

Arturo Marquez
Leyenda de Miliano

Hugo Distler
Der Feuerreiter (The Fire Rider)

Enrico Chapela
Zimmergramm (world premiere)

Ludwig van Beethoven
Leonore Overture No. 3

Carlos Chavez
Caballos de Vapor

Salvador Contreras
Corridos (encore)

Arturo Marquez
Danzon Nr. 2 (encore)

Pablo Garibay, guitar
Marina Unruh, soprano
Daniel Todd, tenor
Juanra Urrusti, baritone
Daniel Pannermayr, bass
State Youth Chorus of North Rhine-Westphalia
Christiane Zywietz-Godland, choral conductor
National Youth Orchestra of Germany
Alondra de la Parra, conductor

Recorded by Deutsche Welle (DW) in the Beethoven Hall, Bonn September 15, 2016.

Composer Enrico Chapela. (c) Beethovenfest/B. Frommann
Composer Enrico ChapelaImage: Beethovenfest/B. Frommann
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