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Celebrating Venezuelan Folk Music with Eddy Marcano

Apollo Chamber Players welcomes Latin Grammy-winning violinist Eddy Marcano with Baden Goyo (piano) and Sebastian Marcano (cuatro) for a program featuring new compositions and arrangements of Venezuelan folk music. Continuing our Bartók string quartet cycle, we highlight the Hungarian composer’s exuberantly primal fourth string quartet, considered by many to be among his greatest compositions and most deeply connected to his lifelong exploration of folk music.

Program:

· Albert Hernández/Trino Jimenez: Venezuelan Suite, for string quintet and piano

· Trino Jimenez: Canciones varias Venezolanas, Polo margariteno & Golpe Amalia Rosa

· Fuga con Pajarito: A. Romero

· Béla Bartók: String Quartet No. 4

Guest Artists:

Eddy Marcano, violin

Baden Goyo, piano

Sebastian Marcano, cuatro

Dates and Location:

Performances now scheduled from February 29, 2020 – April 12, 2020
under the Big Top at Sam Houston Race Park

More about Alegría:

Alegría (‘joy’ in Spanish) takes audiences at the heart of a once glorious kingdom now in decay led by the king’s fool and a dusty aristocracy. Carried by an intangible wind of change, an emerging movement from the streets strives to shake this established order, instilling hope and renewal to bring light and harmony to their world. With its joyful spirit, Alegría is a vital, energizing force driven by a thirst for a brighter tomorrow.

In true Cirque du Soleil fashion, Alegría unfolds soul-touching clown antics and remarkable acrobatic performances in a whimsical and immersive visual universe. Perched at the top of the Big Top, gymnasts fly from one High Bar to the next, and leap into the void to reach the hands of mighty catchers suspended on a cradle swing.  Using all her limbs, an artist dazzles with her ability to spin and twirl a multitude of hoops while contorting her body with otherworldly ease. Other Jaw-dropping highlights include a daredevil Fire Knife Dancer eating, breathing, touching and juggling with flames; a sublime couple on Aerial Straps soaring through a delicate snowstorm; and fourteen tumblers bouncing off a Powertrack (trampoline tracks) embedded into the stage to perform crisscrossing series of daring somersaults.

For more information about Alegría, visit cirquedusoleil.com/alegria.

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To watch a preview video of Alegría, visit cirk.me/alegriatrailer.

Íconos culturales mexicanos en la literatura, el cine y la música.

Los invitamos a acompañarnos y disfrutar de una cita con Fernando Moguel y con la tradición musical de Mexico . Estamos seguros les tocará el corazón y nos transportará en el tiempo.

Nacida el 9 de julio de 1935 en San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina, Mercedes Sosa es considerada la mayor muestra del folklore en Argentina. Fundó el “Nuevo Cancionero” y cuenta con 35 álbumes de estudio, dos EPs y 11 álbumes en vivo.

Favorita de más de cuatro generaciones en Latinoamérica, hoy queremos recordar su música.

Blu Internacional – Musical Duo

José Gregorio Hernández, musico percusionista venezolano que ha conquistado grandes espectáculos junto a importantes artistas como Celia Cruz, Luis Enrique, Shakira y Franco de Vita. Estará con nosotros en un Facebook Live el próximo jueves 20 de agosto para contarnos como con todos sus instrumentos logra llevar la música al punto final para darle el un perfecto perfil latino.