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On the eve of their 21st anniversary, the season concluded in Mexico
The Palace of Fine Arts said goodbye to the Orchestra of the Swan
November 24, 2016After performing in Michoacán and Guanajuato, the Orchestra of the Swan arrived in Mexico City where the season concluded as part of the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death.
The Palace of Fine Arts was the scene for the varied repertoire titled Shakespeare Lives, with which the group, with the participation of British violinist Tamsin Waley-Cohen and Mexican guitarist Morgan Szymanski, delighted the audience.
In charge of the artistic director David Curtis, the Orchestra of the Swan, considered one of the most imaginative and successful orchestras of the United Kingdom, appeared in Mexico thanks to the support of the British Council and captivated the attendees with a selection of pieces that made up the program Love's Labour’s Lost.
The concert began with The Lark Ascending by Ralph Vaughan Williams, a romance for violin and orchestra in which Waley-Cohen, a violinist of extraordinary and daring interpretations whose masterful execution printed a great expressiveness.
Later, with Morgan Szymanski’s intervention, he performed Jig variations by Alejandro Basulto, a work for guitar and orchestra commissioned for the commemoration of the anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, happened in 1616.
It was the third time that the theme was played, after presenting the musician with the Orchestra of the Swan in Morelia and León, the same that "consisting of nine variations of the famous Kemp's jig, dedicated to William Kemp, a comic actor who left the company with which Shakespeare premiered several works”, the composer said when presenting the piece.
However, he said, "unlike the original work, Jig variations is set in Mexico, not in Elizabethan England and although it evokes Shakespeare, it has traditional Mexican rhythms”.
The recital continued with three soliloquies of the suite, Love's Labour's Lost by Gerald Raphael Finzi and Guitar and String Concert by Alec Roth, which again featured Morgan Szymanski, who commented to the audience that it is a work that combines Indonesian music with rock, flamenco and Mexican hints.
To finish their last performance in Mexico, the Orchestra of the Swan, which will be 21 in 2017, performed Haydn's violin concerto in C major, a piece of great beauty where Tamsin Waley-Cohen demonstrated the perfection he has achieved in violin. The recital concluded with an emotional and intense theme: Introduction and Allegro op. 47, by Edward Elgar, which was crowned with each applauses.
Mexico,Distrito Federal
