Program Joaquin Turina, (1882-1949), La Oracion del torero, for string orchestra, Op. 34, (1925). Joaquin Rodrigo, (1901-99), Zarabanda lejana y villancico, (1930). Juan Pablo Jofre, (1983), Tangodromo 1 for bandoneon and strings, (2016). Astor Piazzolla, (1921-92), Adios Nonino, for bandoneon and strings, (1959). Heitor Villa-Lobos, (1887-1959), Bachianas Brasilieras No. 9 for string orchestra, (1945). Gabriela Lena Frank, (1972-), Chasqui and Coqueteos from Leyendas: An Andean Walkabout, (2001). Manuel Ponce, (1882-1948), Estampas Nocturnas, (1923). A standard-bearer of innovation and artistic excellence, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra is one of the world's foremost chamber orchestras. Julian Fifer and a group of like-minded young musicians determined to combine the intimacy and warmth of a chamber ensemble to the richness of an orchestra founded Orpheus in 1972. With 71 albums, including the Grammy Award-winning Shadow Dances: Stravinsky Miniatures, and 42 commissioned and premiered original works, Orpheus rotates musical leadership roles for each work and strives to perform diverse repertoire through collaboration and open dialogue. Collaborators of Orpheus include Faz?l Say, Isaac Stern, Gidon Kremer, Itzhak Perlman, Gil Shaham, Yo-Yo Ma, Mischa Maisky, Emanuel Ax, Richard Goode, Alicia de Larrocha, Radu Lupu, Martha Argerich, Alfred Brendel, Horacio Gutierrez, Murray Perahia, Peter Serkin, Mitsuko Uchida, Tatiana Troyanos, Martin Frost, Anne Akiko Meyers, Maureen Forrester, Frederica von Stade, Peter Schreier, Anne Sofie von Otter, Dawn Upshaw, and Renee Fleming.
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