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SANTA FE — Santa Fe Pro Musica opens its 43rd season at 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 29 at the Lensic Performing Arts Center.
The Season Opening Orchestra Concert titled “I Hear America Singing” features the Mexican singer–songwriter Magos Herrera in a program that connects music from across the American continent and across centuries.
The program opens with Vivaldi’s La Folia, a dance form that has shadowy roots dating back to 15th-century Central America. The Peruvian-American composer Gabriela Lena Frank is featured in Coqueteos from her larger work Leyendas: An Andean Walkabout. Magos Herrera will be joined by her Trio and the Pro Musica Orchestra in selections from her newest album Aire (2023). Finally, the concert features four verses from the great American poet Walt Whitman’s “Leaves of Grass” set to music by Colin Jacobsen, his brother Eric, and the GRAMMY-winning guitarist Kyle Sanna.
Meet the Music
Sunday, Sept. 29 | Lensic Performing Arts Center
Join us one hour before the concert to explore the music with Pro Musica Artistic Director, Colin Jacobsen. Included with ticket purchase.
Featured Artist Bios
David Felberg, conductor, performs as a soloist, in recitals, chamber music, and orchestral concerts. He is the artistic director, co-founder, violinist, violist, and conductor of Chatter (Albuquerque and Santa Fe), concertmaster of the Santa Fe Symphony, and a member of the Pro Musica Orchestra and Baroque Ensemble. Felberg is an Albuquerque native, earned a Bachelor of Arts in History (University of Arizona) and a Master of Music in Conducting (University of New Mexico), and plays a 1829 Vuillaume violin.
Magos Herrera, singer-songwriter, was born in Mexico City and based in New York City. The Latin Jazz Network remarked that she is “one of the greatest contemporary interpreters of song” with a distinct style built upon jazz and the Latin American songbook. She has produced 12 albums, collaborated on 11 more, and was honored with a 2020 Chamber Music America New Jazz Works Award. Magos is on the faculty of Mannes School of Music and The New School in New York, and is a spokesperson for UN Women, the United Nations entity dedicated to the empowerment of women.
Colin Jacobsen, violin and leader, is “one of the most interesting figures on the classical music scene” (Washington Post). He has performed, composed and arranged music for over 30 albums, won a GRAMMY award and has received four GRAMMY nominations. He is a co-founder of the string quartet Brooklyn Rider, the chamber orchestra The Knights, and an original member of Yo-Yo Ma’s Silkroad Ensemble. A graduate of The Juilliard School and the Royal Conservatory of the Hague, Colin plays a Joseph Guarneri filius Andreae violin (1696) and a Samuel Zygmuntowicz violin (2008).
FEATURED ARTISTS
Colin Jacobsen, violin and leader
David Felberg, conductor
Magos Herrera, singer-songwriter
PROGRAM
VIVALDI La Folia—Variations for String Orchestra (arr. Jeannette Sorrell)
MAGOS HERRERA Aire (arr. Gonzalo Grau)
COLIN JACOBSEN A child said, what is grass? (from Walt Whitman, Song of Myself)
HERRERA Choro de Luca (arr. Diego Schissi)
HERRERA Papalote (arr. Schissi)
ERIC JACOBSEN Letters from God (arr. Kyle Sanna)
(from Walt Whitman, Song of Myself)
DANILO MORAES & PAULO CESAR DE CARVALHO Obra Filha (arr. Schissi)
GABRIELA LENA FRANK Coqueteos from Leyendas: An Andean Walkabout
COLIN JACOBSEN Ye Priests (from Walt Whitman, Song of Myself)
HERRERA The Calling (arr. Schissi)
VIOLETTA PARRA Gracias a la Vida (arr. Schissi)
KYLE SANNA Immense have been the preparations (arr. Colin Jacobsen)
(from Walt Whitman, Song of Myself)
HERRERA and VINICIUS GOMES The Healer (arr. Grau)
TICKETS $24–$96
Tickets available at https://tickets.sfpromusica.org/9464/9466 or by calling the Pro Musica Box Office at 505.988.4640 x 1000