DANZÓN! WALDBÜHNE 2025
A Latin-American Night with the Berliner Philharmoniker, Gustavo Dudamel and Ryan Speedo Green
Live signal available Saturday, 28 June 2025, 8:15 pm from the Waldbühne Berlin
The Berliner Philharmoniker, Gustavo Dudamel and Ryan Speedo Green welcome the audience to a Latin American night at the Waldbühne in Berlin as the end-of-season concert 2025. Dudamel celebrated his debut with the Berliner Philharmoniker at the Waldbühne back in 2008 under the motto “Los ritmos de la noche”, followed by “A Midsummer Night” in 2014 and “Legends of the Rhine” in 2017. For the fourth time they appear at one of the most appealing outdoor venues in Europe, and perform rousing dances from Bernstein’s musical “West Side Story”, in which Latin American sounds and rhythms are all-pervasive. Danzón!
Berliner Philharmoniker
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Ryan Speedo Green, bass-baritone
Gabriela Ortiz Torres: Kauyumari
Arturo Márquez: Danzón No. 8 “Homenaje to Maurice Ohana”
Aaron Copland: Old American Songs – First Set (arrangement for voice and orchestra with Ryan Speedo Green as soloist): The Boatmen's Dance, The Dodger, Long Time Ago, Simple Gifts, I Bought Me a Cat
Evencio Castellanos: Santa Cruz de Pacairigua
Roberto Sierra: Alegría
Duke Ellington: Martin Luther King: Three black kings, third movement
Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story: Symphonic Dances
Duration: approx. 90' - 4K/UHD - TV Director: Henning Kasten - Produced by EuroArts Music, rbb, NHK - Programme No.: 4830
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Javier Perianes plays Scarlatti & Albéniz from the Real Alcázar of Seville
If Scarlatti, an adopted Spaniard, had lived in the 20th century, he would have composed a work like “Iberia” by Albéniz. If Albéniz had worked for the Spanish kings in the 18th century, he would have created endlessly imaginative piano sonatas strongly influenced by Spanish folklore. A true admirer of his former colleague, in the real life Albéniz often included sonatas by Scarlatti in his own concerts as a pianist. This programme explores the many parallels between the two composers and leaves one question hanging in the air: Could it have been the other way around? The musical performance takes place in evening atmosphere, without audience in the Salón de la Bóvedas of the Real Alcázar. Beside that the viewer get to know the beauty of the different halls and patios of the Alcazár, e.g. in the Salón de los Embajadores (Ambassadors' Hall) or the Patio de las Doncellas (Girls' Courtyard). Javier explains the musical significance of both composers and why the Alcázar of Seville is the ideal place to perform this repertoire.
Javier Perianes, piano
Scarlatti: Sonata K. 185, Sonata K. 141, Sonata K. 491, Sonata K. 447, Sonata K. 448, Sonata K. 193
Albéniz: Iberia – Evocación, Iberia - El Puerto, Iberia - El Albaicín, Iberia – Triana, Suite española – Sevilla
Duration: 59' - 4K/UHD
TV Director: Arturo Morales Rodríguez - Produced by EuroArts Music, RTVE, Films Figures Libres, ZDF - Progr. No. 4839
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