The lively music of Offenbach, Milhaud Borne and Prokofiev will be played
within the lovely walls of the Royal Houses Museum (Museo de las Casas Reales)
at Calle las Damas. The next National Symphony Concert is scheduled for the
patio of the museum that is located at Calle Las Damas in the Colonial City.
On Thursday, 16 October the program will surely amaze the audience. Alvaro
Manzano will be conducting. The evening’s program:
Darius Milhaud’s flippant Scaramouche Suite for alto saxophone and orchestra.
Cuban saxophonist Miguel Villafruela, known as one of the leading Latin American
contemporary classic music saxophone players, is the guest soloist for the
evening.
Orpheus in the Underworld (Jacques Offenbach), which is remembered especially
for its famous can-can.
Francois Borne’s brilliant piece, Fantasie Brillante Sur Carmen, arranged
for bass clarinet solo.
The lively Lieutenant Kije Suite (Sergei Prokofiev).
For more information and tickets (RD$250-RD$350), call the Foundation of the
National Symphony Orchestra at 532-6600 or 535-8587