YEAR 2017

Program 1
JAZZING IT UP WITH THE OFJ

Marco Parisotto, Music Director
Conrad Tao, Piano

Leonard BERNSTEIN, West Side Story, Symphonic Dances
George GERSHWIN, Concerto in F for piano and orchestra
Soloist: Conrad Tao 
George GERSHWIN, Catfish Row: Symphonic Suite from Porgy and Bess

Program 2
THE VIOLIN AND SHOSTAKOVICH • ESTHER YOO INTERPRETS CONCERTO NO.1

Marco Parisotto, Music Director 
Esther Yoo, Violin

Dimitri SHOSTAKOVICH, Concierto no.1 for violin and orchestra, Op.99
Soloist: Esther Yoo
Franz LISZT, Les Préludes, S 97 (Symphonic poem No.3)
Antonín DVORÁK, Slavonic Dance no.2, Op.72, in E minor
Franz LISZT, Hungarian Rhapsody No.1 in F minor

Ballet 2017
THE PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN

Jesús Medina, Guest Conductor
Miguel-Ángel Villanueva, Flute
Ballet de Jalisco, Dariusz Blajer, Director

Eduardo ANGULO, El Flautista de Hamelín
Soloists: Miguel-Ángel Villanueva (flute) and Ballet de Jalisco

Program 3
THE BERLIOZ "FANTASTIQUE"

Marco Parisotto, Music Director
Pacho Flores, Trumpet

Pablo SARASATE, Aires Gitanos. Op. 20 No. 1
Soloist: Pacho Flores, Trumpet
Efraín OSCHER, “Mestizo” - Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra
Soloist: Pacho Flores, Trumpet
Hector BERLIOZ, Symphonie Fantastique, Op.14

Program 4
"TAMBUCO" PERCUSSION

Marco Parisotto, Music Director
Tambuco, Percussion Ensemble

Silvestre REVUELTAS, Redes: Suite
Javier ÁLVAREZ, “Metal de Tréboles”, for percussion quartet and orchestra *World Premiere
Soloist: Tambuco
Johannes BRAHMS, Symphony No.1 in C minor

Programa 5
RITMOS DE MÉXICO Y ESPAÑA • ANGÉLICA OLIVO INTERPRETA LA SINFONÍA ESPAÑOLA

Marco Parisotto, Director Titular
Angélica Olivo, Violín

Aaron COPLAND, El Salón México
Edouard LALO, Sinfonía Española op.21
Angélica Olivo, violín
Arturo MÁRQUEZ, Danzón no.2
Claude DEBUSSY, Images pour orchestre (Imágenes para orquesta) no.2: Iberia

Program 6
IMAGES FROM THE NEW WORLD

Jayce Ogren, Guest Conductor
Jeslán Fernández, Clarinet

John CORIGLIANO (b. 1938), Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra
Jeslán Fernández, Clarinet
Antonín DVORÁK, Sinfonía no.9 “From the New World”

Program 7
STORIES FROM THE BIBLE

Danail Rachev, Guest Conductor
Katherine Rivas, Flute

Giuseppe VERDI, Nabucco: Overture
Cécile CHAMINADE, Concertino for flute in D major, Op. 107
Katherine Rivas, flute
Miklós RÓZSA, Ben-Hur: Suite
Elmer BERNSTEIN, The Ten Commandments (1956): Prelude
Georg Frideric HANDEL, Judas Maccabaeus: Overture
Andrew LLOYD-WEBBER, Jesus Christ Superstar - orchestral potpourri 
Richard STRAUSS, Salomé: Dance of the Seven Veils op.54
Camille SAINT-SAËNS, Samson et Dalila: Bacchanale 

Tour of Germany and Austria 2017
Philharmonie Essen

Marco Parisotto, Music Director 
Tambuco,  Percussion Ensemble 

Silvestre REVUELTAS, Redes: Suite
Arturo MÁRQUEZ, Danzón no.2
Javier ÁLVAREZ, “Metal de Tréboles”, for percussion quartet and orchestra *European Premiere
Soloist: Tambuco
Johannes BRAHMS, Symphony no.1 in C minor

Tour of Germany and Austria 2017

Konzerthaus Berlin

Marco Parisotto, Music Director 
Tambuco, Percussion Ensemble 

Silvestre REVUELTAS, Redes: Suite
Arturo MÁRQUEZ, Danzón no.2
Javier ÁLVAREZ, “Metal de Tréboles”, for percussion quartet and orchestra *European Premiere
Soloist: Tambuco
Johannes BRAHMS, Symphony no.1 in C minor

Tour of Germany and Austria 2017

Philharmonie im Gasteig (Munich)

Marco Parisotto, Music Director 
Tambuco, Percussion Ensemble 

Silvestre REVUELTAS, Redes: Suite
Arturo MÁRQUEZ, Danzón no.2
Javier ÁLVAREZ, “Metal de Tréboles”, for percussion quartet and orchestra *European Premiere
Soloist: Tambuco
Johannes BRAHMS, Symphony no.1 in C minor

Tour of Germany and Austria 2017

Wiener Konzerthaus (Vienna)

Marco Parisotto, Music Director 
Tambuco,  Percussion Ensemble

Silvestre REVUELTAS, Redes: Suite
Arturo MÁRQUEZ, Danzón no.2
Javier ÁLVAREZ, “Metal de Tréboles”, for percussion quartet and orchestra *European Premiere
Soloist: Tambuco
Johannes BRAHMS, Symphony no.1 in C minor

Festival Cultural de Mayo 2017
Program 1

Marco Parisotto, Music Director
Liza Ferschtman, Violin

Jean SIBELIUS: 
Finlandia, Op.26
Concerto for violin and orchestra in D minor, Op.47
Soloist: Liza Ferschtman 
Symphony No.2 in D major, Op.43

Festival Cultural de Mayo 2017
Program 2

Eivind Gullberg-Jensen, Guest Conductor
Markus Groh, Piano

Anders HILLBORG, Exquisite Corpse
Edvard GRIEG, Concerto for piano and orchestra in A minor, Op.16
Soloist: Markus Groh
Carl NIELSEN, Symphony No.5, Op.50

 OFJ All-Jalisco Tour
Ameca

Enrique Radillo, Guest Conductor

Aaron COPLAND, El Salón México 
Camille SAINT-SAËNS, Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op.28 
Soloist: Angélica Olivo
Camille SAINT-SAËNS, Havanaise (Habanera), Op.83 
Soloist: Iván Pérez
Gustav MAHLER, Symphony No.2 in C minor, “Resurrection”, II Andante moderato
Arturo MÁRQUEZ, Danzón No.2
George GERSHWIN, Catfish Row: Symphonic Suite from Porgy and Bess

  OFJ All-Jalisco Tour

San Gabriel
Cultural Festival  XX: Homage to Juan Rulfo

Enrique Radillo,

Aaron COPLAND, El Salón México 
Camille SAINT-SAËNS, Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op.28 
Soloist: Angélica Olivo
Camille SAINT-SAËNS, Havanaise (Habanera), Op.83 
Soloist: Iván Pérez
Gustav MAHLER, Symphony No.2 in C minor, “Resurrection”, II Andante moderato
Arturo MÁRQUEZ, Danzón No.2
George GERSHWIN, Catfish Row: Symphonic Suite from Porgy and Bess

Program 1
HITS FROM HISTORY´S GREAT "THREE Bs”

Günter Neuhold, Guest Conductor
Iván Pérez, Violin
Rolando Fernández, Violoncello
Saúl Ibarra, Piano

Johann Sebastian BACH, "Little" Fugue in G Minor, BWV 578 (arr. Leopold Stokowski)
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN, Triple Concerto for violin, violoncello and piano in C Major, Op.56 
Soloists: Iván Pérez, violin; Rolando Fernández violoncello; Saúl Ibarra, piano
Johannes BRAHMS, Symphony No.2 in D Major, Op.72

Program 2
THE SEA

Enrique Radillo, Guest Conductor
Antonio Dubatovka, Flute

Sir Arnold BAX, Tintagel, Symphonic Poem
Sergei PROKOFIEV,  Concerto for Flute and Orchestra in D Major, Op. 94, arr. Christopher Palmer: Soloist: Antonio Dubatovka
Félix MENDELSSOHN, Hebrides Overture (Also known as Fingal´s Cave), Op. 26
Claude DEBUSSY, La Mer (The Sea)

Program 3 
Mozart´s Europe:
Mozartian Symphonic Sketches

Marco Parisotto, Music Director 

Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART:
Symphony No. 31 in D major, “Paris”
Symphony No. 38 in D major, “Prague”
Symphony No. 36 in C major, “Linz”

Program 4

THE 1001 ARABIAN NIGHTS

Sascha Goetzel, Guest Conductor
Philippe Quint, Violin

Piotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY, Eugene Onegin: Polonaise and Waltz.
Samuel BARBER, Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 14
Soloist: Philippe Quint
Nicolai RIMSKI-KORSAKOV, Scheherazade, Op.35

Program 4
THE 1001 ARABIAN NIGHTS

Sascha Goetzel, Guest Conductor
Philippe Quint, Violin

Piotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY, Eugene Onegin: Polonaise and Waltz.
Samuel BARBER, Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 14
Soloist: Philippe Quint
Nicolai RIMSKI-KORSAKOV, Scheherazade, Op.35

Program 5
TAMBUCO PERCUSSION

Marco Parisotto, Music Director
Tambuco, Percusión Ensemble

Silvestre REVUELTAS, Redes: Suite 
Arturo MÁRQUEZ, Danzón no.2
Javier ÁLVAREZ, “Metal de Tréboles”, for percussion quartet and orchestra

Aaron COPLAND, El Salón México 

George GERSHWIN, Catfish Row: Symphonic Suite from Porgy and Bess

Tour California 2017
2017 Year of Mexico in Los Angeles

Marco Parisotto, Music Director 

Aaron COPLAND, El Salón México
Juan Pablo CONTRERAS, “Mariachitlán”
Arturo MÁRQUEZ, Danzón no.2
Silvestre REVUELTAS, Redes: Suite
George GERSHWIN, Catfish Row:Symphonic Suite from Porgy and Bess

Tour California 2017
Festival MEX AM 2017
Opening Event

Marco Parisotto, Music Director 
Tambuco, Percussion Ensemble

Silvestre REVUELTAS, Redes: Suite
Arturo MÁRQUEZ, Danzón no.2
Javier ÁLVAREZ, “Metal de Tréboles”, for percussion quartet and orchestra *American Premiere
Soloists: Tambuco
Aaron COPLAND, El Salón México
George GERSHWIN, Catfish Row: Symphonic Suite from Porgy and Bess

Special Concert 
THE OFJ GOES TO THE MOVIES

Enrique Radillo, Guest Conductor 

2001:  A Space Odyssey (Also sprach Zarathustra), Richard Strauss
King Kong suite, James Newton HOWARD
The Lord of the Rings suite, Howard SHORE
Pirates of the Caribbean suite, Hans ZIMMER
Gladiator, Hans ZIMMER
The Magnificent Seven, Elmer BERNSTEIN
Jurassic Park suite, John WILLIAMS
Harry Potter and the Philosopher´s Stone suite, John WILLIAMS
Star Wars Suite, John WILLIAMS

Program 1
MÉXICO SINFÓNICO

Marco Parisotto, Music Director
Carlos Prieto, Violoncello

Juan Pablo CONTRERAS, Mariachitlán
José Pablo MONCAYO, Huapango
Silvestre REVUELTAS, Sensemayá
Arturo MÁRQUEZ, “Espejos en la Arena”, Concerto for violoncello and orchestra
Soloist: Carlos Prieto, violoncello
Silvestre REVUELTAS, La Noche de los Mayas

Ballet 2017
ROMEO AND JULIET

Valentín Uryupin, Guest Conductor 

Sergei PROKOFIEV, Romeo and Juliet

Special Program
Finalists Concert, ÓPERA PALCCO Competition

Donato Cabrera, Guest Conductor 

Vincenzo BELLINI: NORMA, Sinfonía
Georg . HANDEL: Rinaldo
Lascia Ch´io Pianga - Edwin Parra, Countertenor
Pietro MASCAGNI: CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA
 Mamma quel vino è generoso - Octavio Rivas, Tenor
Alfredo CATALANI: LA WALLY: EBBEN
Ebben, ne andró lontana - Silvia Duhart Aleman, Soprano
Charles GOUNOD: ROMEO ET JULIETTE
Je veux vivre - Tenantzin Cruz, Soprano
Umberto GIORDANO: ANDREA CHENIER
Nemico de la patria - Carlos Lopez, Baritone
Georges BIZET: CARMEN
La fleur que tu m´avais jetée - Rafael Alejandro del Angel, Tenor,
Pietro MASCAGNI: L’AMICO FRITZ
Intermezzo
Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART: LE NOZZE DI FIGARO
Non so piu cosa son - Edwin Parra, Countertenor
Charles GOUNOD: ROMEO ET JULIETTE
Ah Leve toi soleil - Octavio Rivas, Tenor
Charles GOUNOD: ROMEO ET JULIETTE
Dieu! Quel frisson - Silvia Duhart Aleman, Soprano
Gaetano DONIZETTI: DON PASQUALE
Quel guardo il cavaliere - Tenantzin Cruz, Soprano
Gioacchino ROSSINI: IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA
Largo al factótum - Carlos Lopez, Baritone
Giacomo.PUCCINI: TOSCA
E lucevan le stelle - Rafael Alejandro del Angel, Tenor
Giuseppe VERDI: I VESPRI SICILIANI

Family Program
Kids Concert with the OFJ

Enrique Radillo, Guest Conductor 

Edmund ANGERER (attributed to Leopold Mozart), Toy Symphony  
Piotr Ilich Tchaikovski, The Nutcracker Suite 
Leroy ANDERSON, "Bugler’s holiday”
Jacques OFFENBACH, Orpheus in the Underworld, Can-can
John WILLIAMS, Harry Potter and the Philosopher´s Stone, suite
John WILLIAMS, Star Wars, suite

Program 2
HUNGARIAN IMPRESSIONS 

Marco Parisotto, Music Director
Daniela Liebman, Piano

Zoltan KODALY, Hary Janos: Suite
Franz LISZT, Concerto No.1 for piano and orchestra in E-flat major
Soloist: Daniela Liebman
Johannes BRAHMS, Hungarian Dances  1, 4, 5, 6, and 7
Bela BARTOK, The Miraculous Mandarin: Suite

Program 3
SYMPHONIC MONUMENT: THE SAINT-SAËNS "ORGAN" SYMPHONY

Marco Parisotto, Music Director

Camille SAINT-SAENS:
-Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op.28 
Soloist: Angélica Olivo
-Havanaise (Habanera), op.83 
Soloist: Iván Pérez
-Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra No.1, Op.33, in A Minor
Soloist: Iván Karizna
-Symphony No.3, op.78, in C Minor, “Organ”
Organ: Aldo Delgadillo

MORELIA INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL

Marco Parisotto, Music Director
Daniela Liebman, Piano

Zoltan KODALY, Hary Janos: Suite
Franz LISZT, Concerto No.1 for piano and orchestra in E-flat major
Soloist: Daniela Liebman
Johannes BRAHMS, Hungarian Dances  1,4,5,6, and 7
Bela BARTOK, The Miraculous Mandarin: Suite

Program 1
MAHLER´S "RESURRECTION"

Marco Parisotto, Music Director
Nicole Heaston, Soprano
Hadar HALEVY, Contralto

Coro Municipal de Zapopan (Zapopan Municipal Choir), Timothy Ruff Welch, Director

Gustav MAHLER, Symphony No. 2 in C minor, “Resurrection”

Program 2
GALA • SPLENDOURS OF THE OPERA

Marco Parisotto, Music Director
Lauren Michelle, Soprano
Lorenzo Decaro, Tenor

Vincenzo BELLINI, NORMA: Symphony
Georges BIZET, CARMEN: Act 1 - Duetto Micaëla and Don José “Parle-moi de ma mère...Ma mère je la vois"
Emil Nikolaus von REZNICEK, DONNA DIANA: Overture
Georges BIZET, CARMEN: Act 3, Micaëla: "Je dis que rien ne m´épouvante"
Giacomo PUCCINI, LA BOHÈME: Act I finale 
Rodolfo: Che gelida manina 
Mimi: Mi chiamano Mimi
Mimi and Rodolfo: O soave fanciulla
Ruggiero LEONCAVALLO, PAGLIACCI: Act I, Introduction,
Canio - Recitativo… Vesti la giubba
Jules MASSENET, THAÏS: Act II, scene 2, Air du mirroir, Thaïs - "Dis-moi que je suis belle"
Giacomo PUCCINI, MANON LESCAUT - Act III: Intermezzo
Pietro MASCAGNI, CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Turiddu - Mamma, quel vino è generoso
Piotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY, EUGENE ONEGIN: Act I, Letter Scene Escena de la carta
Giacomo PUCCINI, TURANDOT: Act III Introduction, scene 2
Act III, scene 1 - Calaf: Nessun dorma

Program 3

GATEWAY TO THE OPERA • THE MOST SPECTACULAR OVERTURES

Dorian Wilson, Guest Conductor 
José María Álvarez, Host and Narrator

Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART, DON GIOVANNI KV527: Overture (1787)
Gioacchino ROSSINI, THE BARBER OF SEVILLE: Overture (1816)
Vincenzo BELLINI, NORMA: Sinfonía
Ferdinand HÉROLD, ZAMPA: Overture (1831)
Jacques OFFENBACH, ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD: Overture
Gioacchino ROSSINI, WILLIAM TELL: Overture (1829)
Bedrich SMETANA, THE BARTERED BRIDE: Overture (1876)
Richard WAGNER, TANNHÄUSER: Overture (1845)

THE NUTCRACKER

Jesús Medina, Guest Conductor
Ballet de Jalisco, Dariusz Blajer, Director

Piotr Ilych TCHAIKOVSKY, The Nutcracker