SOUTH AMERICAN EPICS
FRI MAY 27, 7:30 pm | Music Hall JUANJO MENA, conductor SANTIAGO BALLERINI, tenor GUSTAVO CASTILLO, baritone MAY FESTIVAL CHORUS Robert Porco, director The May Festival Chorus is endowed by the Betsy & Alex C. Young Chair
CINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, Louis Langrée, Music Director Alberto GINASTERA (1916–1983)
Heitor VILLA-LOBOS
Suite from Panambí, Op. 1a Claro de luna sobre el Paraná (“Moonlight on the Paraná”)— Los rumores de la selva (“Forest Murmurs”) Invocación a los espíritus poderosos (“Invocation of the Powerful Spirits”) Lamento de las doncellas (“The Girls’ Lament”) Fiesta indígena (“Native Feast”) Ronda de las doncellas (“Girls’ Round Dance”)/ Danza de los guerreros (“Warriors’ Dance”) El amanecer (“Dawn”)— Coro de las deidades del agua (“Chorus of the Water Sprites”)
Chôros No. 10, Rasga o coração (“Rend the Heart”)
(1887–1959)
INTERMISSION Antonio ESTÉVEZ (1916–1988)
Cantata Criolla: Florentino el que cantó con el Diablo (“Creole Cantata: Florentino, Who Sang with the Devil”)
Tonight’s concert will end at approximately 9:15 pm. Tonight’s concert is sponsored by HORAN. The 2022 May Festival is presented by Fort Washington Investment Advisors. The 2022 May Festival is sponsored by Chavez Properties. The appearance of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra is generously supported by the Louise Dieterle Nippert Musical Arts Fund of the Greenacres Foundation. The appearance of Santiago Ballerini in this evening’s performance is made possible in part by a generous endowment gift from Dr. and Mrs. Morton Harshman. The appearance of Gustavo Castillo in this evening’s performance is made possible by in part by Hixson Architecture Engineering Services. Steinway Pianos, courtesy of Willis Music, is the official piano of the May Festival. This concert will be broadcast on 90.9 WGUC on October 16, 2022 at 8 pm. The use of photographic and recording devices at these concerts is prohibited. 40 | MAY FESTIVAL 2022
