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Solemnidad y brío para iniciar la primavera: metales y percusiones de la OFCM en la Iglesia de Santo Domingo

By Vishnu Bachani, 27 March 2023
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Reviewed at Iglesia de Santo Domingo, Mexico City on 25 March 2023
Programme
Buxtehude, Ihr lieben Christen, freut euch nun, BuxWV51 (Arr. Briseño)
Anonymous, Greensleeves (Arr. Elgar Howarth)
Works by Attaingnant
Purcell, Music for the funeral of Queen Mary (Arr. Briseño)
Monteverdi, Vespro della Beata Vergine 1610: Sancta Maria ora pro nobis, Sonata (Arr. King)
Soto Millán, Santuario de cactus
Bruckner, Ecce sacerdos magnus, for choir, 3 trombones and organ, WAB 13 (Arr. Briseño)
Holst, First Suite in E flat major, Op.28 no.1 (Arr. Armstrong)
Performers
Metales y percusiones de la Orquesta Filarmónica de la Ciudad de Méxco
Julio Briseño, Conductor
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Vishnu Bachani
Vishnu Bachani
Dividing his time between New York and London, Vishnu Bachani is a recent graduate of New York University in mathematics and music. Interested in tonal music theory and analysis, he has written for The Bruckner Journal and New York Classical Review and has completed analytical research on music ranging from Wagner and Bruckner to Radiohead and Massive Attack, which he regularly posts on his website. Some cherished musicians include J.S. Bach, Gustav Mahler, and Meshuggah.