Beethoven & Shostakovich February 18 & 19, 2022, 7:30pm Plaza Theatre
El Paso Symphony Orchestra Bohuslav Rattay, Conductor
Beethoven Symphony No. 5, op.67, C minor Shostakovich Symphony No. 5, op. 47, D minor
This programming replaces the originally programmed Ode to Joy. Due to Covid, the Ode to Joy could not be performed. For further information call (915) 532-3776.
Jorge Martin El Paso Requiem* [World Premiere]
with UTEP Choral Union Jamille Lea, Soprano; Cherry Duke, Mezzo-Soprano Brian Downen, Tenor; James Carney, Cello
*Commissioned by Communities for Peace; a historic partnership of El Paso Pro-Musica, El Paso Opera, El Paso Symphony Orchestra and the University of Texas at El Paso Music Department, in tribute to the victims and survivors of the August 3, 2019 attack in El Paso.
“A Communal Act of Remembrance for the Victims of Random Gun Violence in America Specifically for the 23 who lost their lives from the shooting in El Paso, Texas on August Third, Twenty-Nineteen,” Jorge Martin