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Chris Burton Jácome and Lena Jácome return to the Arizona Philharmonic concert stage in Prescott with flamenco guitar and dance in a program that keeps trading places. Lena dances to Johann Sebastian Bach's unaccompanied Prelude from the Cello Suite No. 1. Chris's guitar and the ensemble's improvisation reshape Johann Pachelbel's Canon in D, while his guitar reinterprets the piano part in Frédéric Chopin's Nocturne in E-flat and the accompaniment in Jules Massenet's Méditation from Thaïs.The oldest music is by Diego Ortiz, a Spaniard who spent his working life in Naples and Rome. His Trattado de glosas of 1553 is a manual for improvising over a written bass, and the Recercadas sobre tenores italianos heard here come from it, aligning with Chris's flamenco improvisation nearly five centuries on.
Classical instruments take up flamenco as well, with AZ Phil's flute and strings joining the guitar and dance in Chris's own pieces: guajira, malagueña, sevillanas, verdiales, tonás, tarantas, alegrías, and The Kiss.
Chris Burton Jácome, flamenco guitar; Lena Jácome, dance; Jeannette Hirasawa Moore, flute; Luke Hill, violin; Bryn Cannon, viola; Wesley Skinner, cello.
Pre-concert talk at 2:00 pm.
Tickets: Tier 1 $69, Tier 2 $54, Tier 3 $28, 21 and under $10, K–12 teacher with ID $15. Art 4 All™ pay-what-you-can tickets are available to those who can't afford a ticket. Tickets and details: azphil.org/event/tierra-flamenca/
Free class Thursday, October 29, 2:00 pm, at Yavapai College: Chris and Lena Jácome teach flamenco rhythm, with clapping, guitar and dance. Registration: azphil.org/event/olli-flamenco/
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Ruth Street Theater, 1050 N Ruth St, Prescott, AZ, United States
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