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Get 'A Glimpse of the Future' with the NMPhil
Two young Santa Fe brothers will star in the aptly named 鈥淎 Glimpse of the Future鈥 with the New Mexico Philharmonic.
Winners of the Jackie McGehee Young Artists鈥 Competition, the boys will perform on Sunday, March 24, at the Performing Arts Center at 近距离内射合集 Vista High School.
Get 'A Glimpse of the Future' with the NMPhil
Pianist Rafael Ingliss is 13 years old. He began studying piano at age 4 with his mother Yuko Shimokawa. His repertoire ranges from J. S. Bach to Claude Debussy. A student at La Mariposa Montessori School, Rafael will play the first movement of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart鈥檚 鈥淧iano Concerto No. 12.鈥
鈥淢ozart composed 27 concertos for piano and orchestra, and they鈥檙e all fantastic,鈥 said Roberto Minczuk, New Mexico Philharmonic music director. 鈥淭he difficulty in Mozart pieces is the transparency; they鈥檙e simple by nature. I always like performing Mozart with young people.鈥
Violinist Gabriel Ingliss is 16. He also learned to play his instrument guided by his mother. He has performed extensively in New Mexico, New Jersey and in Germany. He attends Santa Fe Preparatory School and will play the first movement of Felix Mendelssohn鈥檚 鈥淰iolin Concerto.鈥
鈥淚t鈥檚 one of the most beautiful and very dazzling Mendelssohn concertos,鈥 Minczuk said.
鈥淭hey鈥檙e both really talented kids,鈥 he added.
The orchestra will play Mozart鈥檚 Overture to 鈥淭he Impresario鈥 and Joseph Haydn鈥檚 鈥淪ymphony No. 88 in G Major.鈥
鈥淭he Impresario鈥 is a comic opera. It was originally written because of 鈥渢he imperial command鈥 of the Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II, who had invited 80 guests to a private luncheon. It is regarded as 鈥渁 parody on the vanity of singers,鈥 who argue over status and pay.
Haydn wrote his symphony in 1787. He spent much of his career as a court musician for the wealthy Esterh谩zy family at their Eszterh谩za Castle.
Ludwig van Beethoven鈥檚 teacher, Haydn is considered the father of the symphony, and number 88 is one of his best-known works.
鈥淗e wrote 104 symphonies,鈥 Minczuk said. 鈥淭hey鈥檙e all great. He is such a pivotal figure in classical music.
鈥淐lassical music would never be what it is today without Haydn鈥檚 standards for symphonic writing and orchestrations,鈥 Minczuk continued. 鈥淲hen you hear Mozart鈥檚 operas, you see where the ideas came from.
鈥淗e was always thinking about how he would discover new songs and new sound effects to keep the court entertained,鈥 Minczuk added.