The sounds of Cuba provide the inspiration for this eclectic program, offering music by Gershwin, Gottschalk, Tania León, and Hans Werner Henze.

Gershwin | Cuban Overture, for orchestra
Salas | Cándido Corderito, for sopranos and strings
Gottschalk | Souvenir de la Havane, for piano
Brouwer | Finale from Quintet for Guitar and Strings
Trad/arr. Tania León | El Manisero, for vocal ensemble
Henze | from El Cimarrón, a music-drama for bass voice and chamber ensemble*

* Based on the memoirs of an escaped slave, the text for El Cimarrón includes descriptions of enslaved individuals and may not be suitable for all ages.