Latin Bridges

Handel’s Messiah returns to the RCO after over two decades in a Spanish translation as we highlight Easter selections from El Mesías: Messiah for a New World. A chamber orchestration of Gershwin’s infectious Havana-inspired Cuban Overture and Piazzolla’s fresh tango-jazz-classical Sinfonietta fill out this program influenced by Latin connections.

April 5 & 6, 2025

Kelly Kuo, conductor

GEORGE GERSHWIN (arr. Diaz) Cuban Overture

ASTOR PIAZZOLLA Sinfonietta

GEORGE FREDERIC HANDEL excerpts from The Messiah (en Español)

*A 30 minute pre-concert talk will start 1 hour before concert time inside Nightingale Concert Hall.