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Saturday, November 5:
Join the Orchestra: Play Along!
- Crowell Concert Hall, 1 pm
Free Admission
Angel Gil-Ordóñez, music director of the Wesleyan University Orchestra,
cordially invites the greater community of musicians and the families of
our students to join the orchestra in an open rehearsal. Orchestral
musicians are invited to play, but all are welcome to attend! Music
inspired by Don Quixote.
Friday & Saturday,
November 11 & 12, 8pm
Sunday, November 12, 2pm
Celebrating Don Quixote
- CFA Theater
Tickets: $5 A & B, $4 C
The Theater, Music and Romance Language Departments celebrate the 400th
anniversary of Don Quixote by presenting two vibrant works of theater
directed by Visiting Assistant Professor of Theater Robert Bresnick and
based on Cervantes’ literary masterwork. Master Peter’s Puppet Show is an
operetta by Manuel da Falla, featuring extraordinary puppets by Leslie
Weinberg and a live orchestra and singers under the direction of Angel
Gil-Ordóñez. It will play at the Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theater
following its Wesleyan debut. The Miraculous Puppet Show, a short one-act
play by Cervantes, demonstrates his broad humor and political and social
consciousness. Talks and lectures (to be announced) will provide
additional context for these performances.
Friday, December 2
New Deal Documentaries: The Plow That Broke the Plains and The River
- Memorial Chapel, 8pm
Free Admission
Under the direction of Angel Gil-Ordóñez, the Wesleyan University
Orchestra will perform Virgil Thomson’s scores alongside Pare Lorentz’s
revolutionary Depression-era films, which defined the social documentary for generations to come.
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