National Anthem of Mexico

National Anthem of the United States of America
Francis Scott Key (1779-1843)

Canciones Populares Mexicanas
arr. by Robert Nelson* (1941 – )

"Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir."
Concerto for Recorder
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750)
IV. Sinfonia, Presto

Il Gardellino
Antonio Vivaldi (1678 – 1741)
III. Allegro
Horacio Franco, Recorder
Virtuosi of Houston, Honoree

Huapango
José Pablo Moncayo (1912 – 1958)

Intermission

Excerpts from La Fiesta Mexicana
H. Owen Reed (1910 – )
I. Aztec Dance
II. Mass
III. "La Negra" from Carnival

Granada
Agustín Lara (1897 – 1970)

Dime que si
Alfonso Esparaza Oteo (1894 – 1950)
arr. Robert Nelson
Gabriel González,Tenor
Virtuosi of Houston, Honoree

Mariachi Medley**
Esta Vida – Al Final – Soy Mexico
arr. Robert Nelson
with Mariachi "Autlan"

*Virtuosi of Houston Resident Composer
**World Premiere