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2.21.24 ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL—Santa Fe Pro Musica to perform Mozart’s ‘Requiem’

“Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s ‘Requiem’ is a choral masterpiece … [Thomas] O’Connor will lead the Santa Fe Pro Musica orchestra, Polyphony: Voices of New Mexico and four soloists through the composer’s final triumph on Saturday, April 27 and Sunday, April 28 at the Lensic Performing Arts Center”—Kathaleen Roberts, Albuquerque Journal Buy tickets HERE. Read the full…

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4.19.2024 PASATIEMPO—Reverance for a requiem

Click HERE to learn more about Mozart’s Requiem through interviews in today’s Pasatiempo with conductor laureate Thomas O’Connor, and principal basset horn player Jeffrey Brooks. “Even though he didn’t finish it, the Requiem is the peak of Mozart’s sacred writing. He takes very small fragments of melodies, and he manipulates them, and turns them upside down…

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4.18.24 RICHARD EED’S SHOW—Interview with Thomas O’Connor

Click HERE to listen to Thomas O’Connor’s appearance on the Richard Eed’s Show. They discuss the Pro Musica Orchestra’s upcoming performances of Anna Clyne’s Within Her Arms and Mozart’s Requiem on April 27 and 28 at the Lensic Performing Arts Center. “Anna Clyne’s piece is called Within Her Arms and it is a remeberance of…

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4.14.24 KSFR’s Deborah Begel interviews Conductor Laureate Thomas O’Connor

“Haydn said ‘if Mozart had written nothing else but his string quartets and his Requiem, this alone would have made him immortal.’ That’s what contemporary people thought of the Requiem. They recognized that it was an incredible work of genius.”—Thomas O’Connor, conductor laureate Click HERE to buy tickets to the Pro Musica Orchestra’s performances of…

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4.12.24 PASATIEMPO—A New Leadership duo will guide CCA Cinema

“Amplified: Film + Music continues April 23 with the documentary The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and The Silk Road Ensemble. The ensemble is a collective of musicians from a wide variety of Eurasian cultures who often create new work in collaboration with each other and with performers from the Western classical tradition. [Two of the…

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4.12.24 PASATIEMPO—Recital’s Revival

“Those who missed David Solem’s performance to start Santa Fe Pro Musica’s four-part Organ Recital Series have another chance.”—Pasatiempo Read the full article HERE.

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4.3.24 ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL—Santa Fe Pro Musica announces 2024–25 season concert lineup

“artistic director Colin Jacobsen has also announced the group’s orchestra concerts. The orchestra series will include five featured artists as both soloists and composers — Syrian clarinetist Kinan Azmeh, Mexican singer Magos Herrera, violinist Colin Jacobsen, Wu Man (pipa) and shakuhachi player Kojiru Umezaki.”—Kathaleen Roberts, Albuquerque Journal Reserved seat subscriptions available Tuesday, April 30. Single…

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3.29.24 OPERAWIRE—Santa Fe Pro Musica Unviels 2024–25 Season

“’We’re thrilled to present Santa Fe Pro Musica’s 43rd season, which is illuminated by the creativity of musical torchbearers—artists with wide cultural perspectives who are both deeply engaged with tradition while pushing the musical artform forward,’ noted Colin Jacobsen, Artistic Director, in an official press release.”—David Salazar, OperaWire Read the full article HERE. Click HERE…

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3.28.24 LOS ALAMOS DAILY POST—Santa Fe Pro Musica Announces 2024–2025 Season

“Artistic Director Colin Jacobsen presents a fresh and innovative twist on Pro Musica’s acclaimed orchestra concerts. The Orchestra Series invites five featured artists as both soloists and composers—Syrian clarinetist Kinan Azmeh, Mexican singer Magos Hererra, violinist Colin Jacobsen, Wu Man, pipa, and shakuhachi player Kojiru Umezakii.”—Carol A. Clark, Los Alamos Daily Post Read full article…

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3.22.24 NEW MEXICO MAGAZINE—Five Things to Do This Weekend

Click HERE to read about Pro Musica’s Baroque Holy Week concerts in New Mexico Magazine’s “5 Things to Do This Weekend.” “This is an unusual concert in that it features French Baroque music, which is not often performed,” Redfield says. “It requires antique instruments because its musical expression doesn’t translate well to modern instruments. The…

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3.22.24 PASATIEMPO—Spend Holy Week with four French female composers

Click HERE to read about Santa Fe Pro Musica’s Baroque Holy Week concerts in the Pasatiempo. “The Springtime equivalent of Santa Fe Pro Musica’s long-running Baroque Christmas concert series is a pair of Holy Week performances … The 2024 iteration has a fascinating focus—music by four female composers”—Mark Tiarks, Pasatiempo Click HERE to buy tickets.

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3.21.24 OPERAWIRE—Santa Fe Pro Musica to Present Mozart’s Requiem

Click HERE to read OperaWire article about Pro Musica’s upcoming performances of Mozart’s Requiem. “Polyphony: Voices of New Mexico, featuring soprano Sherezade Panthaki, alto Meg Bragle, tenor Thomas Cooley, and bass-baritone Douglas Williams, will accompany the Pro Musica Orchestra in presenting the Austrian master’s final work. The 75-minute program opens with a rendition of Anna…

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3.19.24 LOS ALAMOS DAILY POST—Santa Fe Pro Musica Presents The Mozart Requiem–2024 Season Orchestra Finale

Click HERE to read about Pro Musica’s 2024 season final in the Los Alamos Daily Post. “Under the leadership of Conductor Laureate Thomas O’Connor, the Pro Musica Orchestra is joined by Polyphony: Voices of New Mexico and soprano Sherezade Panthaki, alto Meg Bragle, tenor Thomas Cooley, and bass-baritone Douglas Williams in presenting Mozart’s final masterpiece,…

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3.17.23 ALBUQUERQUE JOUNRAL—Getting intimate

Click HERE to read about the Pro Musica’s Baroque Holy Week concerts on Saturday, March 23 at 7:30pm and Sunday, March 24 at 3pm. “Step back into the 18th century and experience chamber music as it is meant to be heard, in intimate and resonant spaces. For those longing for a more traditional Holy Week,…

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3.15.24 PASATIEMPO—A Fine Set of Pipes

Click HERE to read about Pro Musica’s upcoming Organ Recial II on Wednesday, March 20 at Noon with composer and organist Frederick Frahm. “Frahm also is a composer, and he’ll perform three of his own works: Three Flower Pieces, La Morte Meditata, and Three Fantasies in the manner of an organ concerto.”—Pasatiempo

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