Music Director Andrés Orozco-Estrada Leads The Houston Symphony In La Valse: A Sweeping Viennese Waltz By The Composer Of Bolero.

Music Director Andrés Orozco-Estrada Leads The Houston Symphony In La Valse: A Sweeping Viennese Waltz By The Composer Of Bolero.  

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Jan. 24, 26&27 HOUSTON (Jan. 15, 2019) – Houston Symphony Music Director Andrés Orozco-Estrada leads the orchestra in Ravel’s La valse  Jan. 24 and 26 at 8 p.m. and Jan. 27 at 2:30 p.m. at Jones Hall. Written by the composer of the famed Boléro, La valse is Ravel’s tribute to a bygone Vienna, opening with a musical depiction of whirling clouds that reveal waltzing couples. The waltz rhythms become increasingly dramatic and urgent, sweeping […]