Free Concerts In Buenos Aires

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Where can you view an exhibition by a French artist, attend a dress rehearsal of a new tango show, and hear an orchestral concert in three hours? La Usina del Arte. I saw the poster exhibit by graphic artist Michel Bouvet, Leonardo Cuello's new tango show in the sala de camara, and the Orquesta Filarmonica de Buenos Aires perform Mozart, Rachimaninoff, and Tschaikovsky tonight.

I heard a jazz quintet at the Confiteria Hotel Castelar on Saturday night and the Mozart Requiem at the Gran Rex on Wednesday afternoon.

All it cost me was bus fare to and from the venues. I love being retired in Buenos Aires.

 

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Saturday recitals at the Museo Nacional de Arte Decorativo during May, June and July.
http://www.cultura.gob.ar/agenda/musica-clasica-en-el-museo-de-arte-decorativo/

 

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My agenda is filled with cultural activities in this great city. I saw a French comedy film on Tuesday at Alliance Francaise, danced at a milonga on Wednesday, had coffee with friends on Thursday and Friday, walked the path around the lake in Parque 3 de Febrero on Saturday, heard the Filarmonica Orquesta de Buenos Aires on Saturday night in La Usina del Arte play an American composers program, heard the Neuquén Symphony on Sunday morning at Teatro Colon, and danced at a milonga on Sunday night.

Wednesday is another concert in the Mozarteum Argentina at the Gran Rex. Thursdays this month offer a series in CC Recoleta at 19 hs.
http://agendacultural.buenosaires.gob.ar/evento/los-jueves-en-capilla-centro-cultural-recoleta/11096#ad-image-0
Friday is another performance by the Ballet Folklorico Nacional, and a Sunday morning concert at Teatro Colon.

I love being retired in Buenos Aires!

 

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Take your pick from the list for Friday, May 22:

18.30 hs Banda Sinfonica - Bolsa de Comercio, Sarmiento 299, Microcenter
http://www.bandasinf...rtos/Agenda.htm

18.30 hs El Contragolpe (classic & contemporary Cuban music) - Auditorium, Biblioteca del Congreso, Alsina 1835 (Balvanera)
http://www.bcn.gob.a...oamericana.html

20.00 hs. Big Band of Conservatory Manuel De Falla - La Usina del Arte, La Boca
http://www.usinadelarte.org/agenda/big-band-del-cons-sup-manuel-de-falla/

20.00 hs. Pablo Agri (violin) & Horacio Romo (bandoneon) - Espacio Virrey Liniers, Venezuela 469, San Telmo http://agendacultural.buenosaires.gob.ar/evento/viernes-musicales-en-el-espacio-virrey-liniers/10962

21.00 hs Tres mujeres: Escucha lo que te digo - Café Montserrat, San Jose 524, Montserrat
http://agendacultural.buenosaires.gob.ar/evento/escucha-lo-que-te-digo/11081

 

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Tonight at 20:30 hs is another weekly concert of Jazzologia at CC San Martin with The Swing Timers. Tickets handed out on the lower plaza two hours before concert.

The city's Jazzfest not only moved from late November to May, but also from Recoleta to La Conti in Nunez.
http://conti.derhuman.jus.gov.ar/2015/05/m-festival-de-jazz.shtml

Mozarteum Argentina on Wednesday at 13 hs in the Gran Rex with Grupo Encuentros. Doors open at 12:30.

Orquesta Estable de Teatro Colon perform Brahms and Tschaikovski on Saturday night at 20 hs in La Usina del Arte. Get tickets on Friday morning at TC.

 

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I had the Teatro Colon orchestra concert at La Usina del Arte on my agenda for Saturday night until I heard about the dress rehearsal of Swan Lake at Teatro Colon that is open to the public. It meant going early Saturday morning to wait in line for two tickets. Saying the ballet is popular here is an understatement; it may be even more popular than tango. The line went completely around Teatro Colon. I waited from 8:20 to 10:10am to get two tickets in the fifth balcony (Tertulia). Then we were in line at 18,30 hs with hundreds in front of us. Then the climb to the fifth floor. Swan Lake is the most famous of classical ballets. It was worth the time and effort to be there for an outstanding performance by the Teatro Colon Ballet and Filarmonica Orquesta de Buenos Aires. It was incredible. The only difference in the dress rehearsal performance and a paid performance is (1) the orchestra musicians dress casual, and (2) twenty rows of the main floor remain empty. It was an incredible evening of exquisite music and dance.

The newly inaugurated Centro Cultural Kirchner has announced a schedule for May and June.
http://www.cultura.gob.ar/agenda/mayo-y-junio-en-el-cck/

http://www.culturalkirchner.gob.ar/

 

[Redbeanz]

Thank you so much for posting all these events. Please continue to do so!

 

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Thursday, May 28 at 13 hs in TEATRO GRAN REX, Corrientes y Suipacha (doors open at 12:30 hs)

Morgan State University Choir from Baltimore, Maryland
Director - Eric Conway

Program

JAMES WELDON JOHNSON (1871-1938)
Lift every voice and sing (arreglo de Roland Carter)

RANDALL THOMPSON (1899-1984)
Alleluia

ADOLPHUS HAILSTORK (*1941)
I will lift up mine eyes

MICHAEL HENNAGIN (1936-1993)
Walking on the Green Grass

ERIC WHITACRE (*1970)
A boy and a girl

JOHN LENNON/PAUL MCCARTNEY
Penny Lane

TRADICIONAL SPIRITUAL ANÓNIMO
My God is a rock (arreglo de Glen Jones)

DOUGLAS MILLER
My soul's been anchored in the Lord (arreglo de Glen Jones)

TRADICIONAL SPIRITUAL ANÓNIMO
Elijah Rock (arreglo de Moses Hogan)

MICHAEL JACKSON (1958-2009)
Rock with you (arreglo de Jasmine Barnes)

PHARRELL WILLIAMS (*1973)
Happy

 

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Friday, June 5

Paolo Angeli (guitar) in the Sala de Camara of La Usina del Arte in La Boca at 20,30 hs.
http://veranoitaliano.com/files/files/Programacion%20web(1).pdf

or

Orquesta El Arranque (tango) in the Sala Ballena Azul of Centro Cultural Kirchner at 21 hs.
http://culturalkirchner.gob.ar

 

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Wednesday, June 10
Trio Alberto Williams at the Gran Rex at 13 hs.

Friday, June 12
Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional at the Centro Cultural Kirchner Bellena Azul auditorium at 21 hs.
Sibelius and Strauss