"Querencia" by Nicolás Lell Benavides | Pre-College Orchestra
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18-May-2024
Adam Glaser conducts the Juilliard Pre-College Orchestra in a performance of Nicolás Lell Benavides' "Querencia", a co-commission with the New York Philharmonic and American Composers Forum. This piece, inspired by traditional Mexican rancheras, is part of Composing Inclusion, a collaboration among Juilliard's Preparatory Division, the New York Philharmonic, and American Composers Forum powered by the Sphinx Venture Fund.
NICOLÁS LELL BENAVIDES (b. 1987)
Querencia (2023; Juilliard Preparatory Division Co-Commission with the New York Philharmonic and American Composers Forum)
Adam Glaser conducts the Juilliard Pre-College Orchestra.
Performed and recorded on May 18, 2024, in the Judith Harris and Tony Woolfson Orchestral Studio
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