Carlos Andres Botero

Carlos Andres Botero

Orchestra Conductor | Consultant

Composers

The Unanswered Question, UNAB 2017#2

This entry is part 1 of 1 in the series Sinfonica UNAB

Suggested Pogram: Ralph Vaughan-Williams: The Wasps Overture Joseph Haydn: My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?, from The Last 7 Words of Christ, Hob. XX.1 Charles Ives: The Unanswered Question Heitor Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4 – Chamber Orchestra Version by

Saint-Saëns, the prolific and multifaceted flying Frenchman

Saint-Saëns, the prolific and multifaceted flying Frenchman
This entry is part of 4 in the series Musically Speaking

Saint-Saëns’ Piano Concerto 5 in F, Opus 103 “Egyptian” As a preparation for the upcoming performance of the piece by the Houston Symphony, the following is a collection of thoughts around the always fascinating composer and his last masterwork in the

Prokofiev, What would be your soundtrack for a well-known story?

Prokofiev, What would be your soundtrack for a well-known story?
This entry is part 3 of 4 in the series Musically Speaking

Prokofiev’s soundtrack for a well-known story Sergey Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet  was written for the Kirov Ballet. The work was finished shortly after the composer’s final repatriation to Soviet Russia in 1935. The strong opposition and difficult circumstances that early productions met, as