Saturday afternoon, March 14 — 2 pm (National Gallery of Art)
Saturday afternoon, March 14 — 2 pm (National Gallery of Art)
Free Admission
Including Love Me Tonight (1932), Porgy and Bess (excerps), and archival clips.
Comentary: Joseph Horowitz, Kurt Jensen, and Milena Oganesyan
Angel Gil-Ordóñez watched spellbound at Madrid’s Teatro Real as Sergiu Celibidache led the London Symphony Orchestra in Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet. Awed by the legendary conductor’s sorcerer’s passion, galvanized by the transparency of sound magically elicited, Gil-Ordóñez resolved that he would become a symphonic conductor. Seven years later, in 1985, he moved to Munich to study with Celibidache – a relationship that would last eight years. Celibidache’s mentorship ultimately inspired Gil-Ordóñez to co-found PostClassical Ensemble with music historian Joseph Horowitz -- one of his proudest achievements. READ MORE
PCE Executive Producer Joseph Horowitz has long been a pioneer in classical music programming, beginning with his tenure as Artistic Advisor for the annual Schubertiade at the 92nd Street Y. As Executive Director of the Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra, resident orchestra of the Brooklyn Academy of Music, he received national attention in the 1990s for “The Russian Stravinsky,” “American Transcendentalists,” “Flamenco,” and other festivals exploring the folk roots of concert works.
Timothy Bork
Liz Cullen
Christopher Denby
Glen S. Fukushima
Christopher Gekker
Angel Gil–Ordóñez
Charles Krause
Douglas Rathbun, Chair
William Richards
Mercedes Rubio
Irene Roth
Sabina Javits
Angel Gil-Ordóñez
Music Director
angel@postclassical.com
Joe Horowitz
Executive Producer
jh@josephhorowitz.com
Michelle Rathbun
Executive Director
michelle@postclassical.com
Kevin Deas
Resident Artist
Mary Marron
Office Manager
mary@postclassical.com
Maggie Saey
Personel Manager
Aaron Muller
Production Manager
Heide Weaver
Database Manager
Philip Bennett
Arturo Brillembourg
Anna Celenza
David Chambers
Nancy Chasen
Lizette Corro
Christopher B. Cowan
John Farina
Máximo Flügelman
Philippa Hughes
Barry Passett
Janet Rogozinski
Ambassador Arturo Sarukhan
Annie Totah