SINFONIETTA VENTUS
Wind octet

Sinfonietta Ventus has carved out a niche as one of Mexico's most visible and versatile chamber groups. Praised by critics for virtuoso performances and sterling ensemble playing, Sinfonietta Ventus has appeared in Mexico's most prestigious festivals and concert series, as well as in the principal concert halls of the capital and throughout the country. The octet has also toured in the U.S., Europe, and South America, presenting concerts in Rome, Turin, Bogota, as well as in Chicago, Pittsburgh, and Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall in New York City. To date, Urtext Digital Classics has produced three compact discs by the group: Musica Para Divertirse (2000), Sinfonietta Ventus en Vivo (2002) and Una Tarde en la Alameda (2005). These three cds display the broad repertoire of the group, which includes the masterful octets by Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven, a large body of contemporary works by Mexican and European composers, such as Francis Poulenc and Mario Lavista, as well as an impressive collection of arrangements of works ranging from full symphonic standards, such as Revueltas' Homenaje a Garcia Lorca and De Falla's, Suite from the Three Cornered Hat to such popular works as Mambo Suite of Perez Prado and Glenn Miller's In the Mood.

PROGRAMS

Musique Pour Faire Plaisir
Overture to Barber of Seville G. Rossini (1792-1868)
Octet in F Major F.J. Haydn (1732-1809)
*Musique Pour Faire Plaisir F. Poulenc (1899-1963)/Françaix
Suite from The Three Cornered Hat M. de Falla (1876-1946)/Taño
Fantasy on a Theme by Erik Zyman Samuel Zyman (1956)
Perá, perá! – Be p’ayá! (Tango and Danzon for wind octet)
Eduardo Gamboa (1960)
Homenaje a Garcia Lorca S. Revueltas (1899-1940)/Toussaint
*Performance subject to publisher’s permission

XX/XXI
Divertimento in Eb Major G. Jacob (1895-1984)
Octeto M. Lavista (1943)
OKTKT E. Toussaint (1954)
Octaphonie E. Bozza (1905-1991)
Ventus V. Rasgado (1959)
Ecos J. Torres (1968)
Dixtour d’instruments a vent Op. 75 D. Milhaud (1892-1974)

Splendor of Europe
Overture to Peter Schmoll C. M. van Weber (1786-1826)/Elliot
Rondino L. van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Six Preludes C. Debussy (1862-1918)/Taño
Arrival of the Queen of Sheba G. F. Handel (1685-1759)/Campbell
From ‘Solomon’
Four Lyric Pieces E. Grieg (1843-1907)/Elliot
Serenade No.11 or No.12 W. A. Mozart (1756-1791)

An Afternoon in the Park
Slavonic Dance No.9 Op.72 No.1 A. Dvorák (1841-1904)/Clements
Scenes from Porgy and Bess G. Gershwin (1898-1904)/Skirrow
*El Salon México A. Copland (1900-1990)/Zyman
*Overture to Candide L. Bernstein (1918-1990)/Dudin
The Flight of the Bumble Bee N. R. Korsakov(1844-1908)/Taño
Festive Overture D. Shostakovich (1906-1975)/ Dudin
Son Tabasqeño Traditional/Siwy
Huapango J. P. Moncayo (1912-1958)/Siwy
In the Mood G. Miller (1904-1944)/Taño
Mambo Suite Pérez Prado (1916-1989)/Toussaint
*Performance subject to publisher’s permission

REVIEWS

Enrique Alfaro Llarena, Tiempo Libre, Mexico D.F. March 10-28, 2004
Facing the 21st century, Sinfonietta Ventus is a breath of fresh air, of quality and innovation, exacting and with a trajectory which is worth following and listening to attentively.”

Paolo Gallarati, La Stampa Turin, Italia, June 30, 2002
“Glowing Success”

Fernandeo Diez de Urdanivia, Universal, March 20, 2001, Mexico DF
“…every measure of the concert was a surprise and a delight…”

Compact disc: Musica Para Divertirse, Urtext Digital Classics ,JBCC 027
“strongly recommended” The playing is first-rate throughout ….The ensemble is very precise, produces a vibrant sound, and the balance is some of the best heard on records..”
William Nichols, The Clarinet,Volume 28, Number 3 (June, 2001)

‘…uncommon virtuosity…delighted the audience”
Elwood Bear, Atencion San Miguel, March 17, 1995

OUTREACH CONCERTS

Introduction to Woodwinds and Brass
-Children’s concert (60 minutes).
-For elementary and junior high school students.

An Afternoon in the Park
-Light classical and popular selections for all ages
performed in a variety
-of community venues (60 minutes).

Contemporary Mexican Music
-Concert-lecture (90 minutes).
Introduction to contemporary Mexican music from Revueltas to composers from the present generation. For adolescents and adults.

Workshops
For woodwind and brass players from junior
highschool age through university (1-7 days).
Masterclasses: in each instrument, chamber music,
reed making/adjusting.

CONTACT

Sinfonietta Ventus

David Ball, bassoon
Jon Gustely, horn
Gerardo Ledezma, bassoon
Marilyn Nije, clarinet
Miguel Salazar, oboe
Elizabeth Segura, horn
Eleanor Weingartner, clarinet
Marcia Yount, oboe

Administration:

Eleanor Weingartner
Marilyn Nije

Contact Information:

Eleanor Weingartner
Atlanta 158 Col. Noche Buena
03720 Mexico DF
MEXICO
(5255) 5563-6752

Marilyn Nije
Cerrada del Colibrí No. 22
San Andrés Totltepec
14400 Tlalpan Mexico DF
MEXICO
(5255) 1315-7407

sinfoventus@yahoo.com.mx