Raúl Herrera
Mexican ballroom music
Raúl Herrera © Juan Leduc ©
MUSIC - MEXICO
Felipe Villanueva (1862-1893), Vals Poético, Third Mazurka
Alfredo Carrasco (1875-1945), Eight Mazurka
Ernesto Elorduy (1855-1913), Nebulosa, feuille d’album
María Luisa, Ballroom mazurka
Ricardo Castro (1864-1907), Polonaise n°1 opus 11 ;
Valse – Caprice, opus 1 ; Bluette waltz
Manuel M. Ponce (1882-1948), Intermezzo n°1
Guateque, tempo di danzón ; Balada Mexicana
Franz Liszt (1811-1886), Liebestraum n°1 ; Forgotten walz n°1
Raúl Herrera, piano et narrator
Corealisation Musée d’Orsay ; Festival d’Automne à Paris
Event organised with support from the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, Ministry of Culture
and Communication, and the French Institute
With the support of EDF Énergies Nouvelles and Air France
The late 19th century salons of Mexico City were quite “Parisian” – piano, French style waltzes, mazurkas, impromptus and preludes reminiscent
of French composers – while around the country conflict was brewing. Raúl Herrera captures the spirit of the time through the music of the time and the tale of his family, woven through the history of the country.