Name: From Bach to Tango: Dances Across Time
Start: 2025-06-13T16:00:00-07:00
End: 2025-06-13T17:00:00-07:00
Location: Scripps Research Auditorium

From Bach to Tango: Dances Across Time

Alba Torrents de la Peña

The 2025 concert summer series opens with a program led by three of its own musicians, celebrating dance forms in classical chamber music.

Scripps Research Auditorium

Summer Concert Series - Scripps Research

Experience a summer concert series featuring diverse genres: classical chamber music with Scripps musicians, a string quartet, indie pop inspired by the Pacific Crest Trail, and a multimedia show on microplastic pollution blending music, film, and science

The Scripps Research summer concert series opens with a cross-cultural program led by three of its own musicians, celebrating dance forms in classical chamber music. Spanning Scripps departments, Elizabeth Vélez (OTD), Julianne Han (ISCB), and Lee Hong (Calibr) invite the audience on a musical voyage bridging Bach’s dancing counterpoint to the pulse of the tango. Flutists Vélez and Han open the program with a vibrant interpretation of Bach’s Concerto for Two Violins, reimagined for two flutes. Violinist Hong and her string quartet follow with works that channel the passionate spirit of Baroque and modern Latin American traditions. Tango, rhumba, and bossa nova dances for flute and clarinet by Gabe Merton or guitar by Eric Alan Foster pave the way for the finale: Danzón No. 2 by Mexican composer Arturo Marquez arranged for chamber orchestra. Rich in rhythmic texture and cultural interplay, the concert celebrates dance as a shared language — expressive, energetic, and universal.

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