DACAMERA presents Brooklyn Rider: "Frida's Dreams"

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Colin Jacobsen: "Beloved, Do Not Let Me Be Discouraged"
Gabriela Lena Frank: "Frida’s Dreams" (world premiere/DACAMERA production with projection design by Camilla Tassi)
Osvaldo Golijov: "Ever Yours"
Selected folk songs arranged by Brooklyn Rider

Composer Gabriela Lena Frank explores the tumultuous relationship between Mexican painters Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera in a new string quartet based on her acclaimed 2021 opera El último sueño de Frida y Diego (The Last Dream of Frida and Diego), a “confident, richly imagined score” (The New Yorker) that “bursts with color and fresh individuality” (Los Angeles Times). This new multi-media DACAMERA production features projections based on the paintings of Frida Kahlo.

With their gripping performance style and unquenchable appetite for musical adventure, Brooklyn Rider has carved a singular space in the world of string quartets over their 20-plus year history. Now, they make their long-awaited DACAMERA debut. Alumni of the DACAMERA Young Artist Program join the quartet for Osvaldo Golijov’s octet Ever Yours and Brooklyn Rider’s arrangements of traditional folk music.

In conjunction with the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston’s exhibition "Frida: The Making of an Icon"