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CLOWN CONCERT “The Mandolina Clavija Weddings” premiered with great success at the Nezahualcóyotl Hall in collaboration with OFUNAM.

 

"The Mandolina Clavija Weddings" is a reinvention of educational concerts, a less solemn scenic proposal to bring children, young people and their parents closer to the magical world of classical music through the techniques of the clown.

 

Music has always been a fundamental element in the work of the clown, musical instruments are inseparable companions of clowns. Many of them have enlivened the circus tracks and theaters with their musical numbers to the rhythm of symphonic instruments or instruments invented by themselves (such as the bottle or saw), emulating a great concert to make children and adults laugh.

 

Pimpolina is the guest artist of a famous symphony orchestra. During the concert there will be a series of funny confusions and hilarious situations. Ella pimpolina will offer a “concherto per copa e corpo” in which she makes a crystal goblet sound with the bow of a violin while the orchestra performs Aires Gitanos by Pablo Sarasate. She will also present a number with a trained flea fleeing into the audience to end in a tragic ending: the orchestra dismisses her with Beethoven's funeral march.

 

The conductor of the orchestra leaves to take a phone call, leaving the presenter in charge of his baton. Pimpolina is about to play Antonio Vivaldi's Mandolin Concerto, but when she plays the "belly" of the instrument she realizes that the mandolin is pregnant. Immediately, the presenter will conduct an inquiry to find out who the baby's father is. The orchestra director and the musicians intervene in this intrigue in surprise. The stringed instruments respond "No, no, no" by shaking their bows. The baby is born, a tiny mandolin, and her newborn cry will reveal who her father is: the double bass. The two stringed instruments, Mandolin Peg and Double Bass Toca, are married in a moving ceremony as the orchestra performs Mendelssohn's wedding march. "I declare them husband and wife until silence separates them" concludes the Presenter. At the end, the bride and groom leave, crossing the audience through the central aisle of the room as the bride and groom do when they leave the church. At that moment, the spectators become the guests at the wedding, thus blurring the line of separation between audience and actors.

 

They all say goodbye by throwing rose petals at them that were previously distributed in small envelopes. "Long live the bride and groom! And let the party begin! " everything turns into a great celebration as the orchestra starts with Pérez Prado's MAMBO Nº 8. Two characters dressed as harlequin distribute hats and streamers among the spectators as if it were the batucada at a wedding. Everything will end in a great party starring spectators and musicians. A memorable “clawnesque” musical dramatization for children and adults.