Description: The Mexico City Philharmonic is a fine orchestra. Some of my favorite memories from visits to Mexico City are of concerts that I've attended at the Palace of Fine Arts. It's nice to hear promgramming that varies from those pieces that always seem to be performed in the States. One concert featured 'Sones de Mariachi' by Blas Galindo, and 'La noche de los mayas' by Silvestre Revueltas. I'm still waiting for either of those to appear on a schedule at home!
The orchestra's home, the Palace of Fine Arts, is a magnificant structure. The exterior is Art Nouveau. The interior is Art Deco. That's because it took 30 years for the building to be finished, and styles had changed in the interim. The stage curtain was designed by Louis Tiffany, and is constructed of stained glass. The image is of the volcanoes that overlook Mexico City: Popocateptl and Iztaccihuatl.
This building has been named by the United Nations as one of the world's top 100 most-endangered monuments. That's because it (as is most of Mexico City) is constructed on a marsh. The building has been sinking, and not so slowly!
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