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Saturday, October 25 2008

These concert listings come courtesy of the following sites: Portal VivaMusica in Brazil, ConcertDiary in the UK, Instant Encore in the US, and La Scena Musicale in Canada. Also from my faithful HVL Website viewers - send me an email if you know of any upcoming Villa-Lobos concert, anywhere in the world.

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Marsalis Brasilianos in Minneapolis

Date: 
10/25/2008 - 00:00
Location: 
USA: Minneapolis MN
Work Performed: 
Fantasia for Soprano Saxophone
Suite for Strings
Bachianas Brasileiras #5

From the Minnesota Orchestra's 2008-09 Weekender Pops series:

Branford Marsalis will perform with the 25-piece Philharmonia Brasileira on Oct. 25, focusing on the work of the late Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos.

Program

Villa-Lobos: Fantasia for soprano Saxophone, A 490
Villa-Lobos: Suite for strings, A. 054
Mihaud: La Creation du Monde, Op. 81
Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasilieras No. 5, A. 389
Mihaud: Scaramouche, Op. 165c

 


Check out this Villa-Lobos Magazine post on Marsalis Brasilianos for current information on this project.

 

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The Little Train of the Caipira with the Fairfax SO

Date: 
10/25/2008 - 00:00
Location: 
USA: Fairfax VA
Work Performed: 
Bachianas Brasileiras #2
Fairfax Symphony Orchestra 
Saturday, Oct. 25, 2008
Angela Cheng, piano
VILLA-LOBOS: The Little Train of the Brazilian Countryman
MANUEL DE FALLA: Nights in the Gardens of Spain
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade
MARCELO LEHNINGER, 28, was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and serves as Music Advisor to the Youth Orchestra of the Americas. Mr. Lehninger received his Bachelor's degree from the Brazilian Conservatory of Music and a Master's degree from the Conductors Institute at Bard College in New York, where he studied conducting under Harold Farberman and composition with Laurence Wallach. He has guest conducted many of the leading orchestras in South America, and during the 2008-09 season will lead the Youth Orchestra of the Americas in a South American tour. He has also been selected by Kurt Masur for the first Felix Mendelssohn Scholarship and will be traveling in Europe for one month as Maestro Masur's assistant. Locally, he will serve as cover conductor for Leonard Slatkin and Vladimir Ashkenazy for National Symphony concerts this spring, and during the summer will conduct the NSO at Carter Barron Amphitheatre.
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Choros #02 at the Latino Music Festival in Chicago

Date: 
10/25/2008 - 19:00
Location: 
USA: Lake Forest IL
Work Performed: 
Choros #02

The Latino Music Festival is a series of eight free concerts and one forum at the Chicago Cultural Center, Symphony Center, Columbia College, Merit School and Lake Forest College. Come and listen to Villa-Lobos, Piazzolla, Ginastera, and the best composers from the past and the present of Latin American music, including nine Chicago Latino composers: Clarice Assad, Sergio Assad, Elbio Barilari, Juan Campoverde, Guillermo Gregorio, Fareed Haque, Gustavo Leone, Ricardo Lorenz and Victor Pichardo.

Facetada presents music by Brazil and the Rio de la Plata
Thursday, Oct. 25 | 7 p.m. | Lily Reid Holt Memorial Chapel, Lake Forest College, College Street and Sheridan Road, Lake Forest
Special pre-festival concert. Formed in 2006, Facetada is a Chicago-based chamber group dedicated to presenting works of Latino composers and composers of any nationality whose works contain Latin American inspiration.
Program:
Jacob do Bandolim (Brazil) - Cabuloso , fl & piano

Heitor Villa Lobos (Brazil) - Choro No. 2, fl & clarinet

Chiquinha Gonzaga (Brazil) - Bione, fl, clarinet, piano

Jovino Santos Neto (Brazil) - Sertão Carioca, fl & piano

Clarice Assad (Brazil) - Laranja, cl. & piano

Gustavo Leone (Argentina) - Facetada, fl, cl, piano

Astor Piazzolla (Argentina)- Etude, flute solo

Hermeto

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Brazilian Soul, at St. James's Church, Piccadilly

Date: 
10/25/2008 - 19:00
Location: 
UK: London
Work Performed: 
Song of the Black Swan
Bachianas Brasileiras #5

When: Saturday 25 October 2008 at 19:00
Where: St James's Church, Piccadilly, London
Concert Title: Brazilian Soul
Performers: Gabriela Di Laccio, soprano
Ivan Pires, piano
Sophie Rivlin, cello
Programme : Ernani Aguiar
1: 5 Songs from the North East
Carlos Gomes
2: C'era una Volta un Principe
3: Gentile di Cuore
Hector Villa-Lobos
4: Song of the Black Swan
5: Bachianas brasileiras No 5
Note: A Panorama of Classica Music from Brazil

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Gabriella di Laccio sings Villa-Lobos

Date: 
10/25/2008 - 19:00
Location: 
UK: London
Work Performed: 
Vocal Works

Concert: GABRIELA DI LACCIO - IVAN PIRES
25 October 2008 | 7pm
St. James's Piccadilly, 197 Piccadilly, London W1J 9LL
The Brazilian soprano and pianist present a panorama of classical music from their home country, including works by Villa-Lobos, Ernani Braga and Carlos Gomes.

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From Paris to Buenos Aires

Date: 
10/04/2008 - 19:30
10/09/2008 - 19:30
10/25/2008 - 19:30
10/30/2008 - 19:30
10/31/2008 - 19:30
11/01/2008 - 19:30
Location: 
UK: Peterborough
UK: Oxford
UK: Beaconsfield
UK: Winscombe
UK: Bath
UK: Abingdon
Work Performed: 
Preludes for Guitar

When: Saturday 04 October 2008 at 19:30
Where: Friends Meeting House, Peterborough

and

When: Thursday 09 October 2008 at 19:30
Where: Oxford Friends Meeting House, Oxford

and

When: Saturday 25 October 2008 at 19:30
Where: Jordans Meeting House, Jordans, Beaconsfield

and

When: Thursday 30 October 2008 at 19:30
Where: Quaker Meeting House, Sidcot, Winscombe

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When: Friday 31 October 2008 at 19:30
Where: Weston Methodist Church, Bath

and

When: Saturday 01 November 2008 at 19:30
Where: The Unicorn Theatre, Abingdon

Concert Title: From Paris to Buenos Aires
Performers: Brian J Penny, guitar
Programme : Hector Villa-Lobos
1: 5 Preludes
Francesco Molino
2: Fantasia No 1, Op 13
Nicolo Paganini
3: Romance
Note: Music from the romantic age also with some senusous Latin American pieces.
Ticket Prices: £8 (£6 Concessions) - Tickets available from 01295 271900 or on the door
Composers: Show Dates
Web Links: Promoter
Brian J Penny
Venue: Friends Meeting House
21 Thorpe Road
Peterborough
Cambridgeshire
PE3 9QL
England

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Guitar Concerto in Geneva

Date: 
10/25/2008 - 20:00
Location: 
Switzerland: Geneva
Work Performed: 
Guitar Concerto

Date 25.10.2008, 20h00
Location Victoria-Hall
Rue Général-Dufour 14
1204 Genève

tél. : 022 418 36 16
fax : 022 418 35 01
http://www.ville-ge.ch/vh
TPG : Place de Neuve / Place du Cirque itinéraires TPG
Town Genève (ville)
Details
Type of activity Social / Society
Type Public with ticketing
Presentation - Concerto pour guitare et petit orchestre - H. Villa-Lobos.
- Introduction musicale au prix des droits de l'homme - José Barrense-Dias.
- Remise du prix des droits de l'homme au Chef indien Surui d'Amazonie: Almir Narayamoga Surui.
- Messe en Ut mineur K.427 pour choeur, solistes et orchestre - W.-A. Mozart

- Nouvel Orchestre de Genève
- Choeur Gaudia -
- Direction Michel Dumonthay

Solistes: Arianna Donnadelli Soprano - Blandine Charles Soprano - Gilles Bersier Ténor - Alexandre Diakoff Basse - André fischer guitare
Web site http://www.igfm.ch/Prix_IGFM_2008.html
Download http://www.igfm.ch/victoria_hall.html

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