Heitor Villa-Lobos Website

21 February 2010, 11h, Auditório Ibirapuera
Momo Precoce
Orquestra Sinfonica Municipal de Sao Paulo
soloist: Marcelo Bratke
conductor: Rodrigo de Carvalho

Rio de Janeiro, 21 de Fevereiro de 2010 - Rio de Janeiro

11h30 - Boris Marques - piano

Música no Museu. Programa: Souto - O despertar da montanha; Lecuona - Andalucía, La comparsa e Malagueña; Villa-Lobos - Impressões seresteiras e Festa no sertão; Gershwin - Rapsódia in blue e obras de Machetti, D. Caymmi, Legrand, Arlen e Webber. Entrada franca.
Local: Museu de Arte Moderna
Av. Infante Dom Henrique, 85 - Parque do Flamengo - Tel. (21) 2240-4944

Fort Wayne Philharmonic

Freimann 3
February 17, 2010 at 7:30pm
February 18, 2010 at 10:00am
February 21, 2010 at 2:30pm
BEETHOVEN FOR SEVEN
The program begins with a trio by the German percussion virtuoso, Nebojsa Jovan
zivkovic. Next is an homage to Bach by the 20th-century Brazilian composer, Heitor
Villa-Lobos. The concert comes to a rousing conclusion with Beethoven's celebrated
Septet for woodwinds and strings. ZivKoviC ......................Trio for Percussion
VILLA-LOBOS ................Bachianas Brasileiras
No. 6 for Flute & Bassoon
BEETHOVEN .................Septet in E-flat Major,
Op. 20

Fine Arts at First - The Fifth House Ensemble

First United Methodist Church
Kenosha, Wisconsin
Sunday, 21 February 2010 - 3:00 PM

Ensemble: Fifth House Ensemble
Fifth House Ensemble at the First United Methodist Church of Kenosha Fine Arts at First Series February 21, 2010, 3:00pm 919 60th Street, Kenosha, WI 53410 http://www.firstumckenosha.com/ About Fifth House Ensemble: The Chicago-based Fifth House Ensemble is a versatile and dynamic group whose performances have been praised by critics as "a little slice of nobility" and "simply fun to hear." Fifth House's innovative programs engage audiences through their connective programming and unexpected performance venues. Having established itself as a regular on the chamber music scene, Fifth House has performed on some of the city's most well-regarded series, including the Rush Hour Concerts at St. James and Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts, in addition to regular appearances on WFMT. Its mission is to tap the collaborative spirit of chamber music to create engaging performances and interactive educational programs, forging meaningful partnerships with unexpected venues, artists of other disciplines, educational institutions, and audiences of every type. For more information on the ensemble, visit www.fifth-house.com or contact Melissa Snoza at 224.715.6455.
Program
Prokofiev: Quintet for Oboe, Clarinet, Violin, Viola and Double Bass in G minor, Op. 39
Villa-Lobos: Bachiana brasileira no 6 for Flute and Bassoon
Piston: Divertimento
Shapiro: Archipelago

Santa Cecilia Orchestra

"Baroque Meets Brazil!"
Sunday, February 21, 2010, 4 P.M.
Thorne Hall, Occidental College

Program:
Vivaldi: Concerto for 4 violins & violoncello Op. 3 No. 10 in b minor
Vivaldi: Lute Concerto
Vivaldi: Flute concerto Op. 10 No. 3 in D Major "Il Cardellino"
Bach: Prelude in b minor from the Well-Tempered Clavier (Arranged by Stokowski)
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no. 3
Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasilieras No. 5
Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasilieras No. 9

The Vivaldi concerti in this program offer a wonderful opportunity for our string orchestra to perform and for several of our musicians to shine as soloists. Then the Bach concerti set the stage magnificently for Villa-Lobos' Bachianas Brasilieiras, which reflect both the composer's Brazilian heritage and his lifelong admiration for the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. The Bachianas Brasilieiras combine contrapuntal techniques inspired by Bach with the melodic and rhythmic characteristics of the Brazilian folk idiom.

Brazilian Guitar Quartet to present music by Villa-Lobos

The internationally celebrated Brazilian Guitar Quartet will perform at 8 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 21, in the Ladd Concert Hall, of Skidmore's Arthur Zankel Music Center, presenting a program of music by the late Heitor Villa-Lobos.

Praised by The Washington Post for their "seductive beauty" and "virtuosic gusto," the BGQ has established itself as one of the world's leading guitar ensembles. The group's unique combination of regular six-string and extended-range eight-string guitars allows for the exploration of an original and unusual repertoire. In its 10 years of activity, the BGQ has performed more than 300 concerts in four continents, garnering rave reviews and meeting sold-out halls.

Members of the quartet are Everton Gloeden, Tadeu Do Amaral, Luiz Montovani, and Clemer Andreotti. Appearing at Skidmore in its Filene Concert Series, the four BGQ musicians will also conduct a master class Friday, Feb. 19, at a time and location to be announced.

"I'm really excited about having the Brazilian Guitar Quartet here at 
Skidmore. All four guitarists have established reputations as 
tremendous soloists, and as an ensemble, they're unparalleled," 
said Joel Brown, guitarist and senior artist-in-residence at 
the College.
BGQ will perform music by Brazil's best-known composer, Villa-Lobos, who died just over 50 years ago. He has been described as "the single most significant creative figure in 20th-century Brazilian art music," and his music becomes more widely played with each passing year. His music was influenced by both Brazilian folk music and by stylistic elements from the European classical tradition.

The BGQ's discography includes four CDs on the Delos label. Two are devoted to Brazilian Music, Essência do Brasil (chosen by Audiophile Audition as one of the "best recordings of 1999"), and Encantamento (2001). The other recordings present two great works of Western classical music in their entirety: Bach's Four Orchestral Suites (2000) and Albéniz's Iberia (2006).

General admission to the concert is $12, or $10 for seniors and Skidmore faculty/staff; $3 for students.