These concert listings come courtesy of the following sites: Concerto, Concertino, and 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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2012 Villa-Lobos Festival in AlbuquerqueDate: 02/19/2012 - 00:00 Location: USA: Albuquerque NM Work Performed: Preludes for Guitar Choros #02 Choros #07 Sexteto mistico Ciclo Brasileiro Fred Sturm has organized a four concert chamber festival in Albuquerque, NM in honor of Villa-Lobos' 125th birthday. The first three concerts take place at the University of New Mexico, with the fourth at Outpost Performance Space. Concerts include: Sunday, February 19, 2012 -------------- Monday, March 5, 2012 ------------------------ Sunday, March 18, 2012 ---------------------- Saturday, March 31, 2012 all solo piano, Fred Sturm Key 1
BB#5 in SkokieDate: 02/19/2012 - 15:00 Location: USA: Skokie IL Work Performed: Bachianas Brasileiras #5 Skokie Valley Symphony Orchestra Concert North Shore Center for the Performing Arts Key 1
Magdalena at the Theatro MunicipalDate: 02/15/2012 - 20:00 02/17/2012 - 20:00 02/19/2012 - 18:00 02/23/2012 - 20:00 02/25/2012 - 20:00 Location: Brazil: Sao Paulo Work Performed: Magdalena Programação Comemorativa aos 90 anos da Semana de Arte Moderna 15, 17, 23 e 25/02 às 20h; 19/02 às 18h Duração: (1º. ato: 55' - intervalo de 20'- 2º. ato: 40'- total: 1h55') A ópera "Magdalena", de Heitor Villa-Lobos, com libreto dos americanos Robert Wright e George Forrest, fez sua estreia na Broadway em 1948 e teve sua première brasileira apenas em 2002, no Festival Amazonas de Ópera, em Manaus, com versão em português de Cláudio Botelho. Em agosto de 2010, foi apresentada em forma de concerto no Teatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro. |