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Villa-Lobos Twitter Marathon - August 2011

#33 - August 1 - Duo for oboe and bassoon (1957) - Soni Ventorum:
#34 - August 2 - Pequena Suite, an early work for cello & piano Ciclo Brasileiro - a suite of 4 pieces for piano - Impressões Seresteiras by Villa-Lobos's "Fairy-tale opera", A Menina Das Nuvens - String Quartet no7: "it could almost be considered a symphony arranged for quartet" (Prof. Tarasti) The Concerto Grosso for Woodwind Quartet and Wind Orchestra is rarely performed - http://villalobos.ca/concerto-grosso
#39 - August 7 - Amazonas, in two versions: for a huge orchestra, or a _very_ accomplished pianist - Invocação em Defesa da Patria, a stirring patriotic song for soloist, chorus & orchestra. Piano Concerto no2 - Ulises Hernandez, piano, with the National Symphony Orchestra of Cuba - Hommage à Chopin, which was played a lot in the Chopin year of 2010. The Notturno by Ana Cândida: http://t.co/mJRcPc2
#43 - August 12 - Caixinha de Boas Festas - rarely recorded, hardly ever performed - a work for large orchestra - http://t.co/EB48TWk
#44 - August 13 -   Hommage à Chopin, which was played a lot in the Chopin year of 2010. The Notturno by Ana Cândida: http://t.co/mJRcPc2
#45 - August 14 -  A Lenda do Caboclo (1922) - video of Nelson Freire, from a recent concert in Rome. http://t.co/9gpwhva
#46 - August 15 - String Quartet no1, one of Villa's most popular quartets. at Music Mountain free reg req'd
#47 - August 16 - Meanwhile, back at , Simples Coleltânea for piano. The Valsa Mistica makes a good encore. Laura Umbelino:http://bit.ly/nBXZpl
#48 - August 17 - A caixinha de música quebrada, the broken music box. Villa-Lobos wrote this on the train between stations
#49 - August 18 - Momoprécoce, fantasy for piano and orchestra (1921) - listen to Simone Leitão, from her website - Introduçao aos Choros: Villa-Lobos sets up his great series Big Ben, a song - http://t.co/Sus7qH5 (track 8)
#52 - August 21 -  Symphony no1 "The Unforseen" - listen at Mbaraka Musica (click on Villa-Lobos Entre musica e imagens): http://t.co/o2qCRp8
#53 - August 22 - String Quartet no17, Villa's last. There are sketches of the 18th in the Museu Villa-Lobos. Pro Pax, a solemn march, in the form of a dobrado, for band. Video from the 2009 Festival Villa-Lobos: As Costureiras ("The Sewing Girls"), for female chorus, a cappella. Video of The Coro Madrigale: Corrupio for bassoon and string quintet (1923) - very rarely played, only recorded once: http://t.co/cM92a7j
#57 - August 26 -  Cello Concerto no1 - http://t.co/NE5WqJY - William Molina Cestari, Enrique Arturo Diemecke, Orquesta Sinfónica "Simón Bolívar"
#58 - August 27 -  Dawn in the Tropical Forest, commissioned by the @LouOrchestra in 1954 - http://t.co/BIruL2d
#59 - August 28 - Villa-Lobos's Canções típicas brasileiras, songs dedicated to Elsie Houston. Cathy Berberian sings Xango: http://t.co/FbH9yex
#60 - August 29 - Valsa concerto no2 for guitar - played here by Andrea Bissoli: http://t.co/Rmy9vgu - (there is no surviving Valsa concerto no1) Bachianas Brasileiras no3 - one of Villa's best works for piano & orchestra - Flávio Augusto on YouTube:
#62 - August 31 - Bachianas Brasileiras no6 for flute & bassoon - http://t.co/xI25b8X