大象传媒

大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra
8 Mar 2014, Barbican, London
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大象传媒 SO 2013-14 Season Total Immersion: Villa-Lobos

大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra
Total Immersion: Villa-Lobos
Sat 8 Mar 2014 Concert Hall
Total Immersion: Villa-Lobos
Total Immersion: Villa-Lobos

Programme

      • Uirapuru
      • Descobrimento do Brasil 鈥 Primeira missa no Brasil
      • Bachianas Brasileiras No 5
      • Ch么ros No. 8, for two pianos and orchestra
      • Symphony No. 9
      • Ch么ros No. 10 'Rasga o cora莽茫o'

Concert Information

The first Parisian performance of Ch么ros 10 provoked a storm, one critic writing, 鈥榠t is an art ... to which we must give a new name.' This exciting piece uses a chorus instrumentally in furiously contrapuntal rhythmic patter, brass and wind providing bizarre bird calls and monkey chatter. There's no doubt Villa-Lobos was an iconoclast whose raw, zestful music gave expression to a vibrant new polyglot culture. Twice thrown out of the conservatoire he took as much from his experience as a caf茅 musician as he did from his beloved Bach. We welcome Celso Antunes from Sao Paolo to conduct the 大象传媒 Singers, and soprano Anu Komsi, who is soloist in the popular and beautiful Bachiana brasileira No. 5.