Thursday, June 5, 2003

Villa-Lobos on Cultura FM - June 2003

Here are Villa-Lobos performances upcoming on Cultura FM from Sao Paulo. Listen here on the Internet. Times are local Sao Paulo times, one hour ahead of EST.

On Sunday, June 8 at 12:00 noon - on the program Acervo Cultura, the first program in the series "Os Choros de Villa-Lobos." Following at 1:00 p.m. is a program of music by the great Brazilian pianist Nelson Freiere. Recently I've been enjoying listening to Freiere's performance of Rudepoema.

The next day, June 9 at 4:00 a.m., you can hear the Quarteto Amazônia perform the 7th String Quartet. Later, at 10:00 a.m., you can hear the same ensemble in Quartet 11. Better yet, buy the whole set of quartets from Kuarup.

June 12 at 11:00 is the second program in the series "Os Choros de Villa-Lobos."

On June 16 at 11:00, pianist Nahim Marun and violinist Claudio Cruz perform Sonata Fantasia n° 2.

June 18 at 11:00 is the third program in the "Os Choros de Villa-Lobos" series.

On June 23 at 11:00 you can hear an important work by Camargo Guarnieri, the greatest composer of the generation following Villa-Lobos: his 3rd Symphony, performed by the Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo, conducted by Johh Neschling.

June 25 at 11:00 is the fourth "Os Choros de Villa-Lobos" program.