Orquestra Filarmônica de Minas Gerais

Brazilian orchestras are now announcing their 2009 season programs. The Orquestra Filarmônica de Minas Gerais in Belo Horizonte has a full slate of Villa-Lobos works coming up in the Ano Villa-Lobos, including:

• Bachianas Brasileiras #7 in March
• Bachianas Brasileiras #9 in June
• A Floresta do Amazonas in July
  
• Bachianas Brasileiras #3 (with Cristina Ortiz) and Choros #06 in August
• The Guitar Concerto (with Fabio Zanon) in September
• Uirapuru in November

That's a pretty good cross-section of Villa-Lobos's greatest music, with some world class soloists under the direction of Isaac Karabtchevsky, Ira Levin, and Music Director Fabio Mechetti.