39th Festival Villa-Lobos

O Globo On line, the online site of one of Brazil's media giants, has a feature on the 39th Festival Villa-Lobos, just under way in Rio de Janeiro. It includes a listing of concerts, some of which I didn't catch in my recent note (October 27, below) about the Festival.

There are only a couple of days left in the Festival. Go to VivaMusica! for a complete list of what's happening in Rio.

A fascinating radio archive from Brazil is available at Sistema Globo de Rádio - História, on the website of the media giant Globo. There's a five-minute feature entitled "Homenagem a Villa-Lobos", with commentary in Portuguese and some interesting-sounding historical music clips. Also included on this site are tributes to such important figures as Ary Barroso, Elis Regina, Caetano Veloso and Pixinguinha.

Some upcoming Villa-Lobos concerts and programs on the radio:

Rádio Cultura FM in São Paulo has a program of VL's piano concertante works, with pianist and professor Gilberto Tinetti, on November 20th at 14:00 SP time.

The next day (Nov. 21) at 20:00, you can hear clarinettist Paquito D'Rivera and pianist Pablo Zinger in VL's Fantasie Concertante and the late Carlos Guastavino's Sonata.

And, on November 26 you can hear the Quarteto [Cuarteto] Latino Americano play the 17th String Quartet.

All of these programs can be heard on the Internet using Windows Media Player, at http://www.tvcultura.com.br/radiofm/radiofm.asx.