Last Night of the Proms

Every year I check to see if there are any Villa-Lobos works included in the Proms concerts, and I'm usually disappointed. But yesterday's Proms announcement includes three works on the schedule for 2009: Bachianas Brasileiras #5 with soprano Ailish Tynan and the VL arrangements for cello orchestra of Bach preludes & fugues, in Concert #16 (August 31st); and Choros #10 on the Last Night of the Proms (September 12th). What a great work for the Last Night - I think the crowd will enjoy it!

Photo by Neil Rickards of last year's Last Night, from the Wikimedia Commons (Creative Commons licence). Let's see some Brazilian flags this year!

Choros #10 on New Year's Eve

From a gala New Year's Eve concert with the Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo, John Neschling conducts Choros #10.



Part II is here.

Choros #10 at the Festival Villa-Lobos 2007

The 2008 Festival Villa-Lobos is just around the corner. So it's nice to see this YouTube post of an important concert from last year's festival: Choros #10 performed by the famous Sinfónica de la Juventud Venezolana Simón Bolivar under the direction of the great conductor Isaac Karabtchevsky. Here's the first part:



and the second:



Wow! These guys are good! (and great singing as well).