Prior to these songs, the only other Brazilian art song repertoire I had performed was the
Villa-Lobos Bachianas Brasileiras no.
The evening also saw Dvorak's New World Symphony in addition to the Alvorada Overture from Lo Schiavo by Brazilian composer Antonio Carlos Gomes and Bachianas Brasileiras No 7 in four movements by another countryman Heitor
Villa-Lobos.
As an innovator, Rodrigues did what
Villa-Lobos did for music, Portinari for the arts, and Carlos Drummond de Andrade for poetry."
Soma-se ao referencial imagetico e documental, a musica de Heitor
Villa-Lobos, alusao erudita que se apresenta como monumento sonoro de modo a ratificar, atraves do filme, a funcao da musica no projeto ufanista de Vargas.
The Brazilian composer
Villa-Lobos' Bachianas Brasileiras no.9, though really a piece of something and nothing, was a well-chosen contribution, but Stravinsky's Apollon Musagete proved a step too far.
A student and faculty performance of part of Heitor
Villa-Lobos' Bachianas Brasileiras at Wednesday's celebration moved him almost to tears, he said.
The composer is recognized in the United States primarily as author of the masterful bossa nova hits "Desafinado," "One Note Samba," and "Girl from Ipanema," but in Brazil he is viewed as the successor to Heitor
Villa-Lobos, the acclaimed classical music composer.
There are also pieces by
Villa-Lobos and Ginastera, while the orchestra are accompanied by distinguished Brazilian pianist Nelson Freire.
Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasilerias #5 - Cantilena (Barbara Hendricks)
The first of nine festival concerts, featuring works by Schumann, Ravel and
Villa-Lobos, is at 4:30 p.m.