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South American Road Trip

December 10, 2016, 7:00 pm

From Colombia to Argentina and from Chile to Brazil, Fiesta features music representing different traditions and landscapes.

Playlist

Clarinet Concerto No.2, by Diego Vega
Javier Vinasco (clarinet), Colombian National Symphony Orchestra, Manel Valdiviesco (conductor)

To Violeta Parra, by Miguel Letelier
Patricio Molina (piano)

Etude No. 9, by Francisco Mignone
Fabio Zanon (guitar)

Harp Concerto Op. 25, by Alberto Ginastera
Vera Badings (harp), Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Paisaje Cubano Con Fiesta, by Leo Brower
Carlos Barbosa-Lima, guitar

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Meet the Host

Composer, musician, and professor, Elbio Rodríguez Barilari was born in 1953 in Montevideo, Uruguay, where he studied at the Conservatório Universitario before continuing his education in Brazil at the Cursos Latinoamericanos de Música Contemporáne. Since settling in the United States in 1998, Barilari has lectured at the University of Chicago and the Instituto Cervantes. He is currently on the faculty of the University of Illinois at Chicago.

As a composer, Barilari has received commissions from the Grant Park Music Festival, Concertante di Chicago, Chicago Park District, and Orquesta Filarmonica de Montevideo. In addition to works for orchestra, chamber ensembles and solo instruments, he has provided scores for more than forty plays in the United States, Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.

Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

South American Road Trip

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