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Modern Harpsichord

July 8, 2017, 7:00 pm

Sergio Cervetti

The harpsichord sounds, to most ears, as an instrument exclusively related to music from the Baroque period. Spanish and Latin American composers from the 20^th century, however, have written many pieces dedicated to the venerable instrument.

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A festa da Tocandyra, by Edmundo Villani-Cortes
Helena Jank (harpsichord) Angela Muner (guitar)

Arias from the opera, The Tenth Muse, by Elbio Barilari
Sharon Harms (soprano), Latin American Music Center Ensemble, Carmen Helena Tellez (conductor)

Pegaso, by Ana Lara
Lidia Guerberof Hahn, harpsichord

Chacona para la muerte de Atahualpa, by Sergio Cervetti
Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra, Monika Knoblochova (harpsichord), Vit Micka (conductor)

Concerto for Guitar and Harpsichord, by Abel Carlevaro
Abel Carlevaro (guitar), Martin Derungs (harpsichord)

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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.

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