Host, Elbio Barilari takes you on a journey through Brazil with the music of Heitor Villa-Lobos. Early in his life Villa-Lobos traveled the Brazilian countryside learning folk songs that he would eventually incorporate into his symphonic works. Included in this program is his famous Brazilian Folk Suite.
Villa-Lobos: Folk Traveler
Playlist
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 2: III. Tocata (O Trenzinho do Caipira), by Heitor Villa-Lobos
Antonio Menezes (cello), Cristina Ortiz (piano)
Choros No. 5- Alma Brasileira, Valsa da Dor, A Lenda do Caboclo
Nelson Freire (piano)
Cair da tarde and Selva Amazónica from Floresta do Amazonas
Renée Fleming (soprano), Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra, Alfred Heller (conductor)
Suite Popular Brasileña
Pablo De Giusto, guitar
Trenzinho caipira (Country Train)
Brazilian Symphony Orchestra; David Machado, conductor
