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A Tribute to Silvestre Revueltas

October 27, 2018, 7:00 pm

Silvestre Revueltas (Photo: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0,, via Wikimedia Commons)

The mastery of this Mexican genius will be highlighted in works for the orchestra, chamber groups and solo instruments. Host, Elbio Barilari will share some of his favorite recordings and give details on one of the great composers of the 20^th century.

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Caminando, by Silvestre Revueltas
Ebony Band Amsterdam; Werner Herbers, conductor

Caminos

Musica para charlar, symphonic suite for the movie “Ferrocarriles de Baja California”

Ventanas
Orquesta Filamónica de la Ciudad de Mexico; Enrique Bátiz, conductor

Piece for Twelve Instruments
Ebony Band Amsterdam; Werner Herbers, conductor

Sensemaya
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor

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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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