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Portuguese Impressionism: António Fragoso

February 8, 2020, 7:00 pm

António Fragoso (photo:FigueiraTV [Public domain])

If you think Impressionism was only French style of music, wait until you listen to Portuguese composer António Fragoso. He was a favorite of Debussy and in his short life, 1897-1918, he wrote some of the most beautiful music of that era.

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7 Preludios, by António Fragoso
Movimento Patrimonial pela Música

Suite Romantique by António Fragoso
Carlos Damas, violin; Jill Lawson, piano

Nocturne in Db Major, by António Fragoso
Miguel Henriques, piano

18th Century Pieces, by António Fragoso
Miguel Henriques, piano

Violin Sonata in D Major, “Unfinished”, by António Fragoso
Carlos Damas, violin; Jill Lawson, piano

Piano Trio in C-Sharp Major, 3. Scherzo, by António Fragoso
Carlos Damas, violin; Jill Lawson, piano

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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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