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Agustin Barrios Revisited

August 19, 2023, 7:00 pm

Agustín Barrios Mangoré

Together with Heitor Villa-Lobos, Manuel Ponce and Leo Brouwer, Paraguayan composer Agustin Barrios is one of the most important 20th century guitar composers. Fiesta presents historical recordings by Barrios himself as well as recordings by two of the top guitar contemporary guitarists, Australian John Williams and Uruguayan Eduardo Fernandez

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La Catedral, by Agustín Barrios Mangoré
Eduardo Fernández, guitar

Romanza en imitación al violoncello, by Agustín Barrios Mangoré
Agustín Barrios Mangoré, guitar

Un Sueno en la Floresta, by Agustín Barrios Mangoré
John Williams, guitar

Three Pieces, by Agustín Barrios Mangoré
No. 1, Madrigal (Gavota)
No. 2 Minuet
No. 3, Mazurka Appassionata
John Williams, guitar

Aire Popular Paraguayo and Choro da Saudade, by Agustín Barrios Mangoré
Eduardo Fernández, guitar

Four Pieces, by Agustín Barrios Mangoré
Eduardo Fernández, 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.

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