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Latin American Music of the 19th Century

November 11, 2023, 7:00 pm

Theresa Carreño

This program features beautiful Romantic music from Latin America. Often overlooked, this period of music featured a wide range of great composers. We’ll hear music by Venezuelan composer Teresa Carreño, Mexican composers Melesio Morales and Ricardo Castro, and Brazilian composers Leopoldo Miguez and Carlos Gomes.

Playlist

Guarda esa flor, by Melesio Morales
Luz Angélica Uribe, soprano; Armando Merino, piano

String quartet in B minor, by Teresa Carreño
Camilla Heller and Joseph Roche, violin; Robert Zelnick, cello; Tamas Strasser, viola

Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 22, by Ricardo Castro
Jorge Federico Osorio, piano; Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería; Carlos Miguel Prieto, 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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