Fiesta presents the sonic alchemy of Latin American music such as the Brazilian Heitor Villa-Lobos’ Quarteto simbólico, the Mexican Carlos Chávez’s Xochipili and the Cubans Alejandro García Caturla’s Sonera and Amadeo Roldán’s Ritmicas.
Sonic Alchemies from Latin America
Heitor Villa Lobos with Brazilian soprano Bidú Sayão (Photo: Brazilian National Archives, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
Playlist
Sonera & Comparsa, by Alejandro García Caturla
Conjunto Instrumental Nuestro Tiempo
Xochipili, by Carlos Chávez
Southwest Chamber Music, members; Tambuco Percussion Ensemble; Jeff von der Schmidt, conductor
Playground, by Marilu Nino-Prieto
Ónix Ensamble
Rítmicas V & VI, by Amadeo Roldán
University of Illinois Percussion Ensemble; William Moersch, conductor
Quarteto simbólico, W181, by Heitor Villa-Lobos
Karen Jones, flute; Kyle Horch, alto saxophone; Hugh Webb, harp; Pamela Lidiard, piano; Margaret Maguire, mezzo-soprano; Alison Wells, soprano; Sarah Redgwick, soprano; Siân Wigley Williams, mezzo-soprano
