Modern and Contemporary Brazil – Re-Air!
June 4, 2024
This week, enjoy a re-air of Arizona Encore from April, 2023.
Choro is a style or genre of music that originated in Brazil at the end of the 1800s, characterized by rhythmic vibrancy and the virtuosic improvisations of its participants. It was also a style that highly influenced the composers of 20th-Century Brazil, like Jacob do Bandolim, who composed a piece for two guitars titled Noites Cariocas that draws on Choro: it’s a perfect example of the style’s virtuosity, harmonic sophistication, and rhythmic propulsion.
On this week’s Arizona Encore, we will hear this piece, plus a number of works by perhaps the most well-known Brazilian composer, Heitor Villa-Lobos, and others – as we hear performances from the Grand Canyon Music Festival, ASU School of Music, and the vocal group True Concord.
Featured in this episode:
Villa-Lobos - Estrela e Lua Nova - True Concord; Eric Holtan, conductor
Villa-Lobos - Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 - Robert Bonfiglio, harmonica; Michael Newman, guitar
Villa-Lobos - Distribuição de Flores - Clare Hoffman, flute; Laura Oltman, guitar
Villa-Lobos - Fantasia - Elizabeth Buck, flute; Hannah Creviston, piano
I. Anime
II. Lent
III. Tres anime
Jobim - A Felicidade - Jason Vieaux, guitar
Gismonti - Alegrino - Brasil Guitar Duo; João Luiz & Douglas Lora, guitar
Gismonti - Sete Anéis - Brasil Guitar Duo; João Luiz & Douglas Lora, guitar
Gismonti - A Fala da Paixão - Brasil Guitar Duo; João Luiz & Douglas Lora, guitar
Gismonti - Karatê - Brasil Guitar Duo; João Luiz & Douglas Lora, guitar
Bandolim - Noites Cariocas - Brasil Guitar Duo; João Luiz & Douglas Lora, guitar
Also in this episode:
SPOTLIGHT
March 31
Baroque – Re-Air!
March 24
Piano Variations
March 16
Four Seasons
March 10
Concerti
Feb. 27
Classical Hall of Fame
Feb. 24
Brahms for Piano and Trio
Feb. 16
Unaccompanied
Feb. 10
Saxophone and Friends – Re-Air!
Jan. 30
Spain and Argentina
Jan. 26
Dance in Three
Jan. 20
The Key of C Major
Jan. 9
Bach
Dec. 30, 2025
Music for Small Forces – Re-Air!
Dec. 22, 2025
A 2025 Chorale Christmas
