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Work in Progress
Cancao Carioca: Song from Rio
- Date: Wednesday, March 3
- Time: 7:30pm
- Location: Good Shepherd Center Chapel
- Address: 4649 Sunnyside Avenue N, Seattle WA
- Tickets: $15 advance admission at Brown Paper Tickets, $20 at the door
Welcome and Bemvindos!
The inspiration for this evening is music from Rio de Janeiro. Specifically, music written by composers from the "marvelous city" about their home. I have selected works by Heitor Villa-Lobos, Ernesto Nazareth, Pixinguinha, and Jobim. I will also include music written by non-native composers (Darius Milhaud and Horace Siver) that was inspired by visits to Rio.
Program
- Carioca (1913) - Ernesto Nazareth
- Odeon - (1910) Ernesto Nazareth
- Saudades do Brazil Recollections of Brazil (1921) - Darius Milhaud
- Suite Floral -
Heitor Villa-Lobos
- Idilio na Rede Daydreaming in a Hammock (1917)
- Uma Camponesa Cantadeira Singing Country Girl (1916)
- Ciclo Brasileiras
Brazilian Cycle (1936) - Heitor Villa-Lobos
- Plantio da Caboclo Planting of the Indians
- Impressoes Seresteiras Minstrel Impressions
- Brinquedo de Roda
- Heitor Villa-Lobos
- Tira o Seu Pesinho Put Your Little Foot Out (1955)
Intermission
- Imagina (1945) - Antonio Carlos Jobim
- Corcovado (1960) - Antonio Carlos Jobim
- Cantiga para Meu Pai Song for My Father (1964) - Horace Silver
- Doringo (1983) - Steve Griggs
- Chromatic Carioca (1998) - Steve Griggs
- Old Wave (2001) - Steve Griggs
- Bachianas Brasileira
#4 - Heitor Villa-Lobos
- Introducao Prelude (1941)
- Canto do Sertao Song of the Jungle (1941)
- Bye, Bye Brasil - Chico Buarque & Roberto Menescal
- Flora - Steve Griggs
Musicians
Jeff Busch - percussion
Jeff studied percussion in England and Brazil. His latest project is Drums and Voices-Contemporary Spirituals with Pat Wright from the Total Experience Gospel Choir and is funded by a King County Arts grant.Marco de Carvalho - guitar
Marco is a native of Rio de Janeiro and graduate of the city's Music Conservatory. He traveled to several cities in the US before settling in Seattle. He appears on numerous soundtracks and recordings including three CDs featuring his own compositions. His newest recording is entitled Cancoes.Louie Richmond - cello
Louie studied cello with Orlando Cole, attended the Eastman School of Music and received a Masters in Cello Performance from Temple University studying with Lorne Monroe. He was a member of the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington D.C and came to the Northwest to teach cello and chamber music at the University of Puget Sound and was the founder and Musical Director of the Northwest Chamber Orchestra for seven years.
Steve Griggs - saxophone
Steve recorded two CDs in Seattle with Elvin Jones and is featured on the soundtrack the Bungie/Microsoft video game Halo 3: ODST. Steve's won a Longfellow Chorus Award of Distinction in the 2010 Longfellow Chorus International Composers Competition.
Susan Pascal - vibraphone, marimba
Jazz vibraphonist Susan Pascal has performed throughout the United States and Canada, and recently completed her third tour to Singapore. She has played for motion picture soundtracks including The Blind Side, Office Space, and Eulogy, and recently collaborated in performances with the Seattle Baroque Orchestra.Phil Sparks - bass
Phil is a faculty member of the UW Jazz Studies program, named Northwest Instrumentalist of the year in 1996 by Earshot Jazz, inducted into the Seattle Jazz Hall of Fame in 2009, and was featured in a cover story in the May 2009 Earshot Jazz Magazine.Tom Varner - French Horn
Tom teaches at Cornish College, appears on over 50 recordings, and has ranked high in Down Beat critics polls for many years. His latest recording Heaven and Hell is on Omnitone.