CONCERT PROGRAMME 2013 Leo Turner and Carlos Muñoz Villalobos
Music of Chile
1. Yo vendo unos ojos negros - Pablo Ara Lucena. (Guitars and vocals)
A traditional ‘tonada’ full of the poetic content Chileans feel proud of. “Some beautiful black eyes have betrayed me, but when I feel sad, I walk towards the seashore and ask the waves if they have seen the one I love”.
2. Rin del angelito - Violeta Parra. (vocals, guitar and tiple)
Born in southern Chile, Parra achieved recognition for her music far beyond her country. A member of an unusually talented family, she performed extensively with her son and daughter, touring throughout Europe. Her brother, Nicanor Parra, is a noted poet.
Music of Brazil
3. Danza Brasileira - Jorge Morel (guitar and charango)
J Morel is a highly respected Argentinean composer and concert player (b. 1931) who lives in New York, where he is President of the Classical Guitar Society. Most of the leading classical guitar players have recorded his works.
4. Sons de Carilhoes (Sounds of Bells) João Pernambuco (guitar and charango)
J Pernambuco (1883-1947) is one of the founders of the Brazilian guitar choro style. The great composer Heitor Villalobos greatly contributed to make Pernambuco’s compositions known around the world.
5. Two guitar solos by Heitor Villa-Lobos *
Heitor Villa-Lobos (March 5, 1887 - November17, 1959) was a pioneering Brazilian modernist composer. He composed twelve symphonies, four operas, five ballets, and one of the most important string quartet cycles of the twentieth century. His music is noted for its exotic sound palette and formal inventiveness, influenced both by Brazilian folk music and stylistic elements from the European classical tradition.
6. Guantanamera - J Fernández (Cuba) (vocal, tiple and guitar)
The music is normally attributed to José Fernández and composed in 1929. The song relates to a woman from Guantánamo. The lyrics normally sang belong to “Versos Sencillos’ by the poet José Martí.
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1. Yasuni - Leo Turner and Carlos Muñoz (guitar and charango)
Yasuni is a National Park in Ecuador is arguably the most biologically diverse spot on Earth. Yasuni also is home to one-third of the total native bird species for the Amazon. The strings of the charango and the guitar imitate the gentle effect of raindrops.
2. Guitar solo - Julia Florida - Agustín Barrios Mangoré (1885-1944) *
Agustín Barrios composed more than three hundred pieces in his lifetime. John Williams has said of Barrios: "As a guitarist/composer, Barrios is the best of the lot, regardless of era. His music is better formed, it's more poetic, it's more everything! And it's more of all those things in a timeless way."
Music of the Andes
3. Amanecer Andino (Andean Dawn) Luis Durand (Peru) (kena and guitar)
The quena (or kena) is the traditional flute of the South American Andes, normally made of bamboo or wood. In Amanecer Andino L Durand is inspired by the beauty of the landscape during an early morning in the Andean mountains.
4. Son Coiman traditional Andean. (guitar and kenacho flute)
It is a lament traditional of the indigenous people who inhabit the foothills of the Andes. The original tune contains short lyrics reflecting the fact that although the peasants work ‘de sol a sol’ the land that once belonged to their ancestors, it is no longer theirs.
5. Song of Ocarina Paul de Senneville
The composer was best known for composing "Ballade pour Adeline" for Richard Clayderman. First instrumental number 1 in France in October 1991. Originally played on ocarina and cello.
6. Floreo de llamas - Chile folk (panpipes and guitar)
It is a custom of indigenous native peoples inhabiting the high Andes, mainly the Aymara and the Quechua. This ritual involves the marking of animals, camelids (llamas, alpacas, guanacos, vicunas) with flowers adorning the animals, showing the seven colours of the rainbow. The ‘floreo’ is performed in the month of February in the highlands, in towns such as Putre, Socoroma and Parinacota.
7. El Condor Pasa Daniel Alomía Robles (Peru) kena flute and guitar
It is a song from the zarzuela ‘El Condor Pasa’ written by the Peruvian composer Daniel Alomía Robles in 1913. It is based on traditional Andean folk tunes. The first part is a yaravi (slow), then a pasacalle and finally a huayno fugue. The majestic flight of a condor is a symbol of freedom for the Andean cultures.
All arrangments by Leo Turner and Carlos Muñoz (except * )
Music of Chile
1. Yo vendo unos ojos negros - Pablo Ara Lucena. (Guitars and vocals)
A traditional ‘tonada’ full of the poetic content Chileans feel proud of. “Some beautiful black eyes have betrayed me, but when I feel sad, I walk towards the seashore and ask the waves if they have seen the one I love”.
2. Rin del angelito - Violeta Parra. (vocals, guitar and tiple)
Born in southern Chile, Parra achieved recognition for her music far beyond her country. A member of an unusually talented family, she performed extensively with her son and daughter, touring throughout Europe. Her brother, Nicanor Parra, is a noted poet.
Music of Brazil
3. Danza Brasileira - Jorge Morel (guitar and charango)
J Morel is a highly respected Argentinean composer and concert player (b. 1931) who lives in New York, where he is President of the Classical Guitar Society. Most of the leading classical guitar players have recorded his works.
4. Sons de Carilhoes (Sounds of Bells) João Pernambuco (guitar and charango)
J Pernambuco (1883-1947) is one of the founders of the Brazilian guitar choro style. The great composer Heitor Villalobos greatly contributed to make Pernambuco’s compositions known around the world.
5. Two guitar solos by Heitor Villa-Lobos *
Heitor Villa-Lobos (March 5, 1887 - November17, 1959) was a pioneering Brazilian modernist composer. He composed twelve symphonies, four operas, five ballets, and one of the most important string quartet cycles of the twentieth century. His music is noted for its exotic sound palette and formal inventiveness, influenced both by Brazilian folk music and stylistic elements from the European classical tradition.
6. Guantanamera - J Fernández (Cuba) (vocal, tiple and guitar)
The music is normally attributed to José Fernández and composed in 1929. The song relates to a woman from Guantánamo. The lyrics normally sang belong to “Versos Sencillos’ by the poet José Martí.
~ Interval ~
1. Yasuni - Leo Turner and Carlos Muñoz (guitar and charango)
Yasuni is a National Park in Ecuador is arguably the most biologically diverse spot on Earth. Yasuni also is home to one-third of the total native bird species for the Amazon. The strings of the charango and the guitar imitate the gentle effect of raindrops.
2. Guitar solo - Julia Florida - Agustín Barrios Mangoré (1885-1944) *
Agustín Barrios composed more than three hundred pieces in his lifetime. John Williams has said of Barrios: "As a guitarist/composer, Barrios is the best of the lot, regardless of era. His music is better formed, it's more poetic, it's more everything! And it's more of all those things in a timeless way."
Music of the Andes
3. Amanecer Andino (Andean Dawn) Luis Durand (Peru) (kena and guitar)
The quena (or kena) is the traditional flute of the South American Andes, normally made of bamboo or wood. In Amanecer Andino L Durand is inspired by the beauty of the landscape during an early morning in the Andean mountains.
4. Son Coiman traditional Andean. (guitar and kenacho flute)
It is a lament traditional of the indigenous people who inhabit the foothills of the Andes. The original tune contains short lyrics reflecting the fact that although the peasants work ‘de sol a sol’ the land that once belonged to their ancestors, it is no longer theirs.
5. Song of Ocarina Paul de Senneville
The composer was best known for composing "Ballade pour Adeline" for Richard Clayderman. First instrumental number 1 in France in October 1991. Originally played on ocarina and cello.
6. Floreo de llamas - Chile folk (panpipes and guitar)
It is a custom of indigenous native peoples inhabiting the high Andes, mainly the Aymara and the Quechua. This ritual involves the marking of animals, camelids (llamas, alpacas, guanacos, vicunas) with flowers adorning the animals, showing the seven colours of the rainbow. The ‘floreo’ is performed in the month of February in the highlands, in towns such as Putre, Socoroma and Parinacota.
7. El Condor Pasa Daniel Alomía Robles (Peru) kena flute and guitar
It is a song from the zarzuela ‘El Condor Pasa’ written by the Peruvian composer Daniel Alomía Robles in 1913. It is based on traditional Andean folk tunes. The first part is a yaravi (slow), then a pasacalle and finally a huayno fugue. The majestic flight of a condor is a symbol of freedom for the Andean cultures.
All arrangments by Leo Turner and Carlos Muñoz (except * )