Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center & Fiesta!

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 you’ll hear selections from George Crumb’s American Songbook. He earned his Master of Music from the University of Illinois in 1952.  At 8:00 you’ll hear “Great Brazilian Pianist” on “Fiesta”.

Sunday, February 5: 7:00 pm Chamber Mus. Soc. of Lincoln Center (CMS 23-20)

George Crumb's American Songbook

Crumb: Selections from American Songbooks for Baritone, Piano, and Percussion

Thomas Hampson, baritone; Gilbert Kalish, piano; Ayano Kataoka, David Cossin, Haruka Fujii, Jeffrey Milarsky, percussion

Sunday, February 5: 8:00 pm: Fiesta! With Elbio Barilari (FST 22-45)

Great Brazilian Pianists

Brazil has always had a strong tradition of great pianists. On this program, Fiesta features some of the most accomplished Brazilian pianists, among them Nelson Freire, Arnaldo Cohen, Caio Pagano, Arnaldo Estrelha and Arthur Moreira Lima.

Ernesto Nazareth: Odeon. Arthur Moreira Lima, piano

Lorenzo Fernández: Three etudes in the form of Sonatina. Nelson Freire, piano

Louis Moreau Gottschalk: Grand Fantasy on the Brazilian National Anthem. Arthur Moreira Lima, piano

Brasílio Itiberê da Cunha: A Sertaneja. Arnaldo Estrella, piano

Heitor Villa-Lobos: Lenda do Caboclo. Arnaldo Estrella, piano

Camargo Guarnieri: Concertino for Piano & Orchestra. Caio Pagano, piano; Czech National Orchestra; Paul Freeman, conductor

Heitor Villa-Lobos: As Peropecias Do Trapeirozinho, from Children’s Carnival. Nelson Freire, piano