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Composer of the Week: Villa-Lobos

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5: Ambassadorof Brazilian Art
Villa-Lobos had always been fascinated with cinema. As a young man he played cello night after night in the orchestra of the Odeon cinema in Rio. Over 30 years later in 1958 Hollywood commissioned Villa-Lobos to compose music for a film called Green Mansions. This helped him to gain recognition in the USA and when the Second World War finally came to an end the dictator-president Getulio Vargas fell from power. Villa-Lobos was free to travel abroad and promote his music once again. With Donald Macleod. Floresta do Amazonas (excerpts, including
Love Song) Bidu Sayao (soprano), Chorus and Symphony of the Air, conducted by the Composer Bendita Sabedoria (excerpt) Corydon Singers, conductor Matthew Best
String Quartet No 17 Bessier-Reis Quartet Guitar Concerto
Turibio Santos ,
Chamber Orchestra of Brazil, conductor Bernardo Bessler

Contributors

Unknown:
Getulio Vargas
Soprano:
Bidu Sayao
Unknown:
Bendita Sabedoria
Unknown:
Turibio Santos
Conductor:
Bernardo Bessler
Source: Radio Times

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