Thursday 11 August 2016

Bringing a touch of Brazil to Europe - the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra

Marin Alsop - Photo: Grant Leighton
Marin Alsop - Photo: Grant Leighton
To keep us in the mood, following the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, another Brazilian city will be sending its orchestra over to Europe. The São Paulo Symphony Orchestra (OSESP), under conductor Marin Alsop, will be returning to Europe to give concerts at the Edinburgh Festival (22 August), the BBC Proms (24 August) and the Lucerne Festival. In 2012 the orchestra became the first Brazilian orchestra to play at the BBC Proms.

In Edinburgh the orchestra plays a programme combining Villa-Lobos' Choros No. 10 with Bernstein's Chichester Psalms and Shostakovich's Symphony No. 5. At the Proms the orchestra gives two concerts. The first features music by Villa-Lobos and Rachmaninov, with the UK premiere of Kabbalah by the Brazilian composer Marlos Nobre, and Grieg's Piano Concerto with the Venezualan pianist Gabriela Montero. The second, late-night prom, members of the orchestra join the São Paulo Jazz Symphony Orchestra for a celebration of Brazilian music. The orchestra's programme in Lucerne repeats its prom concert.

6 comments:

  1. Hi, I believe Gabriela Montero is from Venezuela?

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    1. Apologies, so I have discovered! All corrected now

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  3. Hey all, thanks for this kindest note, but there are two little things: Yes! Gabriela is venezuelan, not brazilian (but could be something like: a South American moment at the Proms) and in Edinburgh we are gonna perform the Shostakovich's Nº5 (not the 10th).
    Greetings
    Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra Press Relations

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    1. Apologies for the slip-ups, but both corrected now.

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