Flute Music from Around the World

an International Showcase

 

February 6, 1995 8:15 pm Berklee Performance Center
PROGRAM
Brasileirinho Brazilian Music
Fernando Brandao Flute, Arrangements
Evan Harlan Accordion
Sergio Costa Cavaquinho
Reginaldo Frazzato 7-String Guitar
Eric Galm Pandeiro and Percussion
Bole-Bole Jacob do Bandolim (1918-1969)
T4 Boa, Santa? Egberto Gismonti (b.1948)
Tenebroso Ernesto Nazareth (1863-1933)
Brasileirinho Waldir Azevedo (1923-1980)
Migalhas de Amor J. do Bandolim
1x0 Pixinguinha (1898-1973)

Flutist and arranger Fernando Brandao is from Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil. Mr. Brandao is an eclectic musician who plays classical,
jazz, and ethnic music. A graduate from the New England
Conservatory (MM) and from Universidade Federal do Rio de
Janeiro (BM), Mr. Brandao is a prize-winner of many solo
competitions in Brazil and the 1991 Pappoutsakis Flute
Competition in Boston. He has recently completed the Artist
Diploma in Flute Performance from the Longy School of Musicin
Cambridge.

Brasileirinho (pronounced Bra-zee-lay-ree’nyoo) is a Boston-
based quintet which performs instrumental Brazilian music. The
repertoire, performed with typical instrumentation and original
arrangements, covers a variety of styles such as choro, baido,
maxixe, frevo, and samba. Several of tonight's selections will
feature the choro (pronounced shoh-roo) - a traditional style
developed from the improvised way local musicians interpreted
polkas, waltzes, mazurkas, and schottisches. The choro is a
challenging and expressive musical form that allows great freedom
for ornaments, interpretation, and improvisation. It can be heard
at a dance party or as chamber musicin a concert hall. After more
than one hundred years, it remains one of the first authentic
instrumental styles in Brazil that is still captivating audiences
around the world.