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A journey to Villa-Lobos's Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5

Sara Mohr-Pietsch takes us on a musical journey towards the Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 by Heitor Villa-Lobos, a mix of Brazilian lyricism with the baroque style of JS Bach.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch takes us on a musical journey towards the Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 by Heitor Villa-Lobos. Scored for soprano and an ensemble of eight cellos, the piece is a mix of Brazilian lyricism with harmony and part-writing inspired by the baroque style of his hero Johann Sebastian Bach. On the way we encounter Bach-inspired music by Felix Mendelssohn and Nina Simone, a piece for 40 cellos by Pablo Casals, and Brazilian music by Ernesto Nazareth and the eighteenth-century composer André da Silva Gomes.

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1 hour, 29 minutes

Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cello Suite No 1 in G major (Prelude)

    Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma.
    • CBS.
  • Dieterich Buxtehude

    Der Herr ist mit mir, BuxWV 15 (Alleluia)

    Choir: Accentus. Orchestra: Concerto Köln. Conductor: Laurence Equilbey.
    • Nuit Sacrée: Accentus/Concerto Köln/Laurence Equilbey.
    • Naive.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    String Symphony No. 12 in G Minor: Fuga. Grave - Allegro

    Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Henry Raudales.
    • Felix Mendelssohn: The Complete String Symphonies.
    • BR-Klassik.
  • Louise Farrenc

    Air russe varié, Op. 17

    Performer: David Kadouch.
    • Les musiques de Madame Bovary.
    • Mirare.
  • Walter Donaldson

    Love Me Or Leave Me

    Lyricist: Gus Kahn. Singer: Nina Simone.
    • Les 50 plus belles chansons.
    • Universal Music Division Decca Records France.
  • André da Silva Gomes

    Gloria (Mass for eight voices and instruments)

    Choir: Ex Cathedra Choir. Conductor: Jeffrey Skidmore.
    • Brazilian Adventures.
    • Hyperion.
  • Chiquinha Gonzaga

    Lua Branca

    Performer: Esther Abrami. Performer: Kim Barbier. Music Arranger: Esther Abrami.
    • Lua Branca (Arr. for Violin and Piano by Esther Abrami).
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
  • Ernesto Nazareth

    Brejeiro

    Performer: Pedro Amorim. Ensemble: Epoca de Ouro Ensemble.
    • Café Brasil.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Pau Casals

    Sardana

    Ensemble: The London Cello Sound. Director: Geoffrey Simon.
    • Signum-Cala.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Organ Concerto in F major HWV.295 'The Cuckoo and the Nightingale' (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Simon Preston. Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Handel: Organ Concertos: Simon Preston.
    • Archiv Produktion.
  • Luciano Berio

    Ballo (Folk Songs, No 7)

    Performer: Luciano Berio. Singer: Cathy Berberian. Ensemble: Julliard Ensemble. Conductor: Luciano Berio.
    • RCA Red Seal.
  • Philip Glass

    Evening Song no.2

    Performer: Timo Andres.
    • Nonesuch.
  • Richard Strauss

    Im Abendrot (4 Last Songs)

    Singer: Jessye Norman. Orchestra: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. Conductor: Kurt Masur.
    • Strauss, R.: Four Last Songs; 6 Orchestral Songs - Norman, Gewandhausorchester L.
    • Philips.
  • Glenn Miller

    Moonlight Serenade

    Music Arranger: Wilhelm Kaiser-Lindemann. Ensemble: The 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic.
    • 'Round Midnight.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Fugue in B-Flat Major, BWV 866 (Arr. H. Villa-Lobos for Choir)

    Music Arranger: Heitor Villa‐Lobos. Choir: São Paulo Symphony Choir. Conductor: Valentina Peleggi.
    • Villa-Lobos: Choral Transcriptions.
    • Naxos.
  • Heitor Villa‐Lobos

    Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5

    Singer: Barbara Hendricks. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Enrique Bátiz.
    • Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras.
    • Warner Classics.

Broadcast

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