Guitar Music of Leo Brouwer at University of North Carolina School of the Arts May 4, 2010

[Leo Brouwer (b. 1939)]

The Afro-Cuban composer, guitarist and conductor Leo Brouwer is profiled at AfriClassical.com. Joseph Pecoraro is on the Guitar Faculty at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. He has kindly provided AfriClassical with the program of the May 4, 2010 concert, “Tower of Brouwer: Music of Leo Brouwer.” In a wide-ranging survey, the concert features many of the composer's best known works, such as Cuban Landscape with Rain.

University of North Carolina School of the Arts, Guitar Faculty

“Concert and recording artist Joseph Pecoraro appears as soloist, chamber musician, and with orchestra in recitals across the United States and abroad. His performances have received widespread recognition and awards. Recent appearances include performances as soloist with the Wintergreen Festival and Roanoke symphony orchestras; and solo recitals at the Kennedy Center, the Chicago Cultural Center, throughout North America and in France, Italy, and Switzerland.”

Program

‘Tower of Brouwer’ - Music of Leo Brouwer

Paisaje Cubano con lluvia (1984) (Cuban Landscape with Rain)

Mike Chamis, Marty Edwards, Evan Helbig, Joseph Miller

Ojos Brujos (Sorcerer's Eyes) (1978)

David Krawiec

Preludio epigramatico, No. 4 (1983)

Jacqueline Westerduin

Paisaje Cubano con tristeza (1999)

(Cuban Landscape with Sadness)

Eduardo Aguiar

La muerte del angel Astor Pizaaolla

(arr. Leo Brouwer)

Colin Fullerton

Canticum (1968)

Eclosion

Ditirambo

Necati Emirzade

From ‘El decameron negro’ (1981)

Balada de la doncella enamorada

(Ballad of the Maiden in Love)

John Rosal

From ‘Dos canciones’

Poema

Jack Rice, Ashley Mann

Intermission

Tocatta (2005)

David Krawiec, Julio Pando, Jack Rice, Jacqueline Westerduin

Preludio (1956)

Evan Helbig

Un dia de Noviembre (1968)

(A day in November)

John Angel

Pieza sin titulo, No. 1 (1958)

(Piece without title)

Joseph Miller

Paisaje Cubano con fiesta (2008)

(Cuban Landscape with Party)

Marty Edwards

Danza caracteristica (Quitate de la acera

(Get off of the Sidewalk!)

Mike Chamis

Paisaje Cubano con rumba (1985)

(Cuban Landscape with Rumba)

Eduardo Aguiar, Necati Emirzade, Colin Fullerton, John Rosal