'Art Of The Guitar,' with Benjamin Verdery, 'A Tribute to Leo Brouwer,' 92nd Street Y, April 23, 2011, 8 PM

[Leo Brouwer]

The official time for the "Tribute to Leo Brouwer" is 8 PM, but Benjamin Verdery, who directs the guitar series of the 92nd Street Y, will present a pre-concert lecture at 7 PM:

NYTimes.com

“Tribute to Leo Brouwer (Saturday) Benjamin Verdery, who directs the 92nd Street Y’s ambitious guitar series, presides over a tribute to Mr. Brouwer, the Cuban guitarist-composer. The program includes a dozen of Mr. Brouwer’s influential (and difficult) guitar works, among them 'La Espiral Eternal,' 'Paisaje Cubano con Lluvia,' 'Canticum,' 'El Decameron Negro' and 'Hika — In Memoriam Toru Takemitsu.' The performers, besides Mr. Verdery, include Odair Assad, the Canadian Guitar Quartet, the Eden Stell Guitar Duo, Raphaella Smits, René Izquierdo and Ricardo Cobo. At 8 p.m., 92nd Street Y, 1395 Lexington Avenue , (212) 415-5500, 92y.org; $40 and $57; $25 for those under 35. (Kozinn)”

Saturday, April 23, 2011, 8pm

Benjamin Verdery, artistic director & guitar

Odair Assad, guitar

Canadian Guitar Quartet

Ricardo Cobo, guitar

Eden Stell Guitar Duo

René Izquierdo, guitar

Raphaella Smits, guitar

BROUWER:

Paisaje cubano con lluvia for Four Guitars

Canticum 1968

Elogio de la danza

Estudio sencillo No. 6

La Espiral eternal

Un dia de noviembre

El decameron negro

Ojos brujos

Per suonare à due for Two Guitars

Cambio el ritmo de la noche from Canciones remotas (arr. Canadian Guitar Quartet)

Estudio sencillo No. 7

Hika, "In Memorium Toru Takemitsu"

Sonata del caminante

[The Afro-Cuban composer, guitarist and conductor Leo Brouwer (b. 1939) is profiled at AfriClassical.com]