A Brazilian Pot-pourri of selected themes from Carinhoso, The girl from Ipanema, Duda no frevo, Mulher rendeira and Brasileirinho. 
Live performance in Chicago (2006)
Celso Woltzenlogel, flute
Luciana Soares, piano

Pot Pourri Brasileiro (Arr. Alberto Arantes)

Villa-Lobos, Valsa da Dor

Leopoldo Miguez, Nocturne

Fructuoso Vianna, Dansa de Negros

Guarnieri, Dansa Negra

Guarnieri, Dansa Brasileira

Prokofiev, Sonata 3

Liszt, Petrarch's Sonnet 104

World Premiere performance
Luciana Soares and Maria Di Cavalcanti, piano
The Nicholls Camerata and guests
Raul Gomez, conductor

Trinity Episcopal Church, New Orleans

I. Constelações 
II. ...and it remains unanswered 
III. Maracatu
Concerto para Piano a 4 Mãos e Orquestra de Câmara is in three movements. The first movement, Constelações, depicts constellations of stars, represented by atonal sonorities, which are grouped into twelve-tone collections. The second movement is a tribute to Charles Ives and, as his Unanswered Question, restates the fundamental question of life, which remains unanswered. The third movement, Maracatu, is a celebration of life as it used to be done during the black parades of Ceará, in northeastern Brazil. This concerto is dedicated to Brazilian pianist Luciana Soares.


Concerto for Piano 4 hands and Chamber Orchestra by Liduino Pitombeira

Gloria B. Callais Professor of Piano at Nicholls State University in Louisiana, USA. Steinway Artist.

Luciana Soares

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