Composers and performers, leaders and peoples - who hasn't found refuge from the harsh realities of modern life in the chimera of music? In this programme, which gives pride of place to the music of South America, guitarist Gaëlle Solal and cellist Pierre Fontenelle take you on a journey through duets from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, combining the audacity of their own arrangements with rare original works for cello and guitar.
The Argentinian Ginastera and the Brazilians Gnattali and Villa-Lobos dreamt, through their music, of a peaceful union between the classical and popular music of their respective countries. In the depths of Brazil, bossa nova - represented here by O Barquinho - seduces with the simple optimism of its lyrics, and the influence of jazz in Frenchman Duplessy and Brazilian Moacir Santos takes its audience into a utopia where only freedom and dance reign.
Gaëlle Solal, guitar & Pierre Fontenelle, cello
Moacir SANTOS
Coisas (selection)
Roberto MENESCAL / Stacey KENT
O Barquinho
Jimi HENDRIX
Little wing (arrgt Fontenelle)
Baden POWELL
Berimbau (arrgt Solal)
Alberto GINASTERA
Triste (arrgt Solal)
Alberto GINASTERA
Pampeana no. 2
Heitor VILLA-LOBOS
Bachianas Brasileiras no. 5
Manuel DE FALLA
Suite populaire espagnole (excerpts)
Mathias DUPLESSY
Sonate en Quatre Rêves for cello and guitar
From Bach to Beatles (arrgt Fontenelle)
Gaelle Solal is off to a flying start this year, so much so that we're splitting the news in two:…
Read moreGaelle Solal is off to a flying start this year, so much so that we're splitting the news in two: here's the first part of the festivities, and they'll be France, between Dijon and the Pays de la Loire!
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