Guitar Orchestra and Percussion Ensemble Offer Brazilian Flair
From Connie Lester, Redfern: The KSC Guitar Orchestra and Percussion Ensemble will perform Brazilian and European music on Wednesday, November 12, at 7:30 p.m. in the Alumni Recital Hall of the Redfern Arts Center.
The orchestra, consisting of nine guitars directed by José Lezcano, will play a variety of pieces, including Gabriel Fauré’s Pavane; Suite Espanola by Gaspar Sanz, a guitarist and composer at the Spanish Royal Court; El Noi de la Mare, a Catalonian folk song arranged for guitars; and Railaway, a work for six guitars inspired by trains, by Dutch composer Annette Kruisbrink.
The percussion ensemble, directed by Christopher Swist, will feature music from, or influenced by, Brazil. Instruments such as the berimbau, pandeiro, tamborim, ago-go, ganza, and cuica will be used in traditional arrangements. Works by Michael Colgrass, Ney Rosauro, and KSC’s own professor emeritus William Pardus will be performed. For tickets, call the box office at 8-2168.
