Jerwood Hall
The Villa-Lobos Event
LSO St Luke's Guest Artist
LSO St Luke's
The Concert
Heitor Villa-Lobos
A Prole do Bebê No 1 for solo piano
Guia Prático for youth choir and piano:
Ó Ciranda, Ó Cirandinha
Có Có Có
No Fundo do meu Quintal
Manquinha
A Maré Encheu
João Cambuete
Samba Lê lê
Ó Sim
A Velha que Tinha 9 Filhas
Rosa Amarela
Fui no Tororó
Viva o Carnaval
O Trenzinho do Caipira from ‘Bachianas Brasileiras No 2’ for youth choir and piano
Four Songs of the Amazon Forest for soprano, youth choir and piano:
Veleiros
Cair da Tarde
Canção do Amor
Melodia Sentimental
Marcelo Bratke piano
Camila Provenzalle soprano
Finchley Children’s Music Group
Grace Rossiter chorus director
Mariannita Luzzati video scenographer
Please note that there will be no interval.
Tickets
Tickets £15
+ booking fee of £1.50 per transaction
The Villa-Lobos Event is a multimedia concert celebrating Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos, whose work was deeply inspired by childhood and the natural world. The programme is conceived, directed and performed by Brazilian pianist Marcelo Bratke, exploring how Villa-Lobos created a unique musical language reflecting Brazil’s cultural diversity.
Alongside solo piano works, the concert features selections from Guia Prático, Villa-Lobos’s landmark educational cycle for youth choir and piano. Performed in Portuguese for the first time outside Brazil, these pieces are presented by the Finchley Children’s Choir, conducted by Grace Rossiter, with Bratke at the piano, drawn from the original collection of 137 songs composed during the 1940s and 1950s.
The evening concludes with Four Songs of the Amazon Forest for soprano, piano and youth choir, featuring Brazilian soprano Camila Provenzalle. Immersive video scenography by Brazilian artist Mariannita Luzzati offers a vivid, poetic portrait of Brazilian identity through music, art, and education.
This event is part of the UK/Brazil Season of Culture 2025–26, a year-long cultural programme between the two countries led by the British Council and Brazil’s IGR and with the support of Ambassador Antonio Patriota and the Brazilian Embassy.
The Performers
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