Day 307
Villa-Lobos: Choros no 6
Orquestra Filharmónica de Gran Carania
Adrian Leaper
I have only heard a few pieces of Villa-Lobos. I know a couple of the Bachianas Brasileiras and did play one of them many years ago. But he is not a composer whose works I know well.
There are 14 pieces in the Choros series (some and unfinished and others lost). In their various ways they are all attempts to evoke the spirit of Brazilian street music. They are not a cycle as such: they are scored for various groupings from a solo instrument though to a full orchestra. No 6, which dates from 1926, is for full orchestra.
I have to say that I found it a big disappointment. I was expecting something lively with lots of South-American rhythms, percussion and extrovert energy. But it was all rather insipid. None of the melodies really imprinted themselves on the memory and it never really took fire. It just seemed like a succession of short pieces very loosely joined together. All in all it had very little impact.
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