Homeland explores folk-inspired music by a diverse group of composers paying homage to their homelands: Carlos Guastavino (Argentina), Violetta Parra (Chile), Leos Janacek (Czech Republic), and Bela Bartok (Hungary). These pieces explore the essence of each composer’s cultural-political landscape, using folk material from everyday life. Our journey concludes with Brahms’ monumental Trio in A Minor, which he composed after visiting his friend clarinetist Richard Muhlfeld in Meiningen, Germany.
musicians sergio muñoz, viola / matthew smith, cello / peipei song, piano
Las Presencias, No. 7 “Rosita Iglesias” Carlos Gustavino
Pohádka for cello and piano Leos Janacek
Selections from Duos for violin and cello Béla Bartók
Selection of songs arranged for viola and cello Violetta Parra
Trio in A Minor, Op. 114 Johannes Brahms