Literary influences in music in São Paulo

By Ivan Chiarelli, 09 August 2015

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Reviewed at Sala São Paulo, São Paulo on 8 August 2015

Berlioz, Harold en Italie, Op.16

Turina, Danzas fantásticas, Op.22

Falla, The Three-Cornered Hat (Suites 1 & 2)

São Paulo Symphony Orchestra

Antoine Tamestit, Viola

Jaime Martín, Conductor

Prom 51: Passion and Brazilian flair from Alsop and the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra

Mark Thomas, 24th August

In true Olympian spirit, Marin Alsop and her São Paulo Symphony Orchestra dived head first into the drama of Brazilian music, with luxurious Rachmaninov and Gabriela Montero freely expressive in Grieg.

****1

Epic Shostakovich 5 from Alsop and the São Paulo SO

David Smythe, 22nd August

Marin Alsop nods to her mentor in Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms, challenges the Edinburgh Festival Chorus with Villa-Lobos' Chôros 10 and astonishes in a passionate enduring performance of Shostakovich's Fifth.

****1

Colours, dreams and seascapes in São Paulo

Ivan Chiarelli, 5th December

Celso Antunes and Bertrand Chamayou present the evocative music of Debussy, Scriabin and Takemitsu with the São Paulo State Orchestra.

****1

Volmer/ OSESP present Sibelius, Adams and Beethoven

Ivan Chiarelli, 15th August

In a program conceived by composer and conductor John Adams, Sibelius’ Lemminkäinen Suite, Adams’ own Absolute Jest and Beethoven’s Symphony no. 7 sounded in sympathetic resonance with Charles Ives’ Three Places in New England.

****1

Tito Muñoz, Julian Bliss in São Paulo

Ivan Chiarelli, 6th June

Directed by guest conductor Tito Muñoz, the São Paulo State Orchestra (OSESP) performed a programme centered around the different conceptions of contrast, with music by Takemitsu, Beethoven and Nielsen.

***11

Brilliantly energetic Alsop and the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra in Manchester

Rohan Shotton, 27th October

On the final night of their mammoth European tour, the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra played a brilliantly energetic programme to a delighted Bridgewater Hall audience. There was a great deal to commend in the playing, despite some capricious tempo choices in Mahler’s first symphony.

****1

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Ivan Chiarelli

Brazilian born composer and performer based in Berlin, Ivan holds a B. M. in music composition and a M. A. in music analysis from the São Paulo State University. A former artist-in-residence at the Casa das Caldeiras, he was a Spanish Ministry of Culture fellowship student at the CNDM (Madrid), and an awarded composer at the Música Nova festival (Brazil), and his work has been performed in Brazil, Germany, France, Switzerland, Colombia, Argentina, and Korea. He’s also part of the invisibili(cidades) and NME experimental music collectives. More information at www.ivanchiarelli.com

Literary influences in music: Jaime Martín conducts Antoine Tamestit and the São Paulo State Orchestra