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Villa-Lobos

[ vee-lah-loh-baws, -bohs, vil-uh-; Portuguese vee-lyah-law-boosh, -boos ]

noun

  1. Hei·tor [ey, -t, oo, r], 1881–1959, Brazilian composer.


Villa-Lobos

/ ˈvilaˈlobus; ˈviːlɑːˈləʊbɒs; ˈvɪlə- /

noun

  1. Villa-LobosHeitor18871959MBrazilianMUSIC: composer Heitor (ejˈtor). 1887–1959, Brazilian composer, much of whose work is based on Brazilian folk tunes
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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In Villa-Lobos Park, you’ll find one of the most modern libraries in São Paulo.

But Tilson Thomas did playfully describe Messiaen’s sensory religiosity as “a kind of cocktail hour in heaven” and compared the Villa-Lobos’ “Chôros” to an old movie “with virgins and a volcano.”

Across the three CDs you can find witty, sparkling transcriptions of Villa-Lobos and Milhaud, and of Rachmaninoff and Mussorgsky — and much else, too.

In October, she and the orchestra embark on a short run of dates in the United States, performing “Floresta Villa-Lobos” — a program of six composers interspersed with compositions by the Brazilian master Heitor Villa-Lobos.

As part of the pre-festival programming, Ilumina, an ensemble of young South American musicians, performed works by Schubert, Bach, Villa-Lobos and others.

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