Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Leo Brouwer's 'Cuban Landscape with Rain' at Utah State University April 18

[Leo Brouwer (b. 1939)]

USU's Guitar Ensembles in Spring Concert
Multiple guitar ensembles are featured in a spring concert at Utah State University Saturday, April 18, at 7:30 p.m. in the Performance Hall (approximately 1090 E. 675 North, Logan). The concert follows a long performance tradition in the guitar program in USU’s Department of Music and the Caine School of the Arts.”

The program for the evening includes a variety of music from Flamenco to swing to funk, including Cuban Landscape with Rain by Leo Brouwer. The piece is for acoustic ensemble that, through the use of special effects, imitates the sound of a storm in a rain forest. [Full Post] [Leo Brouwer (b. 1939) is profiled at AfriClassical.com]

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