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Sebastião Salgado’s photographs of the rainforest combined with music with Amazonian connections in this powerful and moving concert featuring the Britten Sinfonia under Simone Menezes
“This is one of those programs that was sort of a virtue out of the necessity occasion,” said Kerry Smith, the orchestra’s director of artistic planning, “because our instrumentation is fixed: strings, percussion and keyboard, only masked players. We really miss the brass.”
She said several selections come from “folk music from Central and South America that actually fits with that instrumentation. Most of it will be extremely familiar to the audience.”
Principal bassist John Miller said the program will allow him to channel his inner lounge lizard.
“A lot of these Latin grooves have these really strong bass lines. A lot of these come from the bottom up. ‘La Bamba,’ Richie Valens, comes from the bottom up,” he said. “And whenever you get a chance to play any Piazzolla, the tango, one of my favorites . I’m looking forward to it. And of course ‘The Girl From Ipanema.’ It was always my dream to be playing in a lounge band.”
Sarasota Orchestra captures ‘Latin Grooves’ in Pops concert Susan L. Rife
A Latin Pops concert without brass? Well, there’s a challenge.
The Sarasota Orchestra will rise to the occasion this week for “Latin Grooves,” a collection of tunes from Spain and Latin America that will be easy on the ears and familiar to the audience. “The Girl From Ipanema,” “Tico-Tico,” two Argentinian tangos by Astor Piazzolla, selections from “Carmen” and, of course, “La Bamba” are on the Pops program.
“This is one of those programs that was sort of a virtue out of the necessity occasion,” said Kerry Smith, the orchestra’s director of artistic planning, “because our instrumentation is fixed: strings, percussion and keyboard, only masked players. We really miss the brass.”
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