Audio trailer for the concert marking writer João Guimarães Rosa's centenary. (Visit the project's hotsite)

- Introduction: Guimarães Rosa's voice. ("The world is magical. People don't die. They are simply enchanted.")
- Excerpts from Rosa's 'Grande Sertão: Veredas' ('The Devil to Pay in the Backlands') read by Moschella.
- Excerpts from pieces by H. Villa-Lobos (Prelude 1), C. Guerra-Peixe (Preludes 4 and 5) and L. Brouwer (Elogio de la Danza) played by Moschella.

Duration: 5 minutes.

Moschella plays the modern Cuban piece to demonstrate his posture with endpin during a conference about the subject he gave at Contemporary Music Society in Bucharest, Romania, in November 2007.

 

In a slow introduction followed by a fast movement, the Brazilian composer mixes folk elements and 20th century language.