Excerpt from the acclaimed concert "The Devil to Pay in The Backlands - A journey through 20th century guitar music in dialogue with Guimarães Rosa's poetry", in honour of the globally known Brazilian writer. Alexandre Moschella, guitar and recitation. Recorded in Registro, SP, Brazil, in April 2011.

 

Excerpt from the acclaimed concert "The Devil to Pay in The Backlands - A journey through 20th century guitar music in dialogue with Guimarães Rosa's poetry", in honour of the globally known Brazilian writer. Alexandre Moschella, guitar and recitation. Recorded in Registro, SP, Brazil, in April 2011.

 

Excerpt from the acclaimed concert "The Devil to Pay in The Backlands - A journey through 20th century guitar music in dialogue with Guimarães Rosa's poetry", in honour of the globally known Brazilian writer. Alexandre Moschella, guitar and recitation. Recorded in Registro, SP, Brazil, in April 2011.

 

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.