Concert with Eliot Fisk and Friends

Eliot Fisk and friends present a premiere arrangement of Villa-Lobos’ Guitar Concerto, for guitar and string quartet, followed by South American favorites from the repertoire of Alirio Diaz, and the full cycle of Villa-Lobos’ beloved Etudes.

PROGRAM:

Eliot Fisk, guitar; Jae Cosmos Lee, violin;
Yeolim Nam, violin;
Rebecca Hallowell, viola;
Kee-Hyun Kim, cello

Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra
I. Allegro preciso: Poco meno: Tempo primo
II. Andantino e Andante
III. Cadence: Quasi Allegro
IV. Allegro non troppo

—Heitor Villa- Lobos (1887–1959), arr. Theodoros Gougousoudis (*arrangement premier)

Eliot Fisk, guitar

Variations on a Theme of Luis Milan

—Joaquín Nin-Culmell (1908–2004)

Carora (dedicated to Alirio Diaz)

—Antonio Lauro (1917–1986)

Quirpa

—Vicente Emilio Sojo (1887–1974)

Cueca

—Agustín Barrios Mangoré (1885–1944)

Eliot Fisk and Senio Diaz, guitars

Cuajaritos (with Senio Diaz)

—Ignacio “Indio” Figueredo (1899–1995), arr. Alirio Díaz

Eliot Fisk, guitar

El Niño

—Antonio Lauro (1917–1986)

Vals en Re (“Tatania”)

El Coquí

—José Quinton (1881–1925), arr. Fisk

INTERMISSION

Eliot Fisk, guitar

12 Etudes

—Heitor Villa- Lobos (1887–1959)

Etude No. 1 in E minor (Allegro non troppo)

Etude No. 2 in A major (Allegro)

Etude No. 3 in D major (Allegro moderato)

Etude No. 4 in G major (Un peu modéré—Grandioso)

Etude No. 5 in C major (Andantino—Poco meno)

Etude No. 6 in E minor (Poco Allegro)

Etude No. 7 in E major (Très animé— Moins)

Etude No. 8 in C-sharp minor (Modéré)

Etude No. 9 in F-sharp minor (Très peu animé)

Etude No. 10 in B minor (Très animé—Un peu animé—Vif)

Etude No. 11 in E minor (Lent—Animé—Poco meno)

Etude No. 12 in A Minor (Animé)