{"id":4624,"date":"2018-09-10T09:45:58","date_gmt":"2018-09-10T08:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.larkreviews.co.uk\/?p=4624"},"modified":"2018-09-10T09:45:58","modified_gmt":"2018-09-10T08:45:58","slug":"opus-theatre-world-series-marcelo-bratke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/?p=4624","title":{"rendered":"Opus Theatre World Series: Marcelo Bratke"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Saturday 8<sup>th<\/sup> September 2018<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The penultimate concert in the current World Series at the Opus Theatre brought us a stunning performance of Brazilian music from surely its finest interpreter, Marcelo Bratke.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/World-Series-15.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4625\" src=\"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/World-Series-15.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2303\" height=\"1414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/World-Series-15.jpg 2303w, https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/World-Series-15-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/World-Series-15-768x472.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/World-Series-15-1024x629.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/World-Series-15-489x300.jpg 489w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2303px) 100vw, 2303px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The programme was built around the meeting in 1917 of Heitor Villa-Lobos and Darius Milhaud in Rio de Janeiro. Villa-Lobos took Milhaud to hear pianist Ernesto Nazareth, who played regularly in the foyer of the Odeon Cinema. It was a revelation, and Milhaud suddenly understood the heart of Brazilian music.<\/p>\n<p>Having given us this intriguing background, Marcelo Bratke introduced the pieces individually, opening with the delightful <em>Broken musical box <\/em>by Villa Lobos followed by the more familiar <em>Bachianas Brasileiras No4. <\/em>In Brazilian folklore the stars of Orion\u2019s belt are known as the <em>Three Marys<\/em>, and Villa-Lobos\u2019 short suite of that name twinkles and charms with its rapid staccato and very high-lying tonal range. <em>A lenda do Caboclo<\/em> (the legend of the native) is a movingly lyrical piece and gave us a moment of reflection before the vigour and fire of the eight miniatures of <em>A prole do bebe<\/em> \u2013 a doll\u2019s suite \u2013 which became familiar internationally when they were taken up by Rubenstein.<\/p>\n<p>After the interval we moved on to Milhaud himself with his seven movement suite<em> Saudades do Brazil, <\/em>which uses Brazilian dance rhythms to underpin his frequently modernist compositions.<\/p>\n<p>The final section brought us to Ernesto Nazareth and his captivating melodic and rhythmic pieces. <em>Brazilian tango<\/em> is immediately appealing and his strong classical training comes through in an homage to Chopin. The dance rhythms return in <em>Coracao que sente &#8211; <\/em>the Heart that Feels \u2013 which concluded a wonderful evening.<\/p>\n<p>The Opus piano seems to get better and better, on this occasion the clarity and immediacy of the sound, even in the fastest of runs and arpeggios, was exhilarating.<\/p>\n<p>There was just time for a short encore \u2013 which brought us closer to home with a wistful, romantic snatch of Chopin himself.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday 8th September 2018 The penultimate concert in the current World Series at the Opus Theatre brought us a stunning performance of Brazilian music from surely its finest interpreter, Marcelo Bratke. 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