Thursday, May 22 – 11:00am
University Christian Church Sanctuary
Recital: Luis Engelke
“Brazilian Brass Music”
Luis Engelke, trumpet
Rúbia Santos, piano
Joseph Bowman, reporter
An interested crowd was on hand at University Christian Church for Luis Engelke’s trumpet recital, featuring Brazilian trumpet music. Engelke is professor of trumpet at Towson State  University in Baltimore, Maryland. While pursuing his doctorate at Arizona State, Engelke began to study the music of Brazilian composers, as a way of reconnecting with the music of his home country. Several of the pieces Engelke uncovered were played on this program.
Displaying a wonderful lyrical sense and a beautiful tone as well, Engelke opened with a ballad titled Cissiparidade by Nestor de Hollanda Cavalcanti. He followed with a set of movements titled Suite Recife by Jose Ursincino da Silva “Duda.” Being a scholar in addition to a wonderful trumpeter, Engelke took time to talk about the pieces, and the deeply rooted Brazilian rhythms and styles found within them. For example, the first movement, Andrea, uses a Baiaao, a Brazilian musical style in a two feel.
Throughout the concert, Engelke’s mastery of the horn was evident. He displayed many subtle tone colors, and always a beautiful sound. His pianist Rubia Santos, also Brazilian, was equally wonderful. Her artistry and familiarity with the music gave the performance an added meaning. The recital continued with a work by perhaps the most famous Brazilian composer, Claudio Santoro, titled Sonata para Trompete e Piano. Engelke related the lengths he had to go to persuade Santoro’s widow to search for the work, which had never been published. The work is atonal, which provided a nice contrast to the decidedly tonal works of the other composers.
Another work by Duda followed. Concertino para Trompete e Piano began as a serious attempt to write a “classical” work, but Engelke related that Duda quickly slipped back into his old habits, and infused the work with many traditional Brazilian styles. Engelke closed the performance with a work he considered to be his personal favorite, Suite para Trompete e Piano by Antonio Guierreiro. Those in attendance heard a wonderful concert, and learned a great deal about Brazilian trumpet music as well.
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Trumpet Prelude:
Eastern New Mexico Trumpet Ensemble
Dr. John Kennedy, director
Fanfare V - Anthony Alvarado*
Peaches en Regalia - Frank Zappa/Dal Porto*
Sonata No. 1 in F - Pietro Baldassare/Mathie
Dr. Douglas Wilson, soloist
*premiere performance
Members:
Manuel Young, Josh Martinez, Mike D'Arcy, Jared Dallas, Kristin Ellis, Christina Barajas, Kris Walls, Emily Cox, Juan Rodriguez, Molly MacFarling
Program Selected from the Following Works:
Andante e Bolero (1900) Santana Gomes (1834-1908)
Sonata para Trompete e Piano (1946) Claudio Santoro (1919-1989)
Allegro
Andante
Allegro
Canto e Trompette Baptista Siqueira (1906-1992)
Divagando (1960) Domingos Raymundo (b. 1904)
Suite Recife (1981) José Ursicino da Silva “Duda” (b. 1935)
Andrea (baiaão)
Mida (canção)
Dorinha (baião)
Nadja (aboio)
Meyse (frevo)
Concertino para Trompete e Piano (1991) José Ursicino da Silva “Duda (b.1935)
Allegro (maracatú, canção, and fervor)
Calmo (, canção, and valsa)
Finale (frevo)
Suite para Trompete e Piano (1988) Antonio Guerreiro (b. 1949)
Choro
Caminhadas
Frevo Carioca
Cissiparidade (1999) Nestor de Hollanda Cavalcanti (b. 1949)
Um Gringo no Frevo (1999) Nestor de Hollanda Cavalcanti (b. 1949
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