Lecture-recital

Sunday, 1st November 2020-6.00pm

Program

Flausino Valle (1894-1954)

Prelúdio VII – Sonhando

Prelúdio XIV – A Porteira da Fazenda

Prelúdio XII – O Canto da Inhúma

A Casinha Pequenina (Arranjo de Flausino Valle)

This proposal for a conference-recital, is the result of a PhD in progress. It aims to highlight the various uses of the Alla Guitarra technique in the work “26 Prelúdios Característicos e Concertantes” by the Brazilian composer / poet / violinist Flausino Valle (1894-1954). Flausino Valle was an important figure in the first half of the twentieth century in the Minas Gerais and in the Brazilian musical scene. He worked as violinist in silent movie orchestras, radio violinist, composer, music teacher at “Conservatório Mineiro de Música”, and writer with three published books. He achieved worldwide repercussion when one of his Preludes was recorded by the internationally renowned violinist Jascha Heiftz, and thus other great violinists had access to his work. In this communication with performance, we propose, based on Vasconcellos’ (2013) concept of Hybridization of the Instrumental Technique (HTI), an analysis of the interpretative and performance options identified in the use of the Alla Guitarra technique in Valle’s work, as well as the choices made from experimentation and from access of extra-musical content related to Valle. As a methodology we present experiments with different interpretative possibilities, within the methodological concept of Practice as Research – PaR (NELSON, 2013). In conclusion, we point out that the onomatopoeic effects (imitation / evocation) resulting from the combination of several techniques found in the Preludes of Valle, with a special focus on the imitation / evocation of the “viola caipira” through the use of the Alla Guitarra technique, generate a demand for more interpretive questions, from stage positioning to the physical gesture, that encourages the interpreter to propose creative possibilities.