João Luiz Plays Chôro No.1 by Villa-Lobos

ByBradford Werner
2020

João Luiz plays Chôro No. 1, “Chôro típico brasileiro” (1920) by Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959). This comes via his YouTube channel. You might already know João Luiz from the amazing Brasil Guitar Duo or from last week with his premiere of a new Brouwer work. Great playing and rhythmic feel by Luiz. I love all these at-home recording sessions going on, it’s casual but also up close and personal. Plus, I feel people are posting repertoire that they might not have otherwise posted if they were busy with concerts. There is a pretty good wiki entry on this piece if you want to learn some more background.

You can find the sheet music for Choro No.1 in the Eschig Collected Works of Villa-Lobos.

Bradford Werner

Bradford Werner is a classical guitarist and music publisher from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. He originally created this site for his students at the Victoria Conservatory of Music but now shares content worldwide. Curating guitar content helps students absorb the culture, musical ideas, and technique of the classical guitar. Bradford also has a YouTube channel with over 94,000 subscribers and 13 million views. He taught classical guitar at the Victoria Conservatory of Music for 16 years and freelanced in Greater Victoria for 20 years and now dedicates much of his time curating content online and helping connect the classical guitar community. See more at his personal website.