Patrik Kleemola Plays Five Preludes by Villa-Lobos

ByBradford Werner
2024

Finnish guitarist Patrik Kleemola performs Five Preludes by Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959) on classical guitar. This comes via Kleemola’s YouTube channel. Recorded at Sigyn Hall of Turku Conservatory, Finland. Great performance by Kleemola and wonderful to have all five preludes in one place. Kleemola has been recording some excellent sets of repertoire on his channel so go subscribe for more. As he mentions, “The last work of Villa-Lobos wide repertoire for guitar, this set of Preludes was completed in 1940 (in Rio) and the work is dedicated to the composer’s spouse Mindinha (Arminda Neves d’Almeida).”

Five Preludes (1940)

0:00 Prelude No. 1 in E minor

4:53 Prelude No. 2 in E major

8:19 Prelude No. 3 in A minor

11:46 Prelude No. 4 in E minor

15:19 Prelude No. 5 in D major

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.