kath. Pfarrkirche Mariae Himmelfahrt
Straubinger Tagblatt – 18th, 21st & 26th January, 2017
The Brazilian organist Handel Cecilio performed last Saturday in the parish of Leiblfing and presented an exceptional program with works by Iberian and Brazilian masters. Handel Cecilio began his concert with the “Tocata de Contras Quinto Tono” by the Spanish composer José Elias. This Toccata in Pachelbel’s style, elegantly recorded in elegant Principal timbres, led the audience into an almost soft and meditative state, to the following works. Antonio Soler’s “Sonata de Clarines”, also a work of Spanish penmanship, deliberately set up a tonal contrast. In a constant dialogue sounded slightly dancing passages in contrasting timbral colors. Cecilio again used a transparent organ sound in which the character of the individual registers stood out very well. The next work by the Brazilian composer Amaral Vieira (born 1952), a personal friend of Handel Cecilio, was a national premiere in this country. The “Toccata in 3 movements” was composed in a romantic musical language reminiscent of Bach and corresponds roughly to the form of the Concerto. The interpretation Handel Cecilio’s expressive interpretation, which mainly valorized the slow and lyrical tempo as the main tempo, was lyrical tempo as the main tempo, was played in a very emotional way and once again the expressiveness once again the expressiveness of the choice of registers stood out. Händel’s “Concerto in F” was originally composed for orchestra and organ. Handel Cecilio brought a very well arranged solo version of this organ concerto, totally in the authentic style of the Baroque period. A highlight of the evening was the work composed by Handel Cecilio “Baião para Órgão”, a Brazilian suite for organ for 4 hands and 4 feet. Organist Waltraud Götz-Rigaud took the discante part. Baião, originally from Bahia, is a basic rhythm of Brazilian music from the Northeast, which emerged from the popular dance of Bahia and has a character similar to that of a slow samba. Organ music in a different way! The fiery rhythms in conjunction with accordion-like timbres and Pifaro thrilled the audience, who applauded spontaneously. Bach’s famous “Toccata in D minor” was the finale of the program. Handel Cecilio played the restless, almost moody-looking work elegantly in a secure manner giving way to quieter passages as well as dramatic sounds registering excitement. The large audience thanked the organist Handel Cecilio with prolonged applause.
STRAUBING-BOGEN COUNTY – Cultural Scene
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Organ concert in the parish church of Leiblfing: Brazilian organ professor Handel Cecilio will be our guest
On Saturday, January 21, at 6:45 p.m. in the parish church of Leiblfing, there will be an organ concert with the Brazilian organ professor Handel Cecilio. Admission is free. Donations are welcome. Handel Cecilio was born in Maceió (Alagoas, Brazil). Orga-nist, harpsichordist, pianist, composer and musicologist, he now lives in Belo Horizonte (Minas Gerais, Brazil) and Campinas (Sao Paulo, Brazil) where he works as a musician and university professor. He participated in several master classes for organ with various European organists and since 1978 he works as titular organist in different churches. He graduated in piano from the State University of Minas Gerais in 2004, as well as an extension course in Spanish Baroque organ music. He then began his postgraduate research on the pipe organ in colonial Brazil. In a special study course he specialized in the interpretation and performance practice of Brazilian organ music by Brazilian composers, where, among others, three of his own works for organ received their world premiere (2006). He received his Master of Arts (M.A.) degree from the University “Estadual de Campinas” in 2008 (“The 18th Century Organ of the Carmel Church in Diamantina: Its Enigmas and its Close Connection to the Organ of Córregos”) and wrote his dissertation under the supervision of Dr. Helena Jank on the subject of “The Art of Organ Music in Benedictine Monasteries in Colonial and Imperial Brazil: Their Pipe Organs, Organists and Organ Buildersi, earning a Doctor of Philosophy in Musicology (Dr. phil.) in 2013. In 2001 he played organ recitals in Braga (Basilica Sameiro), Coimbra (Chapel in Seminario Menor) and Almalagues (Parish Church). A scholarship took him again to Portugal from 2011 to 2012, where he conducted research on Iberian organ building at the University of Coimbra under the direction of Dr. Maria Barbosa Mo-rujao. He currently processes information about the organ through seminars, lectures and master classes. His compositions for organ and organ and trumpet have been performed in Brazil, the United States and in Europe. In 2012 Handel Cecilio and the Spanish trumpeter Basilio Gomarín Píriz formed the duo “Regia Symphonia Musicae” dedicated to Renaissance and Baroque repertoire.
Baccalaureate concert
12.04.2017
As can be seen from this name, it is the combination of two completely different styles of music: the Toccata, which is preferably at home in sacred music, Bach composed many, and the Latin American Rumba dance. Korbinian Griesbauer combined these two themes with their different rhvthms masterfully with highly accurate playing technique. Brazilian the composition “Baião”, after the big city Bahia by Handel Cecilio (born 1963), played four-handed on the organ by Waltraud Götz-Rigaud and Korbinian Griesbauer.
