1925

January 31. January 31st. Recital by Lucia Branco with works by Bach, Leo, Beethoven (32 Variations in C minor), Debussy, Dupuis, Arensky, Dumas, Alexandre Levy (Brazilian Tango), Liszt, Chopin. C. S. de Cultura Artística, Campinas (SP). [access the program here] March 8th.

March 8. Recital by Irene Nogueira da Gama Vilhena with works by Bach-Liszt, Chopin (Sonata No. 3), Liszt (Sonata), Wagner-Liszt, Wagner-Brassin, Wagner-Tausig. Salão do Instituto Nacional de Música, Rio de Janeiro. [access the program here] April 19th.

April 19. Performance of compositions classified in the 1924 International Music Competition (first of two concerts, under the direction of Barrozo Netto). Hess de Mello (cello) and Ilara Gomes Grosso (piano) performed Tcherepnine's Sonata No. 2 for cello and piano, and works by Henrion and Guillaume. The trio formed by Ilara Gomes Grosso (piano), Guiomar Nogueira da Gama (violin), and Altair Noronha (cello) performed Delmasure's Trio. National Institute of Music Hall, Rio de Janeiro. [access the complete program here] April 26. Audition of compositions classified in the 1924 International Music Competition (second of two concerts, under the direction of Barrozo Netto). [access the program here]

April 26. The trio formed by Heloisa de Figueiredo (piano), Humberto Milano (violin), and Hess de Mello (cello) performed Guillaume's Trio. Newton Pádua (cello) and Ilara Gomes Grosso (piano) performed works by Lorenzo Fernandez (Elegy) and Bréville. Ilara Gomes Grosso performs the Prelude by Lorenzo Fernandez. Olga Abrahac Rachidel (vocals) and Ilara Gomes Grosso (piano) perform three songs by Lorenzo Fernandez (Night Full of Stars, The Stars, and Country Song). The trio formed by Barrozo Netto (piano), Humberto Milano (violin), and Newton Padua (cello) performs Lorenzo Fernandez's Brazilian Trio. National Institute of Music Hall, Rio de Janeiro. [access the complete program here] May 12. Portuguese pianist, composer, and publisher Arthur Napoleão passes away. [access the program here]

May 31. Rossi de Freitas solos J.S. Bach's Concerto No.

May 31. 1 with a string orchestra conducted by Barrozo Netto. Also performing were musicians Vicente Fittipaldi (violin), Augusto Brandão (violin), Hess de Mello (cello), Henriqueta Guerra Mandin (vocals), Edgardo Guerra (violin), and Julieta Gomes de Menezes (piano), interpreting works by Handel and Bach. National Institute of Music Hall, Rio de Janeiro. [access the program here] March 8. Recital by Irene Nogueira da Gama Vilhena with works by Bach-Liszt, Chopin (Sonata No.

March 8. 3), Liszt (Sonata), Wagner-Liszt, Wagner-Brassin, Wagner-Tausig. National Institute of Music Hall, Rio de Janeiro. [access the program here] June 8. Lucia Branco's recital features works by Bach-Busoni, Franck (Prelude, Aria, and Finale), Debussy (Suite Bergamasque), De Greef, Prokofiev, Depuis, and Liszt (Transcendental Etudes No.

June 8. 11 and No. 8). TMRJ. [access the program here] June 10. Lucia Branco's recital. TMSP. June 13. João Octaviano Gonçalves performs Beethoven's Concerto No.

June 10. 5 "Emperor" with the Arcangelo Corelli School of Music orchestra.

June 13. He also performs Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight". TMRJ. June 19. Alexander Brailowsky's recital features works by Bach, Scarlatti, Beethoven (Sonata No.

June 19. 23), Chopin (4 pieces), Schumann (Scenes from Childhood), Scriabin, Mussorgsky, and Liszt. TMRJ. June 20. Walborg Bang, wife of Alberto Nepomuceno, performs Grieg's Concerto as a soloist with an orchestra conducted by Francisco Braga.

June 20. TMRJ. June 20th (same day as the concert above, but at a different time).

June 20. Recital by Alexander Brailowsky with works by Chopin (Sonata No. 3, the 24 Preludes + 5 pieces). 1st recital of the Chopin Cycle. TMRJ. June 21st. Recital by Alexander Brailowsky with works by Bach-Busoni, Weber, Schumann, Debussy, Palmgren, Leschetizky, Rimsky-Korsakoff, and Liszt.

June 21. TMRJ. June 23rd. Recital by Alexander Brailowsky with works by Beethoven, Schumann, Liszt, Rachmaninoff, Lyapunov, Scriabin, Glinka-Balakirev, and Balakirev.

June 23. TMRJ. June 24th. Recital by Lucia Branco.

June 24. Catete Palace, Rio de Janeiro. [access the program cover here] June 25th. Recital by Alexander Brailowsky with works by Chopin (2nd recital of the Chopin Cycle). [access here]

June 25. TMRJ. June 27. Recital by Alexander Brailowsky with works by Bach, Brahms, Liszt (Sonata), Weber, Stravinsky, Scriabin, Mauss-Gopak and Liszt.

June 27. TMRJ. June 28. Recital by Alexander Brailowsky with works by Beethoven, Schumann (Fantasia Op.

June 28. 17), Mussorgsky (Pictures at an Exhibition), Debussy, and Schubert-Tausig. TMRJ. June 28. Recital by Alonso Annibal da Fonseca for the São Paulo Society of Artistic Culture.

June 30. Recital by Alexander Brailowsky with works by Chopin (3rd recital of the Chopin Cycle).

June 30. TMRJ. July 2. Recital by Édouard Risler with works by Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Chopin, and Liszt.

July 2. TMRJ. July 5th. Recital by Édouard Risler with works by Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Debussy, Chabrier, Saint-Saëns, Tchaikovsky, and Liszt.

July 5. TMRJ. July 6th. Recital by Édouard Risler with four sonatas by Beethoven (Nos.

July 6. 12, 14, 21, and 32). TMRJ. July 8th. Recital by Édouard Risler with works by Couperin, Rameau, Daquin, Schubert, Weber, Mendelssohn, Chopin, Schumann, Wagner-Liszt, and Liszt.

July 8. TMRJ. July 10th. Recital by Édouard Risler with works by Mozart, Beethoven, Liszt (Sonata), Wagner-Liszt, Hahn, and Debussy.

July 10. TMRJ. July 11th. Recital by Alexander Brailowsky for the São Paulo Artistic Culture Society.

July 11. August 1st. Recital by Maria do Carmo with works by Bach-Busoni, Chopin, Schumann, Henrique Oswald, Philipp, Debussy, and Lyapunov.

August 1. TMRJ. August 1st. Recital by Maria Dvorak (piano) and Karel Vohnout (violin) with works by Glück, Clementi, Kreisler, Granados, Sarasate, Sevcik, and Ernst.

August 1. Maria Dvorak performed solo piano pieces by Antonin Dvorak (Monte Santo), Smetana, Fibich, Friml, Chopin (2 pieces), and Wagner-Liszt. Karel Vohnout performed a piece by Saint Lubin on the violin. Pelotas Music Conservatory Hall, RS. [[access the program here], available at the UFPel Music Documentation Center] August 2nd (or 3rd). Recital by Édouard Risler with works by Beethoven, Chopin, and Liszt.

TMRJ. August 27th. Recital by Ilsa Woebcke with works by Mozart, Schubert, Ansorge, Schumann (4 pieces from the Fantastic Pieces Op.

August 27. 12), Paganini-Liszt (3 Studies), Liszt (2 pieces). Pelotas Music Conservatory, RS. [[access the program here], available at the UFPel Music Documentation Center] September 17th. World premiere of Villa-Lobos's Simple Collection (complete), performed by Antonietta Rudge.

September 17. National Music Institute Hall, Rio de Janeiro. September 22nd. Lucilia Guimarães Villa-Lobos solos A folia de um bloco infantil (in its world premiere), by Villa-Lobos with orchestra conducted by Villa-Lobos.

September 22. National Institute of Music Hall, Rio de Janeiro. October 24. Recital by Bidú Sayão (soprano), Jayme B.

October 24. Figueiras (piano) and Ary J. Ferreira (flute) with works by Handel, Caccini, Gréry, Mozart, Bellini, Duparc, Rimsky-Korsakoff, Barrozo Netto (Cantiga), Hahn, Donizetti and Thomas. TMRJ. October 25th. Recital with works by Lorenzo Fernandez.

October 25. Nair Gusmão Lobo performs Children's Visions (I. Little Procession, II. Night Round; III. Mysterious Dance, the latter in its world premiere), Reverie (world premiere), 2nd miniature, Twilight Preludes (No. 1 Evocation of the Afternoon, No. 5 Fireflies, the latter in its world premiere). The string quartet formed by Lorenzo Templer (violin), Gao Omacht (violin), Jorge Kolman (viola), and Hess de Mello (cello) performs the "Historietas Maravilhosas" (Wonderful Tales), in a version for string quartet (world premiere) (I. Serenade to the Enchanted Prince; II. Snow White; III. The Fairy of the Woods; IV. The Sleeping Beauty's Fault; V. Little Red Riding Hood; VI. Cinderella; VII. The Adventures of Little Thumb (miniature variations)). The same quartet accompanies the singer Adacto Filho in the songs "Noite Cheia de Estrelas" (Night Full of Stars), "Mãos Frias" (Cold Hands), and "Ó Vida de Minha Vida" (Oh Life of My Life). The same quartet, along with flautist Victor Neves, accompanies the singer Adacto Filho in "Canção Sertaneja" (Country Song). The trio formed by Barrozo Netto (piano), Humberto Milano (violin), and Newton Padua (cello) performs the "Trio Brasileiro" (Brazilian Trio). National Institute of Music Hall, Rio de Janeiro. [access the program here] November 17.

November 17. Ilara Gomes Grosso performs one of J.S. Bach's Piano Concertos with an unidentified orchestra conducted by Humberto Milano. National Institute of Music, Rio de Janeiro.

November 24. Recital by Dyla Tavares with works by Rameau, Rameau-Godowsky, Beethoven-Busoni, Gluck-Saint-Saëns, Schumann, Chopin, Moszkowski, Debussy and Liszt.

November 29. TMRJ. November 29. Recital by Ninon Vallin (vocals) and Ernani Braga (piano) for the São Paulo Artistic Culture Society.

November 30. Recital by the Barrozo-Milano-Pádua Trio, formed by Barrozo Netto (piano), Humberto Milano (violin) and Newton Padua (cello) performs Serrana, by Henrique Oswald (in its world premiere), and the Brazilian Trio of Lorenzo Fernandez. Humberto Milano (violin) and Barrozo Netto (piano) perform works by Homero Barreto (Rêverie), Barrozo Netto (Romance), Francisco Braga (Tango Caprichoso, and Canto da Saudade, the latter in its world premiere). Newton Padua (cello) and Barrozo Netto (piano) perform works by Villa-Lobos (O Canto do Cisne Negro), Serenata (by João Octaviano), Francisco Braga (Toada), and Luciano Gallet (Dança Brasileira). Marietta Bezerra (vocals) and Barrozo Netto (piano) perform songs by Barrozo Netto (Lavinia's Song and Song of Happiness), Alberto Nepomuceno (Songs and Fearful of Love), Lorenzo Fernandez (Country Song). National Institute of Music, Rio de Janeiro. [access the program here]