Piece of the Month: March 2009
Prelude No. 4 by Heitor Villa Lobos
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This is another old piece that I’m revisiting and re-integrating into my repertoire. There was a Julian Bream recording of this piece in the Amherst College music library that I thought was incredible the first time I heard it. I’m still not able to play the middle section with anywhere near the speed that Bream does, but it has improved significantly since I played this piece at my first student recital way back when.