Introdução aos Chôros
Introdução aos Chôros: Abertura (Introduction to the Chôros: Overture), is a composition for guitar and orchestra by the Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos, composed in 1929 as an overture to precede a complete performance of his series of fourteen "Chôros". A performance of just the "Introdução" lasts about thirteen minutes. History. According to Villa-Lobos, a complete presentation of his series of "Chôros" should be preceded by the "Introdução aos Choros" and concluded by the duet for violin and cello called "Chôros bis", as a sort of encore. According to the official account, the "Introdução aos Chôros  was composed in Rio de Janeiro and Paris in 1929. Instrumentation. The work is scored for solo guitar (amplified) and an orchestra consisting of 2 piccolos, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, cor anglais, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, alto saxophone, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 4 trumpets, 4 trombones, tuba, timpani, tam-tam, cymbals, xylophone, celesta, 2 harps, piano, and strings. Analysis. The work has the form and function of a traditional symphonic overture, anticipating the themes and other aspects of the music that is to follow. The main themes are drawn from the Chôros" numbers 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 , 12, 13, and 14. The work ends with the solo guitar, against a soft and soothing background, playing a free cadenza that prepares for the following entrance of "Chôros No. 1", "which is like the essence, the embryo, the psychological model that will be developed technically in the conception of all the "Chôros"".