Returning to Pais Tropical

Israeli Vocal Ensemble
Conductor: Yuval Benozer
Musicians:
Alon Glesinger – Co-Music Director, Guitar, and Arrangements
Raz Ezra – Flute
Daniel Ring – Cavaquinho
Nir Steinberg – Bass/7-string Guitar
Oded Aloni – Percussion
Dana Oppenheim – Percussion

The third program in The Vocal Experience series of the Israeli Vocal Ensemble is based on Brazilian songs from the popular and beloved program Pais Tropical. The Ensemble’s singers, along with a band of six Israeli musicians, will bring to the stage well-known and beloved songs in a journey through samba and bossa nova, as well as other Brazilian music.

Among the songs in the program:   Você Abusou, Como é Duro Trabalhar,  Felicidade, Doña Flor, Tristeza (from Orfeo Negro), Naquela Mesa, Birimbão, Santa Clara, Trem das Onze, País Tropical, and more.

*This concert replaces the concert Requiem para el Mundo: In the Afro-Cuban beat which was cancelled due to the musicians’ cancellation and at the request of the composer’s widow not to perform the piece in Israel at this time.