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The Rancho Cordova PodcastCarlos Fuentes, Pianist/Composer, Symphony d'Oro, Guest Host Cheryl Gleason
Join host Cheryl Gleason for an engaging conversation with Carlos McMillan Fuentes, a versatile pianist, composer, singer-songwriter, and music educator. He has performed with the Sacramento Philharmonic & Opera, Symphony d'Oro, Camellia Symphony Orchestra, and Camerata California. We'll delve into his acclaimed recent suite City Portraits, commissioned to celebrate Rancho Cordova’s 20th anniversary. Inspired by local stories and landmarks, City Portraits features movements like "The Woman at Mills Station," "Pioneers of Sky and Space," inspired by the pioneers in the aerospace industry and the military members who have contributed so much to our country and the community of Rancho Cordova, an...2024-06-051h 04
Reflections on Music and NatureCarlos & Brennen, composer/performer duofrom Sep 3, 2020: Composer/pianist Carlos McMillan Fuentes and clarinetist/multi-instrumentalist Brennen Milton are a Sacramento-based duo known as "Carlos and Brennen." We talk about their February performance with soprano Robin Fischer at Sacramento's Crocker Art Museum complementing American impressionist Granville Redmond's (who was deaf) landscape paintings. Other topics include the meaning of the phrase "natural," and Carlos and Brennen's ideas about representation in music. We end with one of Carlos's compositions, "Silentium Amoris," a lustful piece inspired by an Oscar Wilde poem that depicts aspects of human nature. Carlos and Brennen: https://www.carlosandbrennen.com/ ...2023-03-2448 min