Gilberto Gil — Concerto de Cordas & Máquinas de Ritmo
Recorded May 28, 2012
Theatro Municipal · Rio de Janeiro · 
Brazil
Setlist
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“To see Gil celebrate his 70th birthday with the Orquestra Petrobras Sinfônica at Rio's Theatro Municipal.”
Context
Gilberto Gil is a month away from turning 70 when the Theatro Municipal in Rio hosts the celebration on May 28, 2012. The tour has already visited Salvador and Belo Horizonte. Now, the core string and percussion ensemble joins the Orquestra Petrobras Sinfônica for a performance designed to become an album and film.
Seated at center stage, Gil opens with Máquina de Ritmo and shifts the scale of the performance: band and orchestra, a smaller ensemble, voice almost alone. Carlos Prazeres and Jaques Morelenbaum share conducting duties. In Lamento Sertanejo, acoustic guitar and cello form a duet; Domingo no Parque and Panis et Circenses recapture the orchestral dimension of Tropicália.
The journey continues to Europe the following month, and the show remains on the road in 2013. The Rio performance is released on CD and DVD by Biscoito Fino, directed by Andrucha Waddington. Among the older songs, Eu Descobri introduces new material: this celebration of five decades in music does not confine itself to the past.
- Lamento Sertanejo pares the stage down to the meeting of Gil's acoustic guitar and Jaques Morelenbaum's cello.
Lineup at this show
The lineup of this performance — not necessarily the current one.
- Gilberto GilVocals and acoustic guitar
- Bem GilAcoustic and electric guitar
- Jaques MorelenbaumCello, orchestrations, and conducting
- Nicolas KrassikViolin
- Gustavo di DalvaPercussion
- Eduardo MansoElectronic effects
- Carlos PrazeresConducting
- Orquestra Petrobras SinfônicaStrings, woodwinds, and brass
Trivia
According to setlist.fm records, Eu Descobri makes its live debut at this performance.
Gil repeats Domingo no Parque and Estrela after the closing for the recording.
Um Abraço no João is inspired by Um Abraço no Bonfá, by João Gilberto.
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