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Isaac Manuel Francisco Albéniz y Pascual (1860-1909) from the suite España Op 165 (1890) 2 Tango in D major Andantino grazioso Gentle pace, with grace performed by UNT 2009 Cello Ensemble Eugene Osadchy, artistic director |
To be sure we all know it is cello week, we begin with a number of cellists playing together. That number is probably 18. The piece with which they open today's concert is Albéniz' popular Tango in D. This slow, gentle piece is probably the most famous tango, familiar to many. Although fairly short, it shows a number of tango styles. Russian cellist Eugene Osadchy is professor of cello at the University of North Texas (UNT) College of Music. |
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Astor Pantaleón Piazzolla (1921-1992) arr Kazumasa (Kaz) Takasugi from Histoire du Tango / The Tango Story / History of Tango Café 1930 (1986) Cellists Kendra Grittani and Sahara von Hattenberger 
The King of Tango • Astor Piazzolla playing the Bandoneon
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We remain in tango mode for our next piece.
Piazzola produced the four-part suite Histoire du Tango in 1986, for flute and guitar. Each part represents a different era in the development of the tango. Café 1930 is the second part and here is the composer's description or programme note: Café 1930: This is another age of the tango. People stop dancing it as they did in 1900, preferring instead simply to listen to it. The young arranger Kaz Takasugi is a highly talented instrumentalist, composer and arranger who completed his Masters in Performance in 2018 at Canada's Schulich School of Music, McGill University, Montreal. Mostly known for his trumpet and horn playing, after spending 11 years in education in Canada, Kaz is now based in Tokyo. |
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The beautiful instrumental piece Fuga y Misterio comes from Piazzolla's unsuccessful opera Maria de Buenos Aires. Most of the instruments play tango-based music, but for the percussion the theme is based on jazz rhythms. This piece comes in the fifth scene of the opera, in which the heroine Maria leaves the suburbs and walks into the heart of Buenos Aires. |
Astor Pantaleón Piazzolla from the opera Maria de Buenos Aires (early 1970s) Fuga y Misterio performed by Die 12 Cellisten der Deutschen Stiftung Musikleben German Foundation for Musical Life cellists: Andrei Ioniță, Christoph Heesch, Katarina Schmidt, Tony Rymer, Simone Drescher, Olena Guliei, Jakob Stepp, Stanislas Kim, Svenja Schmidt-Rüdt, Lionnel Martin, Wassily Gerassimez, Benedict Kloeckner |
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Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)
Assobio a Jato The Jet Whistle, W 493 (1950) I Allegro non troppo • II Adagio • III Vivo i fast but not too fast • ii slowly • iii lively performed by Alice K Dade, flute, and Bion Tsang, cello, in February 2015 at the Temple Beth David There are, of course, many Temples and Synagogues of the Congregation Beth David across the USA. I believe this to be the modern synagogue at San Luis Obispo, California (note the Torah Ark (cabinet holding the Torah scrolls) and the chair designs).
It was built to be the greenest synagogue in the world. It embodies the Jewish doctrine of tikkun olam, repairing the world, by using sustainable design and materials that have minimal or no environmental impact. If you'd like to read more about this interesting relilgious buiding project here's the link |
One popular pairing of the cello with another instrument is with the flute. On The Jet Whistle by Villa-Lobos John Mangum comments on the LA Phil website: Villa-Lobos composed Assobio a Jato (The Jet Whistle) in New York in 1950. The composer named his work to describe the technique he calls on the flutist to use during its last movement. |
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Carter Brey (b1954)
Two Tangos for Solo Cello (2013) 1 Tango para Ilaria 2 Study for Tango performed by Arlen Hlusko, cello at her 2015 Graduation Recital in the Field Concert Hall, Curtis Institute of Music, a private conservatory in Philadelphia Carter Brey is a member of the Faculty at Curtis. Since 1996 he has been principal cellist of the New York Philharmonic. 2 Study for Tango performed by Carter Brey, who says: This was composed as a followup to my Tango para Ilaria. It focuses more on the left hand and irregular rhythms. Like the first tango, it owes a lot stylistically to my contact with Astor Piazzolla in the 1980s. |
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Here's an interesting little insight into the working life of Carter Brey, New York Philharmonic's Principal Cellist and Professor of Cello at Curtis Institute of Music. |
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Carlos Gardel was a French Argentinian singer, songwriter, composer and actor, born in Toulouse. He is known to have written over 300 songs.
Lyricist Alfredo Le Pera was an Argentinian, born in Brazil, son of Italian immigrants. Le Pera and Gardel died in an airplane crash in Medellín, Colombia, on Monday, June 24, 1935, along with several fellow musicians and business associates and the pilot. The lyrics of Por una Cabeza speak of a compulsive gambler who compares his addiction for horses with his attraction to women. The starting phrase in the B section may be inspired by Mozart's Rondo for violin and orchestra in C major, K373. The song was originally composed in A major. It was later adapted for the violin and the piano, sometimes in A major, sometimes in G major. Por Una Cabeza is featured in a famous tango scene in Martin Brest's film Scent of a Woman (1992), in the opening scene of Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List (1993) and in James Cameron's True Lies (1994). Nicola Benedetti performs an arrangement, without vocals, on her 2012 album The Silver Violin. |
Carlos Gardel (1890-1935) Lyrics: Alfredo le Pera (1900-1935) Por una Cabeza By a head (1935) performed by The 4Cellists Young Song • Claes Gunnarsson • Li-Wei Qin • Joel Marosi in Seoul, South Korea in 2014 |
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Astor Piazzolla
Libertango (1974) performed by the 12 cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra cellists: Dávid Adorján • Andreas Grünkorn • Solène Kermarrec • Martin Menking • David Riniker • Dietmar Schwalke • Richard Duven • Christoph Igelbrink • Olaf Maninger • Ludwig Quandt • Nikolaus Römisch • Knut Weber recorded in the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, 2008 |
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Music for VE Day 75th Anniversary - Online
a military and nostalgic musical miscellany - including Marlene Dietrich, Vera Lynn, Glenn Miller, Eric Coates, and Handel to access the concert webpage: please click on the Date or the VE Day emblem Venue: this website and a place of your choosing |
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Music on Thursdays - Online
Piano à Deux - piano four hands Linda Ang Stoodley ♥ Richard Stoodley music by Schubert, George Onslow, Rachmaninoff, Gershwin, Shostakovich, Rodgers & Hammerstein and including arrangements by Linda and Richard access this piano 4 hands concert: by clicking on the date or on the duo's picture Venue: this website and a place of your choosing |
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Wednesday at the Organ - Online
Clocks & Cathedrals Clocks? Yes, Haydn wrote for musical, or flute, clocks. We also have music by: Stanford, Karg-Elert, Philip Wilby, Herbert Howells and Louis Vierne's Carillon de Westminster, & Carillon de Longpont - organ music inspired by bells access this organ concert: by clicking on the date or on the clock or organ pictures Venue: this website and a place of your choosing |
musical clock or flötenuhr
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 David Massey & Francisco Correa
Music on Thursdays - Online
Guitars & Friends artistes: David Massey, Francisco Correa, Hugh Millington, Saki Kato, guitars Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Colombia Emily Andrews, flute & mezzo-soprano (CarmenCo) Music by: Agustín Barrios • Joaquín Turina • Joãa Pernambuco • JS Bach • Stephen Goss • Geoffrey Poole • Isaac Albéniz • Georges Bizet • Manuel de Falla access this concert: by clicking on the date or on the duo picture - on or after 28th May Venue: this website and a place of your choosing |
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Music on Thursdays - Online
String Quartet Concert Beethoven & Haydn artistes: Alban Berg Quartett • Jasper String Quartet plus a Haydn encore piece performed by the Tetra String Quartet access concert: by clicking on the date or the pictures - from Thursday 4th June onwards Venue: this website and a place of your choosing |
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