The tango – sultry, complex, with cross-rhythms and off-beats – is the soul of Argentina. It’s descended from all sorts of strange ancestors – the medieval intricacies of the branle and the estampie, the shape of the passacaglia, the classical elegance of the minuet, the wildness and sexual licence of flamenco, the energy of both rejoicing and lament. It was the genius of Piazzola to recognize that this dance-form could be made to represent the whole emotional universe. He wrote tangos about lost love and hot passion, tangos that form musical pictures of every season in the life of his beloved Buenos Aires (El ano porteno), tangos that sound like the most modern jazz,
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One of the (many) sweet things about the PIP is that it has a history of playing orchestral works that are well worth hearing, but not so very often heard. Our end-of-summer program is full of such things, delightful pieces just off to the side of the standard repertoire, by composers who - some would argue - just aren’t sufficiently appreciated.
So, in the public interest, in the weeks before our fabulous outdoor concert on September 15 (save the date!!), we’re bringing you a series of biographical notes on some of the scheduled composers,