RECORDERS, CLARINET, TRUMPET, TROMBONE GUITAR, PERCUSSION, VIOLIN AND DOUBLE BASS
AFTER A TANGO
for chamber ensemble
Duration:
16 minutes
Instrumentation:
Recorders (3), clarinet, trumpet, trombone, guitar, Percussion, violin, double bass
Year Composed:
1995
Premiere Performance:
25 March 1996
Jerusalem, Israel
Students of the Rubin Academy of Music, Jerusalem;
Lior Navok, conductor
Program Notes:
The Tango, besides being a passionate dance, has also other meanings. It is associated with parting, death, and sadness. After a Tango, portrays these elements, without any attempt to follow the gestures of the traditional dance. Nevertheless, the attentive listener will discover fragments and reminiscences of the Argentinean Tango. The instrumentation, suggests Tango sonorities, thanks to the violin, guitar, double bass and percussion. In addition, a consort of three recorders acts as a Greek Chorus, which reflects the music played by the other instruments.
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