Hot Tango for Cool Nights
Thursday 7th November, 6.00pm at St Mary Le Strand Church, Strand, The Strand, London, WC2R 1ES
Programme
Astor Piazzolla – Otoño porteño (Buenos Aires Autumn)
Astor Piazzolla – Regreso al amor (Vuelvo al Sur)
Astor Piazzolla – Primavera Porteña
Astor Piazzolla – Mumuki
Astor Piazzolla – Oblivion
Mariano Mores – Uno
Carlos Gardel – Por una cabeza
Astor Piazzolla – Fuga y misterio
Astor Piazzolla – Libertango
Astor Piazzolla – Los Pájaros Perdidos
Lucio Demaré – Malena
Astor Piazzolla – Ave Maria
Performers
Corina Piatti – vocals
Jonathan Truscott – violin
Pavlos Carvalho – Cello
Mark Troop – piano
Tango 44
Relive the early days of tango in Buenos Aires with the sensational Tango 44 Come and listen to our blend of the moving, heart stopping Argentine dance music live in the stunning setting of St Mary le Strand in London
Tango is passion, tango is nostalgia, tango is the allure of Buenos Aires; the danger of porteño knife fights, of broken hearts, and of the dance that exemplifies it. Born from the collision of Italian immigrant labour with local mestizo traditions tango is one of the great dance forms on earth, alongside a century-long treasure trove of passionate music. Most of the Golden Age tango is unknown outside of Argentina itself.
Tango came of age as a worldwide phenomenon in the person of one extraordinary man:Astor Piazzolla. Initially an outcast from his homeland, Piazzolla blended New York jazz, Argentine música folclórica and tango, creating Tango Nuevo – a new style of dance music to which people had to sit and listen! With his death in 1992 a tidal wave of Latin passion was unleashed, sweeping the world as converts were drawn into the power and lyricism of his unforgettable music.