Tango Virtuoso

SKU: BT.DHP-1001911-060

Norda Tango (Northern Tango) was inspired during a circus production in 1996. The music, played live by an accordion duo, defined the atmosphere and the action of a virtuoso trapeze artist. In 1997 Foppe Jacobi rewrote Norda Tango for accordion orchestra to be performed at a regional accordion festival.

Deze Noorse tango van Foppe Jakobi werd oorspronkelijk geschreven voor twee accordeons om te spelen tijdens een circusproductie. Deze uitgave van Norda Tango is een origineel werk en geschikt voor diverse gelegenheden.

Dieser nordische Tango für Akkordeonorchester von Foppe Jacobi wurde ursprünglich für eine Zirkusproduktion für zwei Akkordeonspieler komponiert. Norda Tango ist ein originelles Werk und für alle Arten von Konzerten geeignet.

Norda Tango a été composé l’occasion d’un spectacle de cirque. La musique, jouée en direct par un duo d’accordéons, apportait une atmosphère particulière au numéro d’un trapéziste virtuose. En réalisant cet arrangement pour Orchestre d’Accordéons, Foppe Jacobi a donné sa forme définitive l’œuvre.

SKU: HL.49045231

ISBN 9790001178402. UPC: 841886017313. 9.0x12.0x0.077 inches.

The pianist and composer Alexander Rosenblatt (*1956) from Moscow loves to cross frontiers, trying to overcome in his piano and chamber music works the rigid barriers between classical and jazz music. It was precisely in this spirit that he wrote his Tango for clarinet and piano. It is a virtuoso, exciting and quite effective piecewhich deliberately puts the possibilities of performance and sound to the extreme. Both players and listeners are going to enjoy themselves.

SKU: FG.55011-529-3

ISBN 9790550115293.

Venezuelan trumpet virtuoso Pacho Flores asked Tuomas Turriago to write a piece for their recital in Tampere (Finland) in April 2019. The composer tells: My half-Colombian soul fell in love with the Venezuelan merengue at once when it was introduced to me by Pacho, and it has been an important construction material in my music ever since. It was featured in my children's opera Prinsessa Papupata (2013-15) as well as in my Sonatas for Tuba and Piano (2010) and Alto Saxophone and Piano (2018), just to mention a few works. In Tanguerengue I decided to combine two of my favourite rhythms, tango and merengue. Hence the name Tanguerengue. This is one of my happiest compositions and gives an enormous amount of room for groovy rhythmical play and limitless trumpet virtuosity. The form is one typical of virtuoso works, a slow introduction followed by a fast movement. The career of the composer, pianist and conductor Tuomas Turriago (b. 1979) has been very versatile, the main motivator being a passion for music, regardless of instrument, style or genre. As a pianist, he has focused on chamber music, and has worked as a lecturer in collaborating piano at Tampere Music Academy since 2004. He has been soloist of various Finnish orchestras and has performed at numerous music festivals in Finland and all over Europe, the US, Colombia, Near East and Far East.