Tales of Two Countries

Tales of Two Countries

SATURDAY, AUGUST 06 | 7:30pm

School for Creative & Performing Arts Corbett Theatre, DOWNTOWN
108 W Central Pkwy, Cincinnati, OH 45202

Prelude Talk: 6:45pm | SCPA Mayerson Theater | Eckart Preu

Preconcert Performance: 6:45 pm | Lobby | Tango del Barrio

Eckart Preu, conductor

Hector Del Curto, bandoneon

Fernanda Ghi and Silvio Grand, tango dancers

GABRIELA LENA FRANK: Elegía Andina for Orchestra (CCO Premiere) | More Info | YouTube

ASTOR PIAZZOLLA, arr. IAIN FARRINGTON: Three Tangos (CCO Premiere)
Tango del Diablo, Romance del Diablo, Vayamos al Diablo

OSVALDO GOLIJOV: Last Round (CCO Premiere) | More Info | YouTube
   I. Movement Movido, urgente, II. Murtes Del Angel (Deaths of the Angel)

ASTOR PIAZZOLLA (Edizione Curci): Bandoneon Concerto “Aconcagua” (CCO Premiere) | More Info | YouTube
   I. Allegro Marcato, II. Moderato, III. Presto

Approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes with a 15-minute intermission

Wine will be available for purchase

Enjoy a rhythmic musical tour of Peru and Argentina – all new to the ears of CCO audiences. The colors of Gabriela Lena Frank’s Elegía Andina (Andean Elegy) immediately summon the sounds of the Peruvian rain forest. Astor Piazzolla’s name is intertwined with the tango – not only as a composer, but as a player of the bandoneon. Bandoneon virtuoso Hector Del Curto, the 2019 Grammy Award winner for Best Latin Jazz Album, will be featured on a work by the national hero himself, Astor Piazzolla. Fernanda Ghi and Silvio Grand, legends in the world of Argentine tango, will bring the music to life.