Cross-over
een muzikale queeste
De componisten uit dit programma zijn allen op zoek naar hun ideale wereld, hun persoonlijke Utopia, hun eigen Fiddler’s Green. Haydn vind de perfecte liefde in een Engels vrouwenhart en laat het doorklinken in de drie Londense pianotrio’s. Joachim laat zich inspireren door de eeuwig
Blue notes, from Chopin to the Beatles. A sigh gives relief! A man in a melancholy mood lets many a sigh escape. A composer converts his sighs of such a moment into beautiful, melancholy music. I’ve got the blues…the jazz musician would say.
A programme with work of the Argentine composer Astor Piazzolla. All compositions, among which the famous Adios Nonino, are performed in arrangements by José Bragato, the cellist who cooperated with Astor Piazzolla for many years.
Who does not know the passionate music by Astor Piazzolla? In his wonderful tangos sounds life in Buenos Aires, love of American jazz, admiration for composers from Bach to Stravinsky and an undoubtedly warm-blooded temperament.
Making variations, preludes, fantasies. Many composers excelled in the art of improvising, in composing music impromptu. Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven took these improvisations down and called them fantasy, theme with variations, prelude…
