Event
Danzas Amorosas
- Date: Sunday, 2 April 2017, 2.30pm
- Venue: Sydney Opera House, Utzon Room — Bennelong Point, Sydney, NSW
- Tickets: Adults: $58 | Children: $20 | Concession: $40 — Tickets can be purchased online
Event Details
TANGO - a torrid love affair in three minutes
Danzas Amorosas, or Dances of Love, is a seminal work by Chilean-Australian composer Daniel Rojas for flutes, clarinets, violin, cello, and piano. The piece reminds us of being hypnotised, unable to walk past any couple dancing a tango or cha-cha. Rojas invokes the music of ‘Pachamama’ Mother Earth, and the voice of ‘Taita Wamani’, Father Mountain, along with familiar dance rhythms. The ancient people of South America prayed for fertility, growth, and the harvest using particular dances – the salsa, the merengue, the lambada – the bodies of dancers repeating signals from the core of ancient rituals.
The Hourglass Ensemble presents passionate operatic favourites by Gimenez and Verdi, including the cherished Pace, pace mio dio (or Peace, peace my God!), with a miniature orchestral arrangement. There will be funky new work with blues and Latin vibe by Brisbane composer Andrew Ball, the wildly passionate and irrepressible Tango Fantasia for flute and piano, a fast-paced flamenco commission by wannabe Spaniard Andrew Kennedy, and a cheeky anthology inspired by a former prime minister, including Ian Munro’s The Tango We Had To Have, and The Scumbag Tango by Russell Gilmour, from The Keating Tangos.
The Hourglass Ensemble www.hourglassensemble.com: Geoffrey Gartner - cello, Vivien Jeffrey - violin, Andrew Kennedy - clarinets/artistic director, Gregory Kinda - piano, Ewa Kowalski - flute/piccolo/alto flute, Suzi Stengel - soprano
Featured non-Australian music: Jacob Gade, Tango Fantasia; Giuseppe Verdi, Pace Pace Mio Dio; arias by Gimenez and Ravel; Lori Laitman, The Butterfly
Further information for this event is available online at the event's website or by phone on 0438 787 338 or by email to info@hourglassensemble.com
Featured Australian Works
| Option C tango : clarinet with piano (1999) by Maria Grenfell — performed by Gregory Kinda and Andrew Kennedy |
| Scumbag tango : clarinet with piano (1998) by Russell Gilmour — performed by Gregory Kinda and Andrew Kennedy |
| Tango we had to have : clarinet with piano (1997) by Ian Munro — performed by Gregory Kinda and Andrew Kennedy |
| Trio : piano trio (1944) by Dulcie Holland — performed by Hourglass Ensemble |
| World's greatest tango : clarinet with piano (1997) by Raffæle Marcellino — performed by Andrew Kennedy and Gregory Kinda |
Flamenco by Andrew Kennedy |
Featured artists
- Music of Andrew Kennedy
- Music of Andrew Ball
- Performer Gregory Kinda
- Performer Hourglass Ensemble
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