NEWS 2011
JUNE
TANGO ESPEJO LIVE COMING IN JUNE 2011
The debut CD from Tango Espejo will be coming in February. The artwork for
the CD was created by Monmouth College factuly Mary E. Phillips. CD release
events will be announced for Central, Illinois and the Peoria/Galesburg area
soon.
NEWS 2010
OCTOBER
Tango Espejo on Myspace (Update):
Listen to live performances and new tracks from the studio of Tango Espejo at
http://www.myspace.com/tangoespejo
No Myspace membership is required just click the link above, listen and enjoy!
JULY
On Sunday July 18 Tango Espejo performed their first concert in Chicago at
Barba Yianni Greek Taverna in Lincoln Square. With a sold out attendance -
Tango Espejo was well received by those that came to hear the music of Astor
Piazzolla. The performance included two sets and an ad hoc third comprised of
encores. Thank you Agape Pappas, Barba Yianni and Chicago! We Love You
All!!!
MARCH
Tango Espejo on Live and Local with Kevin Kelly:
Tango Espejo performed live on Live and Local with Kevin Kelly on WILL FM
90.9. The show aired 12:00pm (noon) on April 5, 2010. The performance
included selections from Las Cuatro Estaciones (the Four Buenos Aires
Seasons) and Suite del Angel by Astor Piazzolla.
Tango Espejo at V-Picasso, Urbana, IL:
Tango Espejo's performance on Sunday March 14 at V-Picasso featured
vocalist Tania Coambs. The performance included arrangements by Garold
Fowler of songs by Astor Piazzolla and Edith Piaf. If you missed the
performance with Tania, don't worry; Tania will be featured again soon. Check
out the set list March 14 set list
JANUARY 2010
Tango Espejo at V-Picasso, Urbana, IL:
Join us on Valentine's Day at V-Picasso in Urbana, IL.
We performed standard tangos and the complete Las Cuatro Estaciones
Porteñas (the Four Buenos Aires Seasons) and Suite del Angel. Check out the
set list from our performance in December at V-Picasso here for the set list
OCTOBER 2009
Prairie Ensemble:
Tango Espejo’s double bassist Garold Fowler wrote program notes for the
Prairie Ensemble’s performance of "Invierno Porteño." You can read the
program notes below. The Prairie Ensemble also performed Garold’s critical
edition of "Verano Porteño" with great success!
Astor Piazzolla
Born 11 March 1921, Mar del Plate, Argentina
Died 4 July 1992, Buenos Aires, Argentina
“Invierno Porteño” from Las Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas
(“Winter” from the Four Buenos Aires Seasons)
Piazzolla said in 1985, “For me the tango is synonymous with cabaret, crime,
police, prostitution, gigolos, drugs, all that is crooked in this life. That’s what
the tango really was.”Piazzolla’s ambition was to take tango from the cabaret
and elevate it to the concert stage. In 1989 during his last interview, Piazzolla
mentioned an affinity with George Gershwin. Piazzolla stated, “Perhaps it is
because both of us, starting out with very traditional styles – jazz for him,
tango for me - wanted to raise the level of what we liked.” This they both did,
but unlike Gershwin, Piazzolla revolutionized tango and created what he
called Nuevo Tango or New Tango.
The vehicles of his Nuevo Tango were the ensembles he composed for and
performed with. Piazzolla’s preferred ensemble and instrumentation was the
quintet: bandoneón, violin, electric guitar, double bass and piano. The quintet
marks two compositional periods in Piazzolla’s career. The first quintet period
was from 1960 to 1974 and the second quintet was from 1978 to 1988. The
suite Las Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas was composed for the first quintet. In
1965 Piazzolla completed the first composition of the suite “Verano Porteño”
or “Buenos Aires Summer.” The quintet premiered the suite in its entirety on
May 19, 1970 at the Teatro Regina in Buenos Aires and recorded it for a live LP.
Las Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas represents Piazzolla’s nod to Vivaldi and the
baroque period. J.S. Bach was a major influence in Piazzolla’s music,
represented through his counterpoint and fugues. A porteño is a native of
Buenos Aires or more simply a Buenosairean. This composition could also be
seen as Piazzolla’s attempt to gain a stronger sense of acceptance from
Buenosaireans and Argentineans loyal to traditional tango. During the 1960s,
Piazzolla was often confronted by hecklers after concerts who would yell from
the audience, “Now that the concert is over – can you play us a tango!”
“Invierno Porteño” the “Winter” season opens with a dark melody,
reminiscent of winter, stated by the bandoneón. The thematic material is then
passed off to the violin and piano, eventually making its way back to the
bandoneón. “Invierno Porteño” comes to a close with a thematic and harmonic
progression strikingly similar to Pachelbel’s famous canon in D, which creates
an appropriate musical segue from winter to spring.
Note by Garold Fowler
JUNE
TANGO ESPEJO LIVE COMING IN JUNE 2011
The debut CD from Tango Espejo will be coming in February. The artwork for
the CD was created by Monmouth College factuly Mary E. Phillips. CD release
events will be announced for Central, Illinois and the Peoria/Galesburg area
soon.
NEWS 2010
OCTOBER
Tango Espejo on Myspace (Update):
Listen to live performances and new tracks from the studio of Tango Espejo at
http://www.myspace.com/tangoespejo
No Myspace membership is required just click the link above, listen and enjoy!
JULY
On Sunday July 18 Tango Espejo performed their first concert in Chicago at
Barba Yianni Greek Taverna in Lincoln Square. With a sold out attendance -
Tango Espejo was well received by those that came to hear the music of Astor
Piazzolla. The performance included two sets and an ad hoc third comprised of
encores. Thank you Agape Pappas, Barba Yianni and Chicago! We Love You
All!!!
MARCH
Tango Espejo on Live and Local with Kevin Kelly:
Tango Espejo performed live on Live and Local with Kevin Kelly on WILL FM
90.9. The show aired 12:00pm (noon) on April 5, 2010. The performance
included selections from Las Cuatro Estaciones (the Four Buenos Aires
Seasons) and Suite del Angel by Astor Piazzolla.
Tango Espejo at V-Picasso, Urbana, IL:
Tango Espejo's performance on Sunday March 14 at V-Picasso featured
vocalist Tania Coambs. The performance included arrangements by Garold
Fowler of songs by Astor Piazzolla and Edith Piaf. If you missed the
performance with Tania, don't worry; Tania will be featured again soon. Check
out the set list March 14 set list
JANUARY 2010
Tango Espejo at V-Picasso, Urbana, IL:
Join us on Valentine's Day at V-Picasso in Urbana, IL.
We performed standard tangos and the complete Las Cuatro Estaciones
Porteñas (the Four Buenos Aires Seasons) and Suite del Angel. Check out the
set list from our performance in December at V-Picasso here for the set list
OCTOBER 2009
Prairie Ensemble:
Tango Espejo’s double bassist Garold Fowler wrote program notes for the
Prairie Ensemble’s performance of "Invierno Porteño." You can read the
program notes below. The Prairie Ensemble also performed Garold’s critical
edition of "Verano Porteño" with great success!
Astor Piazzolla
Born 11 March 1921, Mar del Plate, Argentina
Died 4 July 1992, Buenos Aires, Argentina
“Invierno Porteño” from Las Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas
(“Winter” from the Four Buenos Aires Seasons)
Piazzolla said in 1985, “For me the tango is synonymous with cabaret, crime,
police, prostitution, gigolos, drugs, all that is crooked in this life. That’s what
the tango really was.”Piazzolla’s ambition was to take tango from the cabaret
and elevate it to the concert stage. In 1989 during his last interview, Piazzolla
mentioned an affinity with George Gershwin. Piazzolla stated, “Perhaps it is
because both of us, starting out with very traditional styles – jazz for him,
tango for me - wanted to raise the level of what we liked.” This they both did,
but unlike Gershwin, Piazzolla revolutionized tango and created what he
called Nuevo Tango or New Tango.
The vehicles of his Nuevo Tango were the ensembles he composed for and
performed with. Piazzolla’s preferred ensemble and instrumentation was the
quintet: bandoneón, violin, electric guitar, double bass and piano. The quintet
marks two compositional periods in Piazzolla’s career. The first quintet period
was from 1960 to 1974 and the second quintet was from 1978 to 1988. The
suite Las Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas was composed for the first quintet. In
1965 Piazzolla completed the first composition of the suite “Verano Porteño”
or “Buenos Aires Summer.” The quintet premiered the suite in its entirety on
May 19, 1970 at the Teatro Regina in Buenos Aires and recorded it for a live LP.
Las Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas represents Piazzolla’s nod to Vivaldi and the
baroque period. J.S. Bach was a major influence in Piazzolla’s music,
represented through his counterpoint and fugues. A porteño is a native of
Buenos Aires or more simply a Buenosairean. This composition could also be
seen as Piazzolla’s attempt to gain a stronger sense of acceptance from
Buenosaireans and Argentineans loyal to traditional tango. During the 1960s,
Piazzolla was often confronted by hecklers after concerts who would yell from
the audience, “Now that the concert is over – can you play us a tango!”
“Invierno Porteño” the “Winter” season opens with a dark melody,
reminiscent of winter, stated by the bandoneón. The thematic material is then
passed off to the violin and piano, eventually making its way back to the
bandoneón. “Invierno Porteño” comes to a close with a thematic and harmonic
progression strikingly similar to Pachelbel’s famous canon in D, which creates
an appropriate musical segue from winter to spring.
Note by Garold Fowler
