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10-Feb-2017
‘The Art of Tango’ Concert Review, London – UKby Roland Williams |
  Professor Owen Murray’s whole evening tango concert on February 2nd 2017 at the Royal Academy of Music, which he called ‘The Art of Tango’, was one of the most exciting accordion events of the many he has produced with his small Academy department. Starting with Piazzolla’s rarely heard ‘Ballet Tango’, written for Richard Galliano and dedicated to him, and scored for bandoneon and four accordions, students demonstrated their skill in virtuosic and combination playing. This was followed by works by Albeniz, Stravinsky, Finzi, and Ishii, demonstrating the great variety of works in tango style. The first half of the programme concluded with Piazzola’s ‘Le Grand Tango’ - a wonderful performance by Cecillia Bignall (cello) and Iosif Purits (accordion) of a late 20th Century masterpiece. The second half of the concert was a presentation by visiting Professor Mario S. Pietrodarchi who led an excellent Academy string quartet, the Cymbeline Quartet, throughout his performance. Performing on his bandoneon with great sensitivity and dynamic delicacy, the very full audience was brought to its feet. Pietrodarchi performed first a group of well-known Piazzolla numbers, ‘Oblivion’, ‘Adios Nonino’, ‘Milonga del Angel’, and ‘The Death of an Angel’. The full emotive power of this music with the excellent orchestration with the bandoneon, created an awareness of a special occasion. The climax of the programme was a UK premiere of a ‘Concerto for Bandoneon and Orchestra’ by Roberto Di Marino. Rare perhaps with modern serious writing, this work was full of beautiful melody and rhythm as well as virtuosic dexterity for the soloist, bringing to an end an evening of very special music making. Thanking the audience, Mario Pietrodarchi expressed special thanks and compliments to Owen Murray and all the Academy students who had taken part. “If only”, he said, “there had been in existence such a department as Owen has created, at the beginning of my career, how lucky would it have been for me and how lucky for students now”. A splendid compliment. |