Music from the American Continent

The Cyprus Symphony Orchestra honors three important Composers: Villa- Lobos, Copland and Piazzola, in a programme with “Music from the American Continent”. The audience will enjoy the Old American Songs by Copland, Sinfonietta for chamber orchestra and Tangazo by Astor Piazzola and the Bachianas Brasileiras no. 5 for string orchestra (arr. J. Krance) by Villa Lobos.

Some of the finest 20^th century classical music of the Americas is brought to you in this programme. Villa-Lobos’s hauntingly beautiful Bachiana Brazileira no. 5 (1938) combines sensuous dance rhythms with the influence of Brazilian song. Copland’s hugely popular sets of Old American songs (1950, 1952) are a celebratory tribute to America’s highly diverse song heritage, including minstrel songs, ballads and hymns. Famous for his revolutionary “new tango”, Piazzolla wrote numerous “classical” compositions which “all relate to Buenos Aires”, as the composer explained. Ηis Sinfonietta was singled out by Buenos Aires music critics as the best work of 1953. A more sombre vision of the tango is conveyed in his extensive Tangazo (1970), subtitled “variations on Buenos Aires”.

Soloist: Tassos Apostolou (baritone)

Conductor: Lisa Xanthopoulou

Supporters: Rialto Theatre, Limassol Municipality

Ticket prices: €12, €7 (young people 18-26 yrs, pensioners), €5 (young people 12-18 yrs), €3 (children under 12)

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