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Piazzolla’s “Four Seasons”

August 4, 2018, 7:00 pm

Astor Piazzolla and his orchestra, Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons

The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires, by Astor Piazzolla, has become one of the most popular contemporary pieces, both, for tango music and classical music. Fiesta will present the story behind this music and we will hear the original tango versions juxtaposed with the classical renditions.

Playlist

Primavera Porteña (Buenos Aires Spring), by Astor Piazzolla
Astor Piazzolla and his Quintet

Verano Porteño (Buenos Aires Summer)
Astor Piazzolla and his Conjunto 9

Otoño Porteño (Buenos Aires Autumn)
Astor Piazzolla and his Quintet

Invierno Porteño (Buenos Aires Winter)
Astor Piazzolla and his Quintet

Primavera Porteña (Buenos Aires Spring)
8 Cellists of the Sinfonieorchester Basel

Verano Porteño (Buenos Aires Summer)
John Williams, guitar

Otoño Porteño (Buenos Aires Autumn)
Eckart Lorenzen, violin; Batia Lorenzen Steinbok, piano; David Gru, bassoon

Invierno Porteño (Buenos Aires Winter)
Boston String Quartet

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Meet the Host

Composer, musician, and professor, Elbio Rodríguez Barilari was born in 1953 in Montevideo, Uruguay, where he studied at the Conservatório Universitario before continuing his education in Brazil at the Cursos Latinoamericanos de Música Contemporáne. Since settling in the United States in 1998, Barilari has lectured at the University of Chicago and the Instituto Cervantes. He is currently on the faculty of the University of Illinois at Chicago.

As a composer, Barilari has received commissions from the Grant Park Music Festival, Concertante di Chicago, Chicago Park District, and Orquesta Filarmonica de Montevideo. In addition to works for orchestra, chamber ensembles and solo instruments, he has provided scores for more than forty plays in the United States, Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.