Martin Kutnowski: Five Tango Etudes - Janet Hammock, piano

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Martín Kutnowski (b. 1968), Five Tango Etudes Janet Hammock, piano 0:15 - I. Bordoneo 2:30 - II. Tango 7:46 - III. Milonga 11:01 - IV. Payada 15:07 - V. Fuga In conversation with Janet Hammock 18:33 - In conversation with Janet Hammock 18:41 - Interview Menu 18:51 - About Argentinean Tango 21:22 - Sensuality and Control 22:17 - Authenticity 23:57 - Tango Rubato: Historical Recordings 25:28 - Tango and Jazz 26:51 - Working with a Living Composer 27:22 - "Five Tango Etudes" and the Piano Repertoire 29:07 - Credits Notes by the composer Although transitional in origin, tango is, essentially, an urban kind of folk music. Partly derived from the gaucho's milonga and also inspired by the rhythm of old Afro-Argentine dances, the tango was definitely shaped by the European immigration that crowded the poor neighbourhoods of Buenos Aires at the beginning of the twentieth-century. Perhaps because its origin so closely resembles the social texture of Argentina, tango has often been seen as the perfect metaphor to represent the changing moods—at times deceiving and dramatic—of the Argentine soul. Much has been written about tango and its transformation, towards the end of the twentieth-century, into a "classical" art form. Piazzolla's New Tango, it has been generally agreed, captured the provocative nature of danced and sung tango while translating the music into a far more sophisticated formal and harmonic language. Five Tango Etudes is a cycle that continues the search and development of the New Tango style. Some of the movements refer to traditional tango forms, such as the milonga or the payada; others refer to established formulas of the repertoire of classical music (such as the fugue or the prelude), but also incorporating textural or motivic elements that are distinctive of the tango style. Beneath the abstraction, these piano etudes contain many of the typical idiomatic gestures that belong both to the old and new tango traditions. Either sweet and melancholic, or desperate and aggressive—Latin-American fate plays a part here—each etude refers to those essential components that give a unique identity to the night life of Buenos Aires: seduction, nostalgia, and violence. Five Tango Etudes was the First Prize Winner of the 2004 Annual Award granted by the Argentine Music Forum / Argentine Music Council in the Category "Urban Music" (recording by Marcela Fiorillo). This videorecording was realized at Brunton Auditorium, Mount Allison University, on May 31, 2010. The project received the generous financial support of St. Thomas University. Five Tango Etudes Copyright © 2001 by Martín Kutnowski, A.S.C.A.P. Score Published by: Contrapunctus Email: contact@contrapunctus.com Web: http://www.contrapunctus.com