Christiaan van Hemert with strings - Primavera Porteña

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Although lately I'm kind of focusing on violin, sometimes I like to dust off the ol' bandoneón and play some tunes! This one is part of "The Four Seasons" by the late and great Astor Piazzolla: "Primavera Porteña" - spring in Buenos Aires.

The basis for this arrangement is the original quintet arrangement which I transcribed first (if you want to play Piazzolla I recommend never buying scores since they're crap - all the "Piazzolla-magic" is taken out of the commercial scores - just transcribe the music yourself. If you want the sheet music for this arrangement visit the link above!). I then adapted it for this line-up with strings.

It is a real struggle to play this piece the way Piazzolla intended it. The explosive energy it requires makes the technical challenges even harder. Some parts can be deemed unplayable; especially the original guitar improvisation which I transcribed and arranged for this ensemble as a unison part for violin and viola (3:45 - 4:00). You can also hear a real bandoneón struggle from 4:33 to 5:01), partly because of the insane tempo I tried to play it in. BUT those parts are still energetic and exhilarating and that's what counts in most of Piazzolla's work. Often forgotten but key to playing Piazzolla: explosiveness and energy!

Recorded at "Zaantheater" in Zaandam - The Netherlands
april 21st, 2010

Musicians:

Christiaan van Hemert - bandoneón, arrangement
Alexandre Kanji - violin
Peter Brunt - violin
Giles Francis - viola
Teije Hylkema - cello
Margreet Markerink - piano
Daniël Lehmann - double bass

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[bichinho0do0mar]

Very good!