Kleine zaal
-- Doors open 11:00
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Performers
Carel Kraayenhof Quartet
Nuala McKenna - cello - Part of Kleine Zaal on Sunday Series
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Coffee/tea and a treat
After the concert, you can enjoy a cup of coffee or tea with a treat. This is included with your ticket.
Carel Kraayenhof Quartet & Nuala McKenna
Bach in Buenos Aires
- Classical
- Kamermuziek
- Klassiek Seizoen 26-27
- Tango
Tickets
- Ticket (Rang 1) €36,00
- Ticket (Rang 2) €29,00
- Ticket (Rang 3) €24,00
The captivating and moving music of Argentine Astor Piazzolla is a blend of classical music, tango and jazz. And what happens when you add the Baroque music of Bach to that mix? You get a top-class musical celebration! Together with classical cellist Nuala McKenna, bandoneon player Carel Kraayenhof (yes, the one from the Dutch royal wedding) and his quartet perform the program Bach in Buenos Aires, which includes works by Piazzolla, Kurt Weill and Kraayenhof himself. Pianist and composer Juan Pablo Dobal, a member of the quartet who grew up in Argentina with tango and classical music, wrote new work especially for this concert.
It is well known that contemporary classical composers have written works inspired by tango. But far fewer people know that the reverse has also happened — tango composers drawing inspiration from classical music. In Piazzolla’s works, for example, you can recognize Bach-like fugues, while quotations from Beethoven appear in the music of Osvaldo Pugliese. Nuala McKenna is the cellist of the Delta Piano Trio and principal cellist of the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. She fell in love with Piazzolla’s music as a child and now sees a long-held wish come true: performing his music with one of Europe’s finest tango ensembles.
Program
Bach – Die Kunst der Fuge (selection)
Bach – Goldberg Variatie (selection)
Piazzolla, Pugliese, Weill, Kraayenhof, Dobal – Argentine tangos
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- Doors open 11:00
-
Performers
Carel Kraayenhof Quartet
Nuala McKenna - cello - Part of Kleine Zaal on Sunday Series
-
Coffee/tea and a treat
After the concert, you can enjoy a cup of coffee or tea with a treat. This is included with your ticket.
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