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Christiaan van Hemert with strings - Verano Porteño

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Channel: Christiaan van Hemert · 2010 · Music

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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: "Verano Porteño" - summer 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.

This is one of the pieces that got me interested in Piazzolla and playing the bandoneón. I imagined playing it one day and I made an attempt at learning it after three years of daily practice on the bandoneón. I discovered quickly that I wasn't ready yet: the difficulty with playing this piece is the endurance one needs. It is very important to learn to preserve energy to be able to explode (both in sound, energy and emotions) when the music asks for it. If you fail to do this you'll be drained within three minutes with nowhere to go and setting yourself up for all kinds of mishaps. This process can only be learned through experience and takes some years to get down properly. I think we did a pretty good job here!

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

Musicians:

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

Christiaan van Hemert with strings - Verano Porteño

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