New York, NY – 03/05/12 – Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church – Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players

March 5 Spanish Flavors
Roman Rabinovich piano
Xiao-Dong Wang violin

Joaquín TURINA Piano Trio No. 1 in D Major Op. 35 • 1926
• sensuous and expansive, the trio by the Spaniard from Seville premiered in London on July 5, 1927 with Turina at the piano

Heitor VILLA-LOBOS Fantaisie concertainte • 1953
• sonorous chordal chromaticism and tricky rhythms define the Brazilian composer’s colorful and spicy trio, while demanding technique from the players of the piano, clarinet and bassoon

Astor PIAZZOLLA L’histoire du tango • before 1985
• beginning with the erotic milonga “Bordel 1900,” the tango cycle for flute and guitar by the Argentine then depicts the genteel, languorous “Café 1930,” a jazzy “Nightclub 1960,” and the somewhat abstract “Concert d’aujourd’hui”

Alberto GINASTERA Impresiones de la Puna • 1934
• portrayal of the rocky wasteland of Puna—in the heart of the Incas up in the Andes mountains—and its Amerindian music ~ for flute and string quartet

Enrique GRANADOS Piano Quintet in G minor Op. 49 • 1894
• the Catalan composer’s highly expressive, impetuous, virtuosic quintet, with hints of Moorish, gypsy and folkloric elements