The Australian Tango Academy is supported by the Sydney Youth Orchestra, and a report on their recent recital and then Raúl Iriarte feature before continuation of the interview with Chloe Williamson and Stephen Cutriss of Mendoza Tango Quartet.
Note: I should add that Madeleine Easton stepped in as first violin for the ATA for the performance I attended.
That’s Tango Capital, Sunday evening from 7:00pm to 8:00pm:
- broadcasting on 2xxfm 98.3 in Canberra
- streaming to the web at http://www.2xxfm.org.au
PLAYLIST:
- Nada, meaning ‘Nothing’; it’s a tango recorded by Miguel Caló on 9 March 1944 with music composed by José Dames in 1944, lyrics by Horacio Sanguinetti and sung by Raúl Iriarte.
- Mañana Iré Temprano, meaning ‘I’ll Go Early Tomorrow’; it’s a tango recorded by Miguel Caló on 10 August 1943, with music composed by Enrique Francini in 1943, lyrics by Carlos Bahr and sung by Raúl Iriarte.
- Es En Vano Llorar, meaning ‘It Is Useless To Cry’; it’s a tango recorded by Miguel Caló on 17 May 1943, with music composed by Alberto Suárez Villanueva, lyrics by Oscar Rubens and sung by Raúl Iriarte.
- Óyeme, meaning ‘Hear Me’; it’s a tango recorded by Miguel Caló on 22 October 1947, with music composed by Enrique Francini in 1947, lyrics by Homero Expósito and sung by Raúl Iriarte.
- La Payanca from the ‘Good Enough For Gringos’ release from Tángalo in 2013, the name a reference to a person—probably a woman—from Estancia La Payanca in Córdoba province; it’s a tango composed by August Pedro Berto in 1926 with lyrics by Jesús Fernández Blanco.
- Adiós Pampa Mía, meaning ‘Good-Bye, My Pampa’; it’s a tango recorded by El Arranque in 2002, with music and lyrics by Francisco Canaro, Mariano Mores, and Ivo Pelay in 1945.
- Yunta De Oro, meaning ‘Team Of Gold’; it’s a tango recorded by Osvaldo Pugliese on 25 October 1957 with music composed by Osvaldo Ruggiero.
- Bahia Blanca, meaning ‘White Bay’, the name a reference to the city where Carlos Di Sarli was born; it’s a tango composed by Di Sarli and recorded by him on 21 November 1957.
The continued absence of the protester is inevitably evoking references to the ‘Dirty War’ under the military junta from 1976 to 1983, when so many thousands of people ‘disappeared’. Tango was effectively halted during that period both because gatherings were politically dangerous and also because being out late was simply unsafe. But tango and politics are never very far apart in Argentina and the name ‘Maldonado’ was already in the tango canon. In fact there are four songs of that name.
Jorge Durán. This edition will feature his singing with Carlos Di Sarli through both periods, 1945 to early 1947 and from 1956 to 1958 . That’s Tango Capital, Sunday evening from 7:00pm to 8:00pm:
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