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d'aujourd'hui
Zoë Black Violin and Daniel McKay, Guitar
Crossing over between ragtime, tango, modern classical and folk music of various cultures, this collection of recent works for violin and guitar spans a period of a shade over twenty years, from Astor Piazzolla's 1986 composition Histoire du Tango, to Tim Hansen's 2007 re-scoring of Earwig for Zoë and Daniel. Given the contemporary nature of the repertoire, and the fact that two of the works here receive their premiere recordings, it seems apt to 'borrow' the title from Piazzolla's concert-hall tango 'of today', Concert d'aujourd'hui. With the obvious exception of Piazzolla, the whirlwind tour through Europe, Argentina and Australia heard on d'aujourd'hui is provided by some of Europe and Australia's most exciting living composers.
Press quotes:
“a whirlwind tour through Europe, Argentina and Australia and a really refreshing experience!”
— Margaret McNamara, 4MBS Program Guide Audio previews:
Character interlude 7 by Elena Kats-Chernin (excerpt) download
Earwig by Tim Hansen (excerpt) download Track Listing:
Sonatina Bulgarica Atanas Ourkouzounov
1 Allegro Ritmico 2 Largo 3 Vivo con Fuoco Two Night Movements Phillip Houghton + 4 Full Moon 5 Banshee Character Interludes * Elena Kats-Chernin + 6 Character Interlude 1 7 Character Interlude 2 8 Character Interlude 3 9 Character Interlude 4 10 Character Interlude 5 11 Character Interlude 6 12 Character Interlude 7 13 Character Interlude 8 14 Character Interlude 9 Histoire du Tango Astor Piazzolla 15 Bordel 1900 16 Café 1930 17 Nightclub 1960 18 Concert d'aujourd'hui 19 Earwig *# Tim Hansen + * premiere recording + Australian composer # composed for the duo Catalogue Number: MD3323
Price: AU$26.00
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 Featured Artists:
Daniel McKay began his musical studies at an early age under the guidance of his parents, both of whom are practicing music teachers. Living in the Blue Mountains region of NSW, Daniel was active as a multi-instrumentalist, performing within a myriad of popular styles
Zoë Black has won numerous awards including the National Youth Concerto
Competition in 1989 and the String section of the ABC Young Performers Award in 1991. Graduating from the Victorian College of the Arts in 1992, Zoë was awarded grants from the Australia Council and the Queen Elizabeth Jubilee Trust and the major performance award of the Australian Musical Foundation in London where she studied at the Guildhall School of Music under David Takeno and subsequently at the Vienna Hochschule with Michael Schnitzler. Composers:
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