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The Santiago Quartet & Julian Rowlands

Music for string quartet and bandoneon

Part of the Music in Peebles 2017/18

Add to my Calendar 14-01-2018 14:30 14-01-2018 16:30 36 The Santiago Quartet & Julian Rowlands Violinist Rowan Bell makes a welcome return to his native Peebles, this time as leader of the London-based Santiago Quartet. They are joined by Julian Rowlands, ‘one of the UK’s few genuinely accomplished players of the bandoneon [an Argentinian form of accordion]’ (Venue magazine). Of course, it is the spirit of the tango that pervades the concert, from three traditional tango tunes to the nuevo tango of Astor Piazzolla, exclusively arranged for string quartet and bandoneon, echoing the haunting sound of the composer's own quintet. The quartet alone plays the Birthday Quartet, commissioned from Will Todd and described as ‘complex, approachable, moving and attractive’. The concert ends with Piazzolla’s soulfully descriptive evocation of the changing seasons in the Argentine capital. SANTIAGO QUARTETRowan Bell, violinJohanna McWeeney, violinCressida Wislocki, violaJonathan Hennessey-Brown, cello Eastgate Theatre & Arts Centre, Peebles DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Eastgate Theatre & Arts Centre
Eastgate
Peebles
Scottish Borders
EH45 8AD
Scotland

Programme

Astor Piazzolla – Milonga del Angel
Astor Piazzolla – Lo Que Vendra
Traditional Argentinian – Tango music (A Media Luz, Nostalgias, El Choclo)
Astor Piazzolla – Five Tango Sensations: no.3, Anxiety
Astor Piazzolla – Oblivion
~ Interval ~
Will Todd – Birthday Quartet
Astor Piazzolla – The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires

Performers

Julian Rowlands – bandoneon

Santiago Quartet

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Programme Note

Violinist Rowan Bell makes a welcome return to his native Peebles, this time as leader of the London-based Santiago Quartet. They are joined by Julian Rowlands, ‘one of the UK’s few genuinely accomplished players of the bandoneon [an Argentinian form of accordion]’ (Venue magazine).

Of course, it is the spirit of the tango that pervades the concert, from three traditional tango tunes to the nuevo tango of Astor Piazzolla, exclusively arranged for string quartet and bandoneon, echoing the haunting sound of the composer's own quintet. The quartet alone plays the Birthday Quartet, commissioned from Will Todd and described as ‘complex, approachable, moving and attractive’. The concert ends with Piazzolla’s soulfully descriptive evocation of the changing seasons in the Argentine capital.

SANTIAGO QUARTET
Rowan Bell, violin
Johanna McWeeney, violin
Cressida Wislocki, viola
Jonathan Hennessey-Brown, cello

The Santiago Quartet with Julian Rowlands

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