Pagina de Buenos Aires

Evening Music | May 6, 2010
We sample a few tracks from composer/pianist Fernando Otero's album of Nuevo Tango, "Pagina de Buenos Aires." Also, selections from pre-Baroque composer Michael Praetorius's famous collection of dances, "Terpsichore." Rounding out the evening are piano works from Chopin, Gershwin, and Faure, plus a Shostakovich concerto featuring the composer himself at the keyboard.

Also Featured Tonight:

Thelonious Monk / "Friday the 13th"
Adrian Klumpes / Unrest
Gabriel Faure / Cello Sonata No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 117
Igor Stravinsky / Four Norwegian Moods

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