Nigel Keay - Tango Suite for String Quartet. (Tango suite pour quatuor à cordes) Tango Suite for String Quartet (violins 1 & 2, viola, violincello). Duration: 10 minutes. This is an Instrumental version of the original work, Tango Suite, written in 2002 for contralto, string quartet (violins 1 & 2, viola, violincello) and double bass. Tango Suite is also arranged as an instrumental version for String Quintet. mp3 recordings; 1. "Tango" | 2. "Poemas de amor" | 3. "Capricho" | 4. "Vida" | 5. "Valse". Performed by Nigel Keay's string quartet in concert 17th April 2008 in the Grand Salon of the Fondation des États-Unis, Paris. Also for string quartet by Nigel Keay; String Quartet No.1 (1983), and String Quartet No.2 (1995) Tango Suite was originally commissioned by Radio France in 2002 and written in the same year, It is a short song cycle which sets the poetry of Argentinian poets and was first recorded in Paris at Radio France by Madeleine Jalbert - contralto, Quatuor Diotima (Nicolas Miribel, Eiichi Chijiiwa, Franck Chevalier, Pierre Morlet), & Jean-Olivier Bacquet - double bass. The original version was broadcast in January and April 2003 on France Musiques, and in August 2003 on France Culture. |
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| 1. "TANGO" | |||
| 2. "POEMAS DE AMOR" | |||
| 3. "CAPRICHO" | |||
| 4. "VIDA" | |||
| 5. "TÚ, QUE NUNCA SERÁS..." | |||