[Tango-L] tango in New York "Times" Newspaper

[Jocelyn Paine]

For the Arts-oriented (and for the tango-oriented too):

	Sunday's Feb. 4th New York "TImes" Arts & Leisure section, page 25,  
has an article on Miami's new Arts Center that briefly mentions  
tango. Tango "bands" were part of the opening day celebration on the  
outdoor plaza. The Cleveland Orchestra initiated Philharmonic Hall  
with Argentina's Osvaldo Golijov's "Last Round" as the first  
selection on the program, and also included Alberto Ginastera's  
"Variaciones Concertantes."
	From the article: "As a gesture to Miami's large Spanish-speaking  
population, the orchestra's music director, Franz Welser-Most, began  
the program with works by Argentine composers.
	Mr. Golijov's "Last Round" takes the sound of a tango played on the  
accordionlike bandoneón and reconceives it for a bustling string  
orchestra heavily fortified with basses. Ginastera's spunky 1953  
"Variaciones Concertantes" incorporates evocations of Argentine folk  
music into a lean, rigorous and harmonically astringent 20-minute  
piece." Golijov has also had his "Pasion Según San Marcos" performed  
there, because
"Drawing in Spanish-speaking residents in South Florida has been a  
defining mission of the Carnival Center from its inception."
	Perhaps Piazolla's "Maria de Buenos Aires" has a chance in the  
future? It would be great to see a fully staged version performed  
some day, and Miami has a large pool of skilled tango dancers to draw  
upon for the cast.

Jocelyn