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Fidelio Orchestra Cafe
91-95 Clerkenwell Rd
Holborn
London
EC1R 5BX
England
Tickets
Prices: 35
Book Tickets
Programme
Aileen Sweeney – The Mirrie Dancers
Alex Paxton – Water Butt: lovers, snorkel
Maurice Ravel – Le Tombeau de Couperin (arr. by MZ Duo)
Enrique Granados – 12 Danzas Españoles (arr. MZ Duo)
Béla Bartók – Dance Suite (arr. MZ Duo)
Performers
Iñigo Mikeleiz Berrade – accordian
David Zucchi – soprano saxophone
Programme Note
Join the MX Duo for their debut album launch at the Fidelio Café, 9th February 6;30pm!
The unusual and compelling instrumental pairing of saxophone and accordion has received impressive advocacy in recent years from the duo of Canadian saxophonist David Zucchi and Spanish accordionist Iñigo Mikeleiz-Berrade, whose repertoire ranges from reimagined classics to newly commissioned works and improvisation. Their debut album ContraDANCE gathers five works which draw in different ways on the rhythms, contexts and sheer ebullience of popular dance forms. Scottish composer Aileen Sweeney evokes the northern lights in music which draws on the folk traditions of Norway and Shetland. The duo’s own transcriptions of suites by Granados, Ravel and Bartók bear witness to the presence of folk styles and idioms stretching from the Mediterranean and Central Europe to North Africa in their respective composers’ musical imaginations, while Alex Paxton’s unforgettable Water Butt: lovers, snorkel transcends place and time in an unrelenting build-up of joy and bodily ecstasy.
Doors open at 6pm, food and drink will be available to purchase on the night.
City Music Foundation develops, promotes and supports exceptionally talented emerging solo performers and ensembles early in their professional careers.
