Milos Milivojevic and Clare O'Connell: at Stapleford Granary Cambridge at Stapleford Granary, Stapleford on Friday 22nd July 2022

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Milos Milivojevic and Clare O'Connell

at Stapleford Granary Cambridge

Add to my Calendar 22-07-2022 19:45 22-07-2022 21:45 36 Milos Milivojevic and Clare O'Connell Doors & bar 6:45pm | Concert 7:45pm, ends 9:00pm, no interval  'Milo&scaron; Milivojević ...a hurricane of imaginative invention' The Times  The combination of two such physically and expressively different instruments creates a compelling sound-world. It is one which has been embraced by a number of 20th century composers and an even greater numbers of arrangers, driven to generate repertoire for the mesmeric and dramatic pairing of cello and accordion.    From the earthy folkiness of Bartók's well-known Romanian Folk Dances to the dark, raw beauty of Vlasov's Five Sights on Country Gulag, this concert showcases the extraordinary versatility of both instruments. Astor Piazzolla - the composer and bandoneón virtuoso who took the tango out of Argentinian dance halls and into the world's major concert halls - is ever-present, with five of his much-loved works forming the backbone of the programme.    Award-winning Serbian-born Milo&scaron; Milivojević performs classical, tango and world music internationally. An ambassador for the classical accordion, he has premiered works by Howard Skempton, Elena Firsova, Julian Philips and Philip Venables and enjoys performing with the London Tango Quintet, Kosmos Ensemble and the Balkan group Paprika. A frequent interviewee and performer on BBC television and radio, his playing is also featured on the award winning Bollywood movie Barfi and he has performed tango live in front of millions on the BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing.   Clare O'Connell is a solo cellist and chamber musician whose work extends to writing, arranging and curating her own concert series, Behind The Mirror. She commissions many new works from living composers and makes her own arrangements of a vast array of music for unusual groups of instruments. She is a member of Lontano and the Storytellers Ensemble. Her debut solo album The Isolated Cellist is a deeply personal collection of ancient & modern music for solo and layered cello which was released by Stone Records in April 2021. Clare plays on a cello by Stefan Krattenmacher. Stapleford Granary, Stapleford DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Stapleford Granary
Bury Road
Stapleford
Cambridgeshire
CB22 5BP
England

Friday 22nd July 2022
7:45 PM

Programme

Béla Bartók – Romanian Folk Dances (arr. Luigi Silva)
Astor Piazzolla – Grand Tango (arr. Elsbeth Moser)
Franck Angelis – Interier
Victor Vlasov – Five Sights on Country Gulag
Astor Piazzolla – Libertango & Soledad (arr. Clare O’Connell & Miloš Milivojević)
Astor Piazzolla – Milonga Del Ángel & Muerte del Ángel (arr. Clare O’Connell & Miloš Milivojević)

Performers

Clare O'Connell – Cello
Milos Milivojevic – accordion

Programme Note

Doors & bar 6:45pm | Concert 7:45pm, ends 9:00pm, no interval

'Miloš Milivojević ...a hurricane of imaginative invention'

The Times

The combination of two such physically and expressively different instruments creates a compelling sound-world. It is one which has been embraced by a number of 20th century composers and an even greater numbers of arrangers, driven to generate repertoire for the mesmeric and dramatic pairing of cello and accordion.

From the earthy folkiness of Bartók's well-known Romanian Folk Dances to the dark, raw beauty of Vlasov's Five Sights on Country Gulag, this concert showcases the extraordinary versatility of both instruments. Astor Piazzolla - the composer and bandoneón virtuoso who took the tango out of Argentinian dance halls and into the world's major concert halls - is ever-present, with five of his much-loved works forming the backbone of the programme.

Award-winning Serbian-born Miloš Milivojević performs classical, tango and world music internationally. An ambassador for the classical accordion, he has premiered works by Howard Skempton, Elena Firsova, Julian Philips and Philip Venables and enjoys performing with the London Tango Quintet, Kosmos Ensemble and the Balkan group Paprika. A frequent interviewee and performer on BBC television and radio, his playing is also featured on the award winning Bollywood movie Barfi and he has performed tango live in front of millions on the BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing.

Clare O'Connell is a solo cellist and chamber musician whose work extends to writing, arranging and curating her own concert series, Behind The Mirror. She commissions many new works from living composers and makes her own arrangements of a vast array of music for unusual groups of instruments. She is a member of Lontano and the Storytellers Ensemble. Her debut solo album The Isolated Cellist is a deeply personal collection of ancient & modern music for solo and layered cello which was released by Stone Records in April 2021. Clare plays on a cello by Stefan Krattenmacher.

Clare O'Connell (cello) and Milos Milivojevic (accordion)

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