Zigeunerweisen (Pablo Sarasate)

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Pablo Sarasate –

Zigeunerweisen (Pablo Sarasate: 10 March 1844 – 20 September 1908)

Few pieces of music embody at once both the spirit of the 19th century virtuoso of almost supernatural ability, as well as the wild and free spirit of the roaming gypsy. A virtuoso violinist at the height of his powers, Spanish composer Pablo Martín Melitón de Sarasate y Navascués, composed this gypsy-inspired show-piece to show off his own incredible technique. Zigeunerweisen Op. 20, was originally composed for violin and orchestra in 1878 when the composer was 33 years old, [read more…]

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Fiddler’s Tales: Songs of Love and Mystery – Central Library Concert Series 21 June 2013

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Friends of Central Library Presents:

Fiddler’s Tales – Songs of Love and Mystery

Louise Howlett (Soprano)
Petrus de Beer (Violin)
Albert Combrink (Music Director & Accompanist)

Cape Town Central Library – Old Drill Hall, Cnr. Parade & Darling Streets
MAP

Friday 21 June 2013
8pm – 9.30pm

Tickets: R100

Bookings: 082 365 6634 /katherine.moon@capetown.gov.za /albertcombrink@worldonline.co.za

A lifetime’s experience wrapped in a familiar tune, or a heartbreak recounted through a hand trembling on the string in a haunting melody you’ve never heard before: “Fiddler’s Tales” is a new production that explores the songs and stories of violins, violinists and the hearts they broke and mended.

Imagine a travelling band [read more…]

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CT tango Ensemble LIVE Video: Libertango (Piazzolla) – Baxter 2013

Albert Combrink2013-04-28T17:41:57+02:00

Libertango (Piazzolla):

CT Tango Ensemble

Stanislav Angelov – Bandoneon & Accordeon / Albert Combrink – Piano / Petrus de Beer – Violin / Carles Lazar – Double Bass / Peter Narun – Guitar

Performed in “Piazzolla & Beyond” at the Cape Town Concert Series, Baxter Concert Hall, Cape Town, South Africa – LIVE Amateur Video

This work was recorded on CT Tango Ensemble’s FIRST CD “El Tango en Africa”

– “… a special African flavor’ of wildness and mystery.~ Tania Lukic-Marx: Accordions Worldwide”

– ‘The album is unique in the African sounds blend in thoroughly with the traditional tango rhythm.” ~ [read more…]

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CT Tango Ensemble LIVE Video: Adiós Nonino (Piazzolla) – Baxter 2013

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Adiós Nonino (Piazzolla)

CT Tango Ensemble:
Stanislav Angelov – Accordeon / Albert Combrink – Piano / Petrus de Beer – Violin / Carles Lazar – Double Bass / Peter Narun – Guitar

Performed in “Piazzolla & Beyond” at the Cape Town Concert Series, Baxter Concert Hall, Cape Town, South Africa – LIVE Amateur Video

Piazzolla’s Adiós Nonino was recorded on the CT Tango Ensemble’s FIRST CD, “El Tango en Africa”
“A sensual and dance-tastic album in an Afri-Tango mood” ~ Editor: SA Rock Digest, Issue # 205, 16 June 2003

Contact [read more…]

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CT Tango Ensemble LIVE Video: Adios (Angelov) – Baxter 2013

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Adios (by Stanislav Angelov)

CT Tango Ensemble:
Stanislav Angelov – Bandoneon / Albert Combrink – Piano / Petrus de Beer – Violin / Carles Lazar – Double Bass

Performed in “Piazzolla & Beyond” at the Cape Town Concert Series, Baxter Concert Hall, Cape Town, South Africa – LIVE Amateur Video

This track was also recorded ontheir SAMA Nominated 2010 Album TANGO CLUB

1 Composer and Bandoneonist Stanislav Angelov

Stanislav Angelov Short CV

Stanislav Angelov, a Bulgarian born Classical Accordionist, holds Music degrees [read more…]

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CT Tango Ensemble LIVE Video: Tango Pour Claude (Richard Galliano) – Baxter 2013

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Tango pour Claude (Richard Galliano)
CT Tango Ensemble:
Stanislav Angelov – Accordeon / Albert Combrink – Piano / Petrus de Beer – Violin / Carles Lazar – Double Bass

Performed in “Piazzolla & Beyond” at the Cape Town Concert Series, Baxter Concert Hall, Cape Town, South Africa – LIVE Amateur Video

The track is also recorded on their First CD “El Tango En Africa”

Contact CT Tango Ensemble:
CT Tango Ensemble Website
CT Tango Ensemble on Facebook
CT Tango Ensemble on Twitter: @TangoBand /@StanislavMusic

BUY CT TANGO ENSEMBLE ALBUMS HERE:
In US$: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/ctte [read more…]

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CT Tango Ensemble LIVE Video: A Borges (Fiorio) – Baxter 2013

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“A Borges” (Ricardo Fiorio)
CT Tango Ensemble: Stanislav Angelov – Accordeon / Albert Combrink – Piano / Petrus de Beer – Violin / Carles Lazar – Double Bass

Performed in “Piazzolla & Beyond” at the Cape Town Concert Series, Baxter Concert Hall, Cape Town, South Africa – LIVE Amateur Video

The track is from their FIRST CD, “El Tango En Africa” – available for purchase and download HERE.

Contact CT Tango Ensemble:
CT Tango Ensemble Website
CT Tango Ensemble on Facebook
CT Tango Ensemble on Twitter: @TangoBand /@StanislavMusic

BUY CT TANGO [read more…]

CT Tango Ensemble LIVE Video: A Borges (Fiorio) – Baxter 2013Albert Combrink2013-04-28T08:15:35+02:00

“A Borges” (Ricardo Fiorio) – Connecting Cape Town to Buenos Aires

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“I am not sure that I exist, actually. I am all the writers that I have read, all the people that I have met, all the women that I have loved; all the cities that I have visited, all my ancestors.” [Guardian profile. “Jorge Luis Borges” 22 July 2008. Accessed 27 April 2013]

In 2001, the CT Tango Ensemble collaborated on a stage production “Tango del Fuego” – directed by Martinus Bassoon & Choreographed by Mark Hoeben, presented at all major festivals in South Africa. During the run at the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown, we met [read more…]

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CT Tango Ensemble LIVE Video: Invierno Porteño (Piazzolla) – Baxter Theater

Albert Combrink2013-04-28T05:36:38+02:00

Invierno Porteño (Piazzolla)
CT Tango Ensemble:
Stanislav Angelov – Accordeon / Albert Combrink – Piano / Petrus de Beer – Violin / Carles Lazar – Double Bass / Peter Narun – Guitar

Performed in “Piazzolla & Beyond” at the Cape Town Concert Series, Baxter Concert Hall, Cape Town, South Africa – LIVE Amateur Video

Contact Cape Town Tango Ensemble:
CT Tango Ensemble Website: http://www.goodmusic.co.za/
CT Tango Ensemble on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/CT-Tango-Ensemble/30309085408
CT Tango Ensemble on Twitter: @TangoBand /@StanislavMusic

BUY CT TANGO ENSEMBLE ALBUMS HERE:
In US$: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/ctte and http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/ctte2
In ZAR: http://www.independentmusic.co.za/artists/ct-tango-ensemble

Contact Guitarist Peter Narun: http://www.peternarun.co.za/ and @PeterNarun on Twitter

BUY PETER NARUN’S ALBUM HERE: http://www.independentmusic.co.za/store/CDs/peter-narun/origin

Invierno Porteño [read more…]

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CT Tango Ensemble LIVE Video: Otoño Porteño (Piazzolla) – Baxter 2013

Albert Combrink2013-04-27T22:12:09+02:00

Otoño Porteño (Piazzolla)
CT Tango Ensemble:
Stanislav Angelov – Accordeon / Albert Combrink – Piano / Petrus de Beer – Violin / Carles Lazar – Double Bass / Peter Narun – Guitar

Performed in “Piazzolla & Beyond” at the Cape Town Concert Series, Baxter Concert Hall, Cape Town, South Africa – LIVE Amateur Video

Contact Cape Town Tango Ensemble:
CT Tango Ensemble Website: http://www.goodmusic.co.za/
CT Tango Ensemble on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/CT-Tango-Ensemble/30309085408
CT Tango Ensemble on Twitter: @TangoBand /@StanislavMusic

BUY CT TANGO ENSEMBLE ALBUMS HERE:
In US$: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/ctte and http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/ctte2
In ZAR: http://www.independentmusic.co.za/artists/ct-tango-ensemble

Contact Guitarist Peter Narun: http://www.peternarun.co.za/ and @PeterNarun on Twitter

BUY PETER NARUN’S ALBUM HERE: http://www.independentmusic.co.za/store/CDs/peter-narun/origin

Otoño Porteño [read more…]

CT Tango Ensemble LIVE Video: Otoño Porteño (Piazzolla) – Baxter 2013Albert Combrink2013-04-27T22:12:09+02:00

Petrus de Beer

Zigeunerweisen (Pablo Sarasate: 10 March 1844 – 20 September 1908)

Fiddler’s Tales – Songs of Love and Mystery

Louise Howlett (Soprano) Petrus de Beer (Violin) Albert Combrink (Music Director & Accompanist)

Libertango (Piazzolla):

CT Tango Ensemble

Stanislav Angelov – Bandoneon & Accordeon / Albert Combrink – Piano / Petrus de Beer – Violin / Carles Lazar – Double Bass / Peter Narun – Guitar

Adiós Nonino (Piazzolla)

CT Tango Ensemble: Stanislav Angelov – Accordeon / Albert Combrink – Piano / Petrus de Beer – Violin / Carles Lazar – Double Bass / Peter Narun – Guitar

Adios (by Stanislav Angelov)

CT Tango Ensemble: Stanislav Angelov – Bandoneon / Albert Combrink – Piano / Petrus de Beer – Violin / Carles Lazar – Double Bass

Tango pour Claude (Richard Galliano) CT Tango Ensemble: Stanislav Angelov – Accordeon / Albert Combrink – Piano / Petrus de Beer – Violin / Carles Lazar – Double Bass

“A Borges” (Ricardo Fiorio) CT Tango Ensemble: Stanislav Angelov – Accordeon / Albert Combrink – Piano / Petrus de Beer – Violin / Carles Lazar – Double Bass

Invierno Porteño (Piazzolla) CT Tango Ensemble: Stanislav Angelov – Accordeon / Albert Combrink – Piano / Petrus de Beer – Violin / Carles Lazar – Double Bass / Peter Narun – Guitar

Otoño Porteño (Piazzolla) CT Tango Ensemble: Stanislav Angelov – Accordeon / Albert Combrink – Piano / Petrus de Beer – Violin / Carles Lazar – Double Bass / Peter Narun – Guitar

Louise Howlett (Soprano)
Petrus de Beer (Violin)
Albert Combrink (Music Director & Accompanist)

CT Tango Ensemble:
Stanislav Angelov – Accordeon / Albert Combrink – Piano / Petrus de Beer – Violin / Carles Lazar – Double Bass / Peter Narun – Guitar

CT Tango Ensemble:
Stanislav Angelov – Bandoneon / Albert Combrink – Piano / Petrus de Beer – Violin / Carles Lazar – Double Bass

Tango pour Claude (Richard Galliano)
CT Tango Ensemble:
Stanislav Angelov – Accordeon / Albert Combrink – Piano / Petrus de Beer – Violin / Carles Lazar – Double Bass

“A Borges” (Ricardo Fiorio)
CT Tango Ensemble: Stanislav Angelov – Accordeon / Albert Combrink – Piano / Petrus de Beer – Violin / Carles Lazar – Double Bass

Invierno Porteño (Piazzolla)
CT Tango Ensemble:
Stanislav Angelov – Accordeon / Albert Combrink – Piano / Petrus de Beer – Violin / Carles Lazar – Double Bass / Peter Narun – Guitar

Otoño Porteño (Piazzolla)
CT Tango Ensemble:
Stanislav Angelov – Accordeon / Albert Combrink – Piano / Petrus de Beer – Violin / Carles Lazar – Double Bass / Peter Narun – Guitar