Tango Nostalgia for Violin and Cello - Hirono Borter (Duo-B)
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About the work:
Composed by Hirono Borter in 2021, Tango Nostalgia is a work which draws inspiration from Astor Piazzolla's Nuevo Tango style with both harmonic and formal structures closely resembling Piazzolla's own "modern" tango genre.
The work opens by projecting both a sense of yearning and melancholy, depicting the image of one who left their heart in the past; exhausted with the brokenness of the present. It is as if one was desiring to escape a not unhappy, but complicated, reality, stuck between an idyllic past and an uncertain future. After a short cello solo, the middle section offers a brief flashback to an innocent childhood, of simpler and slower times, which warms the heart. These memories slowly dissolve as reality reimposes itself, recognizing that those memories, while beautiful, are figments. The passacaglia-like cello bassline is unrelenting as the improvisatory violin melody struggles to make sense of it all and find a way to go forward.
About Duo-B:
Unique in the classical music world due to its dedication to works for violin and cello ensemble, Duo-B is quickly earning praise for their passionate musical commitment, creative style, and original programming. The ensemble began in 2009 with the chance meeting of a Japanese violinist (Hirono) and an American cellist (Philip) in Germany, at the Hochschule für Musik-Freiburg. Their fascination with travel, innovative styles of music-making, and each other soon led them down creative and unexpected paths that later resulted in the forming of Duo-B, while still graduate students at the Eastman School of Music. Early on, a diversion from their classical training has led them to explore music from a variety of genres and cultures, including folk traditions of Europe, Japan, and South America, through which they emphasize the communicative power and remarkable intimacy found in the string duo. Find our more on our website: https://www.duo-b.com/
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