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PIAZZOLLA – Libertango – FOUR CELLOS OR CELLO ORCHESTRA

Other Identification: Libertango is a composition by tango composer and bandoneon player Astor Piazzolla, recorded and published in 1974 in Milan. The title is a portmanteau merging “Libertad” (Spanish for “liberty”) and “tango”, symbolizing Piazzolla’s break from classical tango to tango nuevo.

David Johnstone is able to enjoy a special permission so that the multi-cello piece “LIBERTANGO” of A. Piazzolla can be displayed in the web www.johnstone-music.com
LIBERTANGO – Music by Astor Piazzolla
© Copyright 1975 By Edizioni Curci S.r.l , Milan / A. Pagani S.r.l, Fino, Mornasco ( CO)/ Italy
With grateful thanks to Adriana Pérez (Synch & Legal Department) of EDICIONES MUSICALES CLIPPER’S, S.L., Barcelona [ www.clippersmusic.org // http://www.myspace.com/clippersmusic ] for her help in the obtaining of the permission for this work.

But it should be brought to your attention that David has used the Piazzolla base and constructed a far bigger work. He calls this new work “Sonata – Fantasy „Liberty on Libertango‟ ” and it is for the same cello formation – four demanding parts. In fact, this is sufficiently innovative (contains a new slow movement to open) and extended (over 11 mins duration) as to be an original work

Movements or sections:
marked ‘Alegro assai’

Instrumentation:
QUARTET OF FOUR CELLOS, OR LARGER CELLO ENSEMBLE
Arranged by David Johnstone

2 PDFs, one of Cellos 1 and 2, and the other of Cellos 3 and 4

Approximate difficulty:
Difficult
This work may be played by four solo cellists, or by an orchestra of cellos. For giving convincing performances and to highlight the virtuoso touch though, a quartet performance is the more welcomed preference of David Johnstone. The accents and rhythmic drive might be easier to achieve with four solo soloists. But cello ensembles are very welcome to try this too, and the more the better – for example, David Johnstone feels that four players to each part will definitely sound more „symphonic‟ than just two where little intonation problems are likely to occur or creep in. However, the choice is yours!

Links (Audio – Visual), and known performances given by:

– played by an Italian quartet formed by Vincenzo Lioy, Gianluca Montaruli, Luca Calzolaio, and Francesca Della Vista

Soncello Quartet (Galicia) & Carlos García Amigo

– played by the Champaign Cello Choir, Champaign, Illinois, U.S.A.

Astor PIAZZOLLA – Libertango, for Four Cellos

Bob Jones University Cello Choir, South Carolina, USA

Astor PIAZZOLLA – Libertango, for Four Cellos

Astor PIAZZOLLA – Libertango, for Four Cellos

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