The second event of the “Domenica Classica” review hosts on the stage of the Sala Umberto Theater the Pace-Poli Cappelli duo, considered one of the most important guitar duos internationally, who will present music by Piazzolla, Albéniz and Gangi.

Argentine composer Astor Piazzolla (Mar del Plata, March 11, 1921-Buenos Aires, July 4, 1992) was undoubtedly one of the most important figures on the 20th-century music scene Astor Piazzolla’s nuevo tango incorporates not only elements of cultured American jazz and European music but also results in an original language that is absolutely innovative and constantly evolving. The Suite Troileana is a 1975 composition written in honor of his teacher and friend Aníbal Troilo, a few months after his death.

The music of Isaac Albéniz (Camprodon, May 29, 1860 – Cambo-les- Bains, May 18, 1909) is undoubtedly one of the most evocative in the Spanish tradition. A brilliant pianist and prolific composer, he was one of the most important exponents of the Spanish National School of the late 19th century. From the suite España (op.165) is taken the Capricho Catalan. Mallorca (op. 202), on the other hand, is a stand-alone composition written in 1890 in London. The series of Albéniz compositions concludes with a movement from one of the Spanish master’s most important compositions, Granada, from Suite Española No. 1 op. 47.

Among the great exponents in the Italian guitar scene of the 20th century Mario Gangi (Rome, May 10, 1923 – Roiate, Feb. 15, 2010) is undoubtedly one of the most relevant. From 1948 is the splendid original Spanish Suite for two guitars, in the movements Andalusa, Fandango and Sevillana, which recall three dance movements. Written when he was only 25 years old, the Spanish Suite is clearly intended to pay homage to the land surely most closely associated with the guitar in history and tradition.

PROGRAM

Astor Piazzolla (1920-1991)

Troilean Suite*

Bandoneon, Whiskey, Zita, Escolaso

Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909)

Capricho Catalan, Mallorca, Granda

Mario Gangi (1923-2010)

Spanish Suite

Andalusian, Fandango, Sevillana

* Transcription for two guitars by Michele Di Filippo