Tangazo is a dreamy, sensuous example of Piazzolla’s signature tango nuevo style. Robert Schumann’s first symphony is buoyant and optimistic, containing some of the most joyous music the composer ever wrote. Arthur Gottschalk’s 50th anniversary commission is a rhapsody in the vein of Gershwin and Milhaud, written for alumnus Milton Rubén Laufer.

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About Arthur Gottschalk’s 50th Anniversary Commission
Tombeaux is a one-movement chamber concerto composed for alumnus Milton Rubén Laufer, now head of the School of Music at Carnegie Mellon University. “In celebration of the recent centennials of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue and Milhaud’s La Création du Monde, I sought to combine aspects of both works into a showcase for Laufer’s virtuosity and musicality,” says Arthur Gottschalk.

Repertoire

Piazzolla: Tangazo
Arthur Gottschalk: Tombeaux: pour un création d’une rhapsodie (Shepherd School of Music 50th Anniversary Commission) (World Premiere)
Schumann: Symphony No. 1, “Spring”

Artists

MIGUEL HARTH-BEDOYA, DISTINGUISHED RESIDENT DIRECTOR OF ORCHESTRAS & PROFESSOR OF CONDUCTING

MILTON RUBÉN LAUFER ('03), PIANO

ARTHUR GOTTSCHALK, PROFESSOR OF COMPOSITION AND THEORY

Sponsored By

Partial funding for Arthur Gottschalk’s Tombeaux: pour un creation d’une rhapsodie from Rice University Office of Research