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Sinfonia featuring the Lorena Guillén Tango Ensemble and Winterbirds
March 1, 2023 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
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Rebecca MacLeod, conductor
Heather Lofdahl, graduate conductor
Lorena Guillén Tango Ensemble
Winterbirds
RICH
On the Wing
SHARP
Nanigo
PIAZZOLLA
Libertango
Milonga del Angel
GUILLÉN
Agua y Vida
Immensa Soledad
RUTTY
Sawdust and Discoball
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Based in North Carolina, the group has been committed to collaborations and concerts with some of the Triangle and Triad “milongas” and tango-dance organizations: “Durham-Tango” and “Alma-Tango” (WS), with which it has shared the stage in many occasions in concerts, festivals and workshops. In 2019, the ensemble developed “In The Embrace of Tango: Jewish Tango Project,” a program that explores Argentine tango and its crossed-path with Jewish culture: tango in the pre-WWII Europe, later in the ghettos, in the early 20th century NYC and Buenos Aires Yiddish theater and through compositions of the first generation of Argentine-Jewish composers. Concerts were presented at the Levin Jewish Community Center (Durham), for the Shalom Club (Raleigh) and in a mini-workshop and concert along with the singer-students of the UNCG University Chorale (Carol Ott, conductor) and tango dancers Eduardo and Alicia Lazarowski (Durham-Tango).
Winterbirds offers a powerful take on Progressive Folk. Deeply versed in traditional Appalachian Folk, Bluegrass and Newgrass, Classical Music, and Contemporary Chamber Music, these young performers cloak timeless melodies in unusual instrumental colors and thrilling textures. At once familiar and strange, their debut album Shaker Songs weaves the poetry of the American Shakers into a compelling exploration of the tensions between humility, self-expression, and love.