Libertango - "Mark O'Connor Duo" with Maggie O'Connor

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From the cd "Duo"
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"Libertango" composed by Astor Piazzolla, arr. by Mark O'Connor

Mark O'Connor - Violin
Maggie O'Connor - Violin

Video Directed by Forrest O'Connor
Assisted by Jim Shirey

"Libertango"

The tango music genre was developed in the 1890s near the border of Argentina and Uruguay in South America. This particular tango, Libertango, was composed by the legendary American composer, bandleader, and bandoneon player Astor Piazzolla. The version arranged for two violins, draws upon traditional tango ensemble instrumentation but is quite uncharacteristic of tango violin performance. Bandoneon chords are adapted to the violin as moving double-stops, which function as counterpoint or accompaniment to the main melody. Sometimes, these double-stop chords are played by both violins an octave apart, creating a powerful wave of rhythm and harmony. At other times, the 2nd violin mimics the guitar by employing four-note strummed chords. Overall, this violin duet version of Libertango is designed to emulate the sound of Piazzolla’s Octeto. -Mark O'Connor

Music from the cd "Duo" and sheet music available in - O'Connor Method Book V and "Seven Violin Duos") "A New American School of String Playing"

Album notes writer Professor Péter Kováts, a Bartok-Pasztory Award winner violinist from Hungary, compared Mark O’Connor’s duo compositions/arrangements to those of classical composer great Bela Bartok; “The roots of Mark O’Connor's compositions are in the traditional American fiddling styles, and I am sure his unique and excellent settings will serve the same goal that Bela Bartók’s Duos serve. Being a concert violinist and university violin pedagogue, I welcome the birth of these fantastic O’Connor Duos and wish great success for them!”

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Mark and Maggie use D'Addario Strings
*Filmed in Twyla Tharp's home dance floor and balcony in New York City. Thank you so much Twyla!